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

Monday night prayers 20 July 2026

 

Good evening

It is amazing how the time is flying by. Anton arrived home for a quick visit before he needs to go and do an internship in Malaysia. Let me quickly tell you how good out God is. He had to apply for companies to get an internship and did apply for 15 companies and only 1 came back to him and he got the job. It is a place very close to the university and he can walk there every day. It was the first place he applied and he got the job. He says that his friends are applying for minimum 20 companies and did not got any reply yet. He will start this August 29. He need to do an internship for 12 weeks and then he will be finish with his Diploma.

Toinette had to teach this last week as most of the staff went to ta seminar in Phnom Pehn. She was teaching the children on Saudi Arabia. She prepared some food and I must say the Falafel was a hit. (Falafel is a popular, deep-fried fritter made from ground chickpeas, fava beans, or both. Originating in Egypt and a staple of Middle Eastern cuisine, it is heavily seasoned with herbs and spices, and is celebrated for its crispy exterior and soft, flavorful interior) I also had to buy Dates and yogurt as it was part of the food they eat the most. Well, the children did not even try it. When food is funny, the people do not want to try. Well we had more to eat in the night when she came back.

She let them made some paper camels and they dressed like Arabs. All the children made their camels a brown color but one boy came up with a bright green camel. Toinette asked him what sort of camel is this. His reply:” Teacher, this is an Alien camel.” There you have it; imagination is the key in these teachings. The Sewing club is doing great. Toinette is sharing that they are way too eager to do sewing, so eager that they broke 2 machines and 5 needles already, hahaha. But sewing they wanna do. It is a wonderful fellowship time with the ladies and they want to learn how to do it. Twans just need to teach them to listen and be slower with the machines.

 

Continue to pray for Ria in the hospital. The doctors want to amputate his leg below the knee as his infection is too bad. It is the best they can do as they cannot save the foot. This is a big decision for him to lose his leg and made a cripple out of him but Gordon assured him that he can go on with his leg and with a prosthesis he can manage very well. Pray for him and his family to make a decision asap. From Gordon:” Talk with the son and he understands that amputation, prosthesis and learning to walk again - they can both (husband and wife) get their life back again. But I guess it's too scary for Ria to accept losing half his leg (at this stage).”

Abraham was under the weather this last week, please pray for him and his family to be up and going again soon. Not nice to run a fever in this hot weather.

The children are still trying their best to convince Russel and Lowrenza to get more help but things are not as easy as that. Lots of walls need to broke off to penetrate hearts to soften up. Pray for them as they struggling with life.

Thanks for reading this far. May God be with you in this days to come and make the most of your days as our time are limited here on earth.

Love

Rossouw-clan