Monday night prayers 18 November 2024

 

Good evening all you beautiful people

Things are moving a bit fast here. The Rossouws found a new house, much smaller as we are only 2 people now. So now everything needs to be packed and shifted. My goodness, that is a mission in itself. This morning I bagged 10 bags full of wood and did not even make a dent in my garage. Needless to say, it was a really dirty job, someone had to do it. My friend from up North is taking care of all our wood furniture as they are building a new base. Great, now the shifting can start. We need to be out by the end of the year so we still have a few weeks left. Packing up your house after living here for 12 years is no job for anyone.

Toinette says that we are talking much more to Anton now than when he was here. Thanks to technology, we are able to connect with him daily, not once but twice a day. He is settling in slowly but surely. It is so good to know that our little boy is handling stuff now on his own. Mum and Dad are looking forward to our short visit over Christmas with him. Pray with us that the Lord will keep him safe from temptations and bad influences with almost no Christians around him.

Dim is making a lot of waves in the jungle as he continues to reach out to the people of Rum Jopon. The people are so on fire that they already went ahead to cut wood to build a small roof for the teaching of children as well as a place to worship. Nothing fancy only a roof to protect from the elements. No school like you used to as well. This teaching here is for all different ages and they basically learn how to read and write in Khmer. Most of the children and people around do not know how to write and read due to the remote location. If any of you feel to help with this little project, please let me know and I will provide you with more info.

 

A little update from Ettiene:

Hi friends, thank you for all your prayers. My dad has been recovering great from his chemo that he received on Thursday. We think this might be the strongest he’s felt after chemo in a long time! His liver has been struggling a bit more though. Over the last few weeks his liver infection markers have slowly been increasing but not at a dangerous level yet. Also, there is some redness around the port area on my dad’s chest, and while it doesn’t look like a serious infection at the moment, the doctor is taking precautionary actions and has prescribed an antibiotic skin cream for my dad for the next few days. The pins and needles in his hands are doing better but still present. Please be praying for my dad for these things.

Thank you so much for standing with our family in faith and love. We really feel so loved by your support ♥

 

May God bless you guys in this week to come.

Love

Rossouw-clan

Monday nigh prayers 11 November 2024

 Good evening all

Sorry for being so quiet over these weeks. We were in Malaysia, busy with Anton’s stuff for university. While there we took some time off and hung out with him before we had to say the big goodbye. Back home everything now is so quiet without children in the house and now we need to keep each other company. I am sure many of you already experienced that feeling, we are just a bit old for this. Never mind we will make it, talking with Anton 2x a day to ensure we use the new technology. Were are the times when we can hardly speak to our parents.

Anton is settling into life at the university. He already started with classes and things are looking pretty hectic but that’s what study is all about. He made contact with a Christian group and also a nice church. We accompanied him to church and the people were very welcoming. So please pray for him as he is struggling to be about the only Christian boy in his hostel surrounded by lots of children that just left home. All of us know what that means. Pray that he will stand firm and that his testimony to others will be strong. Pray for his Chinese roommate. His name is Lu and Anton says they only exchange information at this time.

Some of you who know our story from day one will remember that our story included an Indian man we met way back in 1995 in Namibia. His name is Gopal Sunduram. Sumari you will remember him because you introduced us to each other. After our time in Malaysia in 1996, we lost contact. I shared with my friend Sonny here in Malaysia and he got hold of Gopal on the internet. We could visit him and that was such a Godly visit. After all these years we could see each other again. He now is a very influential man in Malaysia. Looking at his CV you can see how God used him all these years working under his people. It is like my friend says:” It is amazing to see God’s generals at work in Malaysia.”

After we visit Malaysia, we can see God’s hand in all of this. Years ago He already gave us friends and laid the foundation for us to go back and enjoy the benefits after 29 years. Seeing Anton in Malaysia is like living proof of God’s faithfulness to us all.

Pray for:

Ouma Paula is moving on with her life in Frail Care. She is getting stronger by the day but still experiences a lot of pain in her legs.

Please pray for our friend Terry Jones. “” They went in to do a triple bypass and to shave the HCM muscle but found he needed his aortic valve replace and another valve had a damaged flap that she has to cut smaller.   A 5 hr surgery became a 7 hr surgery.  Thank you for your prayers. UPDATE: today is counted as day 2 because they don’t count surgery day.  So day 1 they took out or shortened most of the tubes and all but 1 IV   They got him into a chair twice and PT started walking him a few steps.  He is still on a full liquid diet. He is grateful and irritable trying to do everything they want from him.  He is excited to see his grandkids today. “”

Pray for Dim that is reaching out to the people in the jungle. The need for a place to worship and do some children's teaching is huge so we are looking into plans to provide that. We do not want to make people from other areas, jealous so we need to treat them very carefully in our approach. Pray for wisdom.

 

Thank you very much for praying with us. We cannot do without it.

Love

Rossouw-clan

Monday night prayers 14 October 2024

 

Good evening everyone

So, at this moment, I tried a million times to phone people and tried various things to get my hacked Facebook account back, but to nothing. So I guess all my contacts and messages are gone with the wind. Well, not to cry over spilled milk, we move on. To top everything off, now they ban me as well. Surprise, not really.

So please, if you want to contact either me or Toinette, please contact us through our email: foreverwildatheart@gmail.com, on WhatsApp for me: +85577710772 and Toinette: +85585519911, or on Telegram: +85577710772. In the meantime, if you get funny mail from me, please tell me it's not me. I will let you know when things are back to normal. Sorry for this.

 

We are waiting for Toinette to be here with us tomorrow, Monday local time, at 7 pm. Please pray for her safe journey here. Then in a week on the 20^th of October, we will fly from Phnom Pehn to Kuala Lumpur to bring Anton to university. Pray with us for this last week with Anton and all the preparation to get things in place. Pray for us as parents to let go of our little boy.

 

Latest news from Etienne:

Hi friends, thank you for your continued prayers and support to our family. My dad has been feeling wonderful the last week. His health has been amazing - appetite great, weight good, and energy levels increasing. We are excited for him to get his CT scan next week. He will be going in on Monday for blood tests and to see his doctor, with the CT scan following afterwards. Please stand with us in faith for complete healing, that no cancer would be found in his body.

 

In our efforts to help the people of the jungle with education, we ran into the greed of people and the mighty power of money. Nothing new but its ugly head sticks out where it hurts. We do not want to build a building as we are not allowed to use wood from the jungle, hmmmm. That will make things very expensive and we are not in a position to do that. Even if we do that it is not a permanent thing. We do not own it. So please pray with us for solutions and open minds in the jungle. It sounds like a simple straightforward thing but greed and power make for a nasty business. We keep you updated.

Thank you for praying with us. I know its Sunday and not Monday but we will not get time tomorrow to write this.

Love

Rossouw-clan

Monday night prayers 7 October 2024

 

Good evening all you beautiful people

Wow, days flew by so quickly these days that I can't keep track of all the wonderful things we experience these days. With our good friends Malan and his wife, Rene here, we have such great adventures that time is really too short. We wish they could stay here a bit longer.

We went to Phnom Chi on the bikes and they could experience the real Cambodian life outside the city. Being in nature and in the jungle with its beautiful people is just what the doctor ordered. Din and Kimloon came along and they made for such a good outreach. We took the shortcut towards Rum Jopon and then Din gave the group of people a wonderful message out of the word of God. It is such a privilege to stand in the midst of something so wonderful happening in the jungle. For years I was wondering when the days would come for a small group of people to get together and hear the Word of God. It is real now.

Rene helped to give some clothes to the girls while some medicines helped with the headaches, cough, and colds. We also had some glasses there and everyone needed a pair of glasses, not that they could see with them but it looks good, hahaha. We arrived early in Som Poom and could see how they dig for gold. We visited so much with the uncle and anti, which made for a great time. It was good to see the old couple as we could not see them the last time we were in the jungle. We hope to be there again soon.

Tomorrow Malan and Rene will be on their way again to Phnom Pehn and then to Dubai again. Please pray for a safe ride to Phnom Pehn and a safe flight.

Toinette is rounding off her visit to her mum tomorrow as well and the big goodbye will be a big thing. Please pray for strength for Toinette as she needs to say goodbye at such a time. Ouma Paula is doing a bit better after she ended up in hospital this last week due to dehydration. Toinette’s anti is on the way and she will take care of Ouma now that she will not be there. Please pray for Ouma as she is still on the mend. Toinette will be back here in Cambodia on the 14^th of October.

News from our friend Etienne: Dear friends and prayer partners, how sweet it has been to be in a season of celebration amidst the challenges of the last few months! My dad has been feeling wonderful - he says the best he has felt in a long time! His appetite is great and he did not develop a fever after his immune booster a few days ago. Our family is eagerly awaiting his CT scan which he will receive either October 15th or 16th, where the doctor will see how effectively the chemo has been fighting the cancer.

We want to ask you to pray for complete healing for my dad, that the CT scan will show up clear with not a trace of cancer left in his body, that surgery would not even be necessary. Often times before Jesus healed someone in the Bible, He would ask them what they wanted Him to do for them, and our heart cry to Him is similar to those in the Bible - we want my dad to be healed. We want to trust in His power and stand in faith. Please continue to stand with us.

Thank you very much for praying with us.

Love

Rossouw-clan

Monday / Tuesday prayer 1 October 2024

 

Good day you all

Sorry, we visited so much that I totally forgot to write last night. Our good friends Malan and Rene are here all the way from South Africa / China and we visit as if tomorrow never came. We went to pick them up in Phnom Pehn and stayed with Curtis and their family and had a blast. Coming back took us just 10 hours instead of the normal 6 hours, due to extreme traffic this time of the year. Everyone is on the road somewhere to the province due to the Phcum Ben holidays.

Please pray as we make our way down to Kampong Tom to visit Phnom Chi with our friend Din. We will leave on Friday and drive into the jungle. I look forward to seeing the small house church operating and experiencing the beautiful surroundings filled with God’s word. Pray for safety on the roads as everyone in the country is still moving around.

Please pray for Ouma Paula. After the Radiotherapy, she is struggling with her stomach. It damaged her stomach a bit and she is experiencing lots of discomfort at the moment. Toinette is busy packing her things as she will be moved into the Frail Care unit.

Please pray for Abraham and his family as they will make their way to South Africa in 2 days. Pray for travel mercies and effective time in SA. Travelling with children can be a difficult one but they did this before.

 

I am reminded this morning about my daily verse.

The world is unprincipled. It’s dog-eat-dog out there! The world doesn’t fight fair. But we don’t live or fight our battles that way—never have and never will. The tools of our trade aren’t for marketing or manipulation, but they are for demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture. We use our powerful God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ. Our tools are ready at hand for clearing the ground of every obstruction and building lives of obedience into maturity. 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 MSG

Love

Rossouw-clan

Monday night prayers 23 September 2024

 

Good day all

We have such beautiful weather here with rain almost every day. As a dry Southern boy, this is heaven. I wish that some of this rain would move down South towards Namibia where we have such a terrible drought at the moment. Every day now we tick more boxes to prepare for Anton to leave for Malaysia. The good news is that Toinette will be back here with us on the 13^th of October and she can help us with the finer details of his travel. Sorry to say but we boys need her badly.

Toinette is doing well; I wish we could say the same for Ouma. Under the circumstances, Ouma is doing very well but the Radiation therapy drains her energy and she is tired all the time. The good news is that she will not get any Chemotherapy. At the moment Toinette is driving down to Swakopmund to start packing up Ouma’s apartment for her to move to the Frail care when there is a place available. Please pray for Toinette and her family to help Ouma Paula in this difficult time.

We are preparing for some dear friends to visit us for 2 weeks. We will go down to Phnom Pehn at the end of the week to pick them up at the airport and then we going to do some stuff with them all around here in Siem Reap and even making a drive to the jungle. Please pray for Anton and I driving to Phnom Pehn at this time of the year.

Some news from our friend Etienne Minnaar. “My dad has been feeling great the last few days. He is feeling strong and his appetite has increased as well. We were supposed to see the gastroenterologist on Thursday to discuss the blood tests looking at my dad’s liver, but unfortunately she has Covid. My dad’s doctor appointment has been moved to Monday, and we are hoping he can get his next round of chemo on Monday too. Please pray for the inflammation and infection markers in my dad’s liver to decrease. Thank you for all your prayers and standing with our family in faith.”

 

It is Pchum Ben again starting on 1 October and the whole country is moving around, a very busy time and one of the biggest holidays. Please pray for Christians this time of the year as they celebrate this with family.

Pchum Ben, which falls on the 15th day of the 10th Khmer month, begins on October 1 this year and marks the start of a 15-day religious festival in Cambodia. The Cambodian buddhists believe that every year the souls of their ancestors are released for 15 days. Pchum Ben marks the start of the journey of souls to purgatory, that in-between place that is neither heaven nor hell. The course of their journey will be decided by their karma and by the offerings made by their living relatives during Pchum Ben. This festival begins at the end of the Buddhist Lent. During this time, foods are cooked for the monks to generate merits that will benefit the dead.

History of Pchum Ben

The 15-day ceremony of Pchum Ben is a time for Cambodians to honor their previous seven generations of ancestors. The first 14 days are known as “Kan Ben” and during this time families gather at nearby pagodas, offering food and prayers to their ancestors to save them from bad karma. The belief is that deceased relatives wait at the pagodas for their loved ones to return to them.

“Ben Thom” on Day 15 sees families bring baskets full of flowers and children offering sticky rice cake to the monks. This is the main festival day and everyone dresses up for the occasion. Cambodians believe their actions on earth shape their appearance as a ghost after death. By praying and offering food during Pchum Ben, the family is helping their ancestors pass on to a better life as well as ensuring their ancestors don’t get angry and curse them.

The festival dates back to the Middle Ages and is among the most important holidays in Cambodia. Nowadays students and workers will return back to their families to observe Pchum Ben with them and make their offerings. https://nationaltoday.com/pchum-ben/

 

Thank you very much for standing with us in prayer this time of the year. Cambodia needs prayer this time of the year as this is a really dark time of the year.

Love

Rossouw-clan

 

 

 

 

Monday night prayers 16 September 2024

 

Good evening all

This head of mine is not working so well anymore. Too much stuff I need to think about. Anton’s university stuff lies like a big mountain ahead of us and consumes endless time and energy. This week starts the D-day when Gideon got sick; the rest is history. I do not want to think ahead of this week as it’s filled with emotions and whatever.

 

I took the boys today to see the Gumball 3000 here in Siem Reap. It is a big get-together of racing cars from all over the world but mainly from Thailand that is making the rounds in Cambodia. It is part of the big Tourism drive here. We got rained out but we saw some spectacular cars. There were millions of dollars’ worth of cars in a small place. It is quite a strange feeling to see such richness in a country where you know lots of people barely have money for food.

 

Din is reporting that he went to Phnom Chi again this Saturday and because his bike broke, he came later. More people were waiting for him there and they were very happy he came. They invited more people to come and listen to the Word of God. Pray with us how we can help Din with a sustainable solution to reach out to these guys. It is a long ride and it costs money and the bikes broke as the roads are terrible. We cannot ignore that and feel that we want to help.

 

Toinette is busy with Ouma as she is getting treatment in Windhoek. Pray that Ouma will get the strength to continue after her treatment every day.

Continue to pray for our friend Etienne Minnaar as he is struggling with his cancer treatment.

 

Thank you for all your prayers.

Love

Rossouw-clan