Monday night prayers 14 September 2026

 

Good evening all you beautiful people. Writing from a very wet Siem Reap and just love it. I am pure Namibian by heart that is why I love rain this much. I know that rain in some areas is dangerous but here we need it for the farmers to grow their rice. Wish all this rain can fall in Namibia, can you imagine how green it will be??

This last week was a bit of hectic with Toinette be on diabetic alert. Testing and checking blood before and after meals and checking what to eat and not to eat, makes for a bit of planning. Praise God that her diabetes count is dropping quite well and hopefully by die end of the week, we hope for a positive outcome on testing again to see if she is ready for the operation. Please pray that the Glycated Hemoglobin will decrease.

My friend posted a little video showing how Ria’s leg look like. It is just wonderful to see the healing in his leg and he is finally ready to go home on Thursday. Thank you Donnie and your team for helping us to accomplish all this. Now Ria can go back home and start his life again.

Please pray for Meriam and Nnamdi. Their little baby (35 weeks) is a precious little bundle. “”Praise God and thank you for all your love and prayers. The check this morning showed much improvement: very good fetal movement. So there’s no need to rush the delivery. But Meriam will remain in the hospital for close monitoring. Please keep praying with us— for the amniotic fluid to keep increasing and the baby to remain in good condition so there’ll no need for emergency delivery (surgery).- Nnamdi””

We met a very lost soul while we had some coffee, Abraham and me. Older lady from Europe and she confessed to us that she believes in nothing and only look out for herself. Started talking and explaining what we do, I could see that there is a bit of a spark in her. Abraham is the real evangelist among us and he did his best to explain what we try to do. She volunteers at a small local school and when I said that I make toys, her eyes sparkled. Our next meeting was a few days ago and I brought her 40 wooden toy cars. She was very happy to bring this to the kids.

Why do I tell this story? There are many foreigners in Siem Reap and most of them are not believers and looking for something good to do. That is why they volunteer here and there or if they are younger they get a teaching job. Lots of retired people here as well. I meet up with another group of older people over coffee and find them very interesting. There is a huge need under the foreigners to hear about Christ. The expat community is a rare bunch of people and is definitely a group that need the Lord. Hopefully a few toy cars can let someone think about the Lord. It’s a good start.

Thank you once again for praying with us.

Love

Rossouw-clan

Monday/Tuesday night prayers 8 September 2026

 

Good morning

 

So sorry we are a bit late. We returned from Phnom Penh last night. Twans's surgery has been postponed for 2 weeks, as her blood sugar levels need to be lower before they will do the hysterectomy.  Thank you to all of you who are praying and for the love gifts to help with the finances.

 

It was also Anton's 21st birthday yesterday. Our "little sweetheart" already 21!  We continue to pray for him to follow God with his whole heart. One of his friends, also a missionary kid, invited him over last night.  They cooked spaghetti and had birthday cake as well! So thankful for this young man making Anton's birthday special.

 

Thank you for praying for the Acts program and the Good Shepherd Church in the village. The Joshua Generation (teenagers who attend the Children's ministry Sunday mornings) are also joining the adult service in the afternoons now. Please pray for their spiritual growth and for the staff who disciple them. It is Government School Holidays in September and October.  Lots of activities are planned for this time with the kids. Please pray for the staff for strength and wisdom in planning all this. 

 

Pastor Dim ( the pastor who travels to the church in Phnom Chi every week) are struggling with huge debts. He took out another loan to pay off the previous loan and now it is a very big debt. Please pray for wisdom and guidance. All previous attempts we've tried to help him start income-generating projects have failed.

 

Thank you very much for your continuous prayers.

Love

Rossouw-clan

Monday night prayers 31 August 2026

 

Good evening from a very wet Siem Reap. It is so-called rainy season but it did not rain as much as previous years. This last weekend we saw some heavy rain and hope that the land will be soaked with water as it is really good for the rice farmers. This week I could use a team of young guys to build more swings and get it to one of the schools of PCL. Good to help my old friend Isaack with providing swings for the children in his schools.  

We were confronted with events in Nepal as the flood really was devastating. It is a good lesson for us that we need to be ready for when the Lord comes. He says He will come like a thieve in the night, nobody will know. Like this flood, we need to be ready any day and make sure we are prepared to meet our maker.

You all were praying for Ria that was in the hospital. He is now at the Healing Home with our friend Donnie and his team. They are taking such good care of him. He already went to another hospital for more treatments but had to go back to the government hospital to get another blood transfusion. Praise God that people came and donate blood for him. At the moment Donnie try to get him healthier before he can do anything else. Years of neglect and no one care for him, made his body very weak. Pray for him and his wife and brother as they really miss home and their family up in the North.

Praise God that the Endometrium results were negative for cancer. As for now Toinette’s surgery is scheduled for the 8 September. Please pray as we are waiting on our medical insurance to give the go-ahead for the operation. Toinette is resting at home and is not working at the moment. We believe that God will guide us in this time for whatever needs to be done. All we can say is:” Whatever Lord”

Anton have the privilege to visit his antis and uncles in JB-Malaysia this weekend and they are on a real eating adventure with everyone. We are so blessed with good friends in Malaysia and praise God that He made this possible already many years ago.

Thank you for praying with us.

Love

Rossouw-clan

Monday night prayers 24 August 2026

 

Warm greetings from Siem Reap

Thankful to greet you here from our home in Siem Reap after a full week. We went down to Phnom Penh on Wednesday to see the OB-Gyne on Thursday for the biopsy and more blood tests on Friday. Now we wait for the results and will keep you all updated. Thank you for praying with us for healing, guidance, provision, and peace in this time.

 It was good to meet up with our Phnom Penh family. Always a blessing to visit with Curtis, Brie, and Kathrine.

 

Met up with one of Anton's friends from Malaysia who was here for work. A young man who also grew up on the mission field. He shared how he and Anton immediately clicked, being both 3rd culture kids. We are so thankful for the good friends our son has made while in Malaysia. Anton is adjusting to his workplace and being an intern. He is doing better and learning a lot.

 

Shared the message yesterday at the Good Shepherd Center in the village.  We looked at the Universe, how great it all is and then talked about this great God who also loves us. The members love to read the Bible, so we read the Creation Story in Genesis and some more verses throughout the message.  Luke 12:7 "But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows."  In the end I shared a few examples of how God took care of us over the years and was filled with gratitude for our Heavenly Father's love.

 The Joshua Generation ( The Teenage group from Children's Ministry) is also now joining the Adult service in the afternoons. Please continue to pray for this group to grow in their faith and seek God with their whole heart. A few more of them are also now living in the dorm due to difficult circumstances at home. Please pray for them as they grow and become disciples of Jesus.

Thank you once again for praying with us.

Love

Rossouw-clan

 

Monday night prayers 17 August 2026

 

Enjoying the coolness of a storm moving in, nice strong wind and dark clouds. I know that in some states in America that is not a good sign but thanks to God, here it is. I love this rainy season as the country side is lush green. Just saved a poor chicken from death as my stupid dogs thinks it is a great toy to play around with, haha, he survived to be killed another day.

Our good German friend, Holger and 3 boys came and visit us. We had them for 2 weeks and had countless nights of talks and fellowship around the table. Even our helper loved these guys as they love beer and she could make extra money selling the cans.

We went to visit the church in Rum Jopon with a day’s ride in and around the jungle. Curtis was back and with heavy jetlag he makes the trip looks easy. Lots of mud and water but the hearts of the people are even more open this time. Dim got requests for 3 more places to start a small church. We hope to get into the jungle 2x in a month now as the need for preaching the Gospel presents itself in such a wonderful way. Curtis shared that the church is doing very well and the members are growing stronger by the day. There were a lot more people in church this time as they had to wait for the medicines. Please pray for one lady with a permanent drunk of a husband. She is very discouraging and speak really bad about him. It is not good for the rest of the group. Pray that the husband can stop his drinking and contribute to the house hold.

Holger love the moment he got when we stopped at an older uncle that is a Christian and he encourage him to start a small church in his house. That is why we hope to visit more often so Dim can teach and encourage this uncle to start a small group. I just realize that we need to make more effort with these people in order for the Gospel to spread around faster. Dim shared that he already is starting to identify leaders amongst the members and we hope that in the future this little church can be on their own.

Please pray for Toinette as we made an appointment with a good OB Gyne in Phnom Pehn on this Thursday. There is a possibility that she needs to get a hysterectomy. We will go down to PP on Wednesday. We will keep you guys updated.

Praise God that Ria is doing well after they amputated his leg. He is still in hospital and they want to keep him there till he is healthy enough to get a prosthesis fitted.

Praise God the Warrens are on the mend as well , it’s only Chantel that is still under the weather but she is on recovery. We visited them yesterday and they are thankful for being better.

We thank God for all His Blessings He send our way. Toinette was sharing in church yesterday and it is a real blessing to be part of a small church that love the Lord. Thank you for praying for us and sharing to others the Love of our Lord. Be Blessed in this week to come.

Love

Rossouw-clan

Monday night prayers 3 August 2026

 

Our little house is invaded by 4 Germans. We got 2 rooms and the boys need to sleep on the couches and floor. No problem for these guys. Late night talks and lots of coffee and off course beer for these guys. Germans do what they do best hahaha. We arranged for them to visit Dim in the province and accompanied him to the jungle for a visit to the church. We will go again the end of this week to the jungle but this time to do some medical as well. In the meantime, they are here and need to pack some meds in the evenings. Good to have our old friend Holger here and listen to all his wisdom as well.

It was an up and down week for poor Ria as 3 doctors’ advise him to amputate his leg and he did not want to. Dara, a good friend, went finally and convince him otherwise, yesterday and today they will go for it again. They already wanted to go home but thanks to prayers, Ria decided to be courageous enough to take on this adventure. I will keep you guys in the loop of what happens this week.  From Gordon: ”Just heard from the son that Donnie staff (Dara) visited this morning and talked with Ria - now he agreed to the amputation - PTL! Good work Dara. Sak said they already filled out the papers to discharge from the Hospital when Dara arrived. I had already arranged the bus for them tonight. So now they will continue at Russian Hospital (I presume). Watch this space. Let's trust God that he follows through with this courageous decision.”” Please pray for this family as this is a huge undertaking. He will need a lot of help afterwards but we believe it’s for the better good.

The poor Warren family got hid hard with Abraham and Krissie being sick with Dengue and Imorgen got Typhoid just not to feel out. Krissie was in the hospital the whole week but rest now at home. Both of them still need to rest for another week as these bugs play havoc in your body. Pray for this family as they experience some difficulties at this stage.

I had to bring Toinette to the doctor as well as she started to bleed. After an ultrasound and testing we now at least know what the problem is and need to observe it for a while. Nothing serious at this stage. We are getting at this stage of our lives where our body parts get old and need some attention once a while, like old cars.

Thanks for standing with us always and reading our blabbering every week.

Love

Rossouw-clan

Ps. Anton survived his first week as an intern, he was shocked that he need to work 8 hours a day,hahaha. Welcome to adult hood.

 

Monday night prayers 27 July 2026

 

Sjoe, what a week this was. Anton came to visit for a week only and that made our hearts so happy, like they say in Afrikaans:” Die Kaap is weer Hollands.”” The bad part is that he is leaving again late this afternoon. Well now our “” small boy”” need to go and do an internship as part of his last trimester. After 12 weeks he will be finish with his Diploma. It is another new milestone for him in his future.

Sonny and Angela came and visit the NGO and on Friday night we had a grand affair where we officially closed FGC Community Link and started Good Shepherd Ministry, although its running for a while but any excuse for a party. What a nice night we had. Great Khmer food and even better fellowship with all the staff. It makes us oldies proud to see these youngsters standing up and leading the way forward.

Then on Saturday some students decided to get baptized and it was a big celebration again to see these youngsters giving their lives to the Lord. Sonny and Moun did the honors and afterwards they enjoyed swimming and eating. These guys know how to party that’s for sure.

On Sunday there was a combined children’s ministry and then a big celebration again. Three couples that got married did not had a Christian celebration yet and they got re-married in the church under the watchful eyes of the Lord. Ps. Chai did the honors and Sonny gave a message afterwards. Now 2 of the couples had babies already and it was a proud moment for us all. Off course grandpa and grandma had to take care of babies, love them soooo much. Off course we had a great feast afterwards.

What a festive time we had this weekend and are looking forward to the rest of the year as the local staff need to step up and continue the work, time for the oldies to stand back and let the youngsters lead. Please pray for this NGO to be faithful in doing God’s work.

 

Please continue to pray for the Warrens as 2 of them end up with Dengue fever. Kristen is still in hospital and Abraham at home. We know that this illness does not leave you for 2 weeks at least.

Ria is resting at Donny’s house and will go to another hospital for a 2^nd opinion this week. Please pray that the doctors will make the right decision and convince them to listen this time.  

Love you all

Rossouw-clan