Monday night prayers 6 July 2026

 

Sitting here and munching on fresh cashew nuts from my friend’s farm. These nuts are not the nice white and shiny ones you get to eat back home but they are a bit rough as the guys just cut them roughly and roasted them. Taste the same than these pure white ones, think they are better for you, just a shame that I know these guys used a lot of chemicals on their trees. Would prefer to have the original ones without chemicals but how do you know. They say on the label its chemical free but when you visit the farm you see all the empty bottles laying around. See here in Wonderland, they do not like to clean and the evidence is for you to see, hahaha. Well because these nuts are so expensive, I do not complain when I get it for free.

 

We asked prayer for Russel and Lourenza in SA. Things are not as rosy as it is supposed to be. Please pray that the children can sort things out and get them the help they need. At the moment there are a lot of resistance from their side but we know that our Lord can work wonders. It is really difficult to give your life over so other people can run it for you, these guys need a heck of a lot of encouragement to get to that point. Pray for solutions and strength and wisdom.

 

We are also in the process of helping a tribal friend, Ria. We asked for prayer a while ago as he got a very big ulcer under his foot. I asked my good friend Gordon to get on his case again as I felt really sorry for him sitting at home and not been able to work. Helping these tribal guys can be very tricky and you need to communicate things properly and that’s why we got Gordon on the case. If there are someone that knows tribal culture, it is him.

I am in contact with my longtime friend Doc. Dienega in Philippines and he want us to make sure what is wrong before we continue. After an x-ray and bloodwork, the doctors in Banlung advise him to go to Phonm Pehn as they cannot help him in the small hospital. But first he needs a blood transfusion and Gordon send his brother to rally up some troops in the village to donate blood. So hopefully he will be better in a few days and strong enough to travel to Phnom Pehn for further help. It all looks like and amputation of the foot is needed but we are not the doctors. Thanks to my good friend Donny in Phnom Pehn, Ria will have a place to stay when he is finish in the hospital. So nice to have such good friends around. Please pray for these few days as it will be rough.

 

Thank you all for praying with us. We are grateful for friends and family that stands in the gap with us.

Love

Rossouw-clan

Monday night prayers 29 June 2026

 

Wow we survived this week. Junmar is in Malaysia and life goes on here in the Motherland. I am really trying to get rid of some old wood and old projects while I got some time on my hands between meetings. Making smaller cars with bits of wood that I saved, is not easy. Toinette is making sure that I do not buy new wood and that’s why I want to make a dent in all these bits and ends that are laying around here. I need to come up with a couple of new designs and hopefully the children would enjoy them.

I am not sure why Sundays are such a hard day to be here ? Normally it’s a day packed with emotions about family. In the week things can go on but over the weekends we are longing to be home with our family or being home with Anton for a bit. He phoned last night and we had to encourage him again to do as good as he can in his studies. He shared that he was thinking a lot about Gideon recently and that made him sad. Please pray for him as he also go through a lot of emotions.

The Acts program gathered the parents together this weekend to talk about Parenting Generation Z  Twans did a teaching with the parents discussing how our childhood differs from the younger generations with the internet etc. They also looked at how discipline differs from punishment and ways in which we can establish boundaries to keep our children safe. Most of the parents joined in the group discussions. One mother said the big difference for her is when she was young and did not know how to cook noodles she would go and ask her mother and then they would cook noodles together. Now her child just looks it up on YouTube and do it herself. Afterwards we all shared a meal together. The parents brought food to share as well and it was good to see them fellowship with each other and encourage each other.

Thank you very much for reading so far. May God bless you in this week.

Love

Rossouw-clan

 

 

Monday night prayers 22 June 2026

 

We end this week a bit bitter and sweet. We know that most of us foreigners will go at some time of our stay here in Cambodia but when one of the good guys is going, things start to pull on your skin. We knew now for a while that Junmar and Indin will go but in the back of our hearts we always had a small part that it will not happen. The time has come for Junmar to say goodbye already this week. He will leave for Malaysia and Indin will stay behind till their papers are finalize and then she will join her hubby.

Last night we had a farewell party for them. We had a great meal and afterwards saying goodbye to them was a bit hard. He was a very dear part of all off us and especially the Khmer staff. It was heartwarming to see some of them tearing up while they say goodbye. We so much appreciate his contribution to this mission and he will definitely be missed in the future. We still got Indin here with us so it’s a bit of a relief. For Twans and me, it feels like our own children is packing up and leaving town.

Over these years we had to say goodbye to so many wonderful friends that we know we will properly never see again face to face. We thank God for technology that we can still be in contact via the phone. Makes me think back in the days when we started out in Malaysia and how difficult and expensive it was to phone home or even write an email. Communication these days are so easy and makes us communicate so much more.

 

Pray for:

Thanks for praying with us for help for Lourenza. A good friend of mine in SA contacted me and she contacted another friend and so by now she already got councilors lined up and soon she can go to Palliative Care. Here our moto comes in handy:””With God and common sense we can do much””.

Pray for Junmar and Indin as they need to be apart from each other for at least 3 months while he works on his papers in Malaysia and soon she will be able to follow him. God’s planning is not always our planning. Pray for all the staff as they need to make peace that Kuya Junmar is not there anymore.

 

Thank you for you love and care by reading this letter and responding to it every week.

Love

Rossouw-clan

 

Monday night prayers 15 June 2026

 

Good evening all

I am back from a grueling but really beautiful outreach in the jungle. It was only Dim and me going so we did it in no time. Riding came easier this time as it is rainy season and the ground is wet and no sand. Lots of people are seeking their fortunes in the jungle and even the odd Chinese citizens are roaming around in order to do “” Geology””. Hmm, don’t we know that they are looking for gold? The problem is that these guys got money and bring in big machines and more sooner than later, there are nothing left for the local guys to extract.

We are hearing rumors of new villages being set up on the side of the mountain as the Chinese push bigger roads right through the remaining jungle. On the one hand I do like the roads as it makes life for the local people easier to travel but on the other hand there are also the bad element to look at. Sometimes development is not a good thing. The problem here is the greed of people that makes life even more difficult.

Besides all the rumors and uncertainty, we continue to help people with medicines and a cool breeze of the Lord in this heat. It is always such a blessing to be among the people and the smiles and gratitude of people makes a long ride the even better. The resilience of these farmers are staggering as they work day and night to make ends meet. I can just hope that development brings schools closer and more children can get education.

Thank you for praying for Anton. He got the job for the internship that he liked and looking forward to start working soon. We praise the Lord that this School is only nearby and he do not need to travel so far. It is small and we hope he can learn a lot from these people.

Continue to pray for Lourenza. “”Our beloved mother is fighting for her life. She has lost mobility and bodily function control. We simply cannot care for her as her needs are too great after suffering severe neurological damage.””

Toinette started to get a few ladies together for some sewing classes. It’s more a fellowship than sewing but everyone wants to learn something new. Twans made a pair of pot holders but the girls refuse to use it as it was too beautiful. Why do you want to use something so beautiful to lift up hot pots?? We pray that this little fellowship/sewing club will make the way for the ladies to invite their friends to come as well and see what this Jesus is all about.

Thank you for praying

Love

Rossouw-clan

Monday night prayers 8 June 2026

 

Good evening everyone from a wet and hot Siem Reap. Rainy season arrived in style and you can see smiles on all the farmers and even the normal people as well. Rain makes for packing everything away so it cannot rot, like my wood. Had to fix the roof as well cause the leaking is a bit bad.

Once in a while they ask me to preach and this last Sunday it was me again. I talked about The Great Commission in Matthew. Everyone here understands when you talk about rice and the methods of farming with it. So I use what Paul said that some sow and others reap, in context with planting rice. It turned out to be a really nice way of explain the Great Commission to them. Then afterwards I told them the story of Nate Saint and his 4 friends, who got killed in the Amazon because they believed in the Great Commission. I am sure most of you heard this incredible story but if not, you can watch The End of the Spear and also look at a lot of videos from these guys on YouTube. What makes this an incredible story is that each one of these guys had a job to do and they did it perfectly. Their story did not stop when they got killed. The Waodani tribe received Christ in an incredible way. When God say we need to go, we better pack and go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INdnQliTO38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-FPehZC4tI

Please pray:

Junmar and Indin were on their way to work in Malaysia but got stopped with lots of paperwork and more stress to get the right papers to go. They are trying new options but in order for them to go, we need to pray.

Anton finished 1 interview today for his internship and he reported that he was really nervous doing this. Our little man is learning as he enters the big world. He will know on Thursday if he got accepted. He is applying to more places, so please pray for him for wisdom in all of this.

Russel and Lourenza Hainsworth is back in South Africa after she got sick here in Siem Reap. They could not help her here and now the hospitals in SA is also not helping her. She is not doing well and we expect the worst. Please pray for her 2 daughters who are still here in Siem Reap and pray that God will move in this family.

 

We met up with an old-time friend of ours, Patrick Elaschuk. He and his family were our neighbors in Davao and his wife and Toinette studied together for midwives. Always special to see friends from our past and we can still visit like it was yesterday when we saw each other.

 

Thank you for your continued prayers for us.

 

Love

Rossouw-clan

Monday night prayers 1 June 2026

 

Hey there everyone

Lots happened the last time we talked to each other. We celebrated Toinette’s birthday and had a few days to ourselves. We are back to reality again and going to face this week with new strength and faith.

Last week we went out to one of the refugee camps again and put up another set of swings and a seesaw. The moment the children realize what it was they were all on the seesaw. So much fun seeing the children playing on the new toy. The older guys helped us setting up the swings and they enjoyed swinging around. Make our hearts happy to see that not only children but even adults need something to enjoy. Happy to help. Isaack and me starting to know how to put these swings together in no time.

After that I had to opportunity to be shown around all the projects that he is overseeing with PCL. Over these years and hard work, these schools and farm is helping many people in the surrounding villages. This is a real inspiration to see what can be done faithfully for the Lord and how He blessed the work.

Pray for Anton as he need wisdom these days. He need to find a company to do an internship with for 12 weeks. These next few days he need to work on that.

Continue to pray for the refugee situation in Cambodia. Relations between Thailand and Cambodia is still not good.

Ok that’s all for tonight. Hope all of you have a wonderful week and may the grace of God be over you all in these coming days.

Love

Rossouw-clan

Monday night prayers 25 May 2026

 

Good evening dear friends and family

Yesterday afternoon at church they had a surprise “Birthday in Advance” Cake for Twans. We are blessed to be a part of this small community. I was reminded of an article Yancey wrote once on why he doesn’t attend a megachurch. In it, he quotes G.K. Chesterton, “The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world… The reason is obvious. In a large community, we can choose our companions. In a small community, our companions are chosen for us” We tend to surround ourselves with those like us, those we most want to live with, but that is not a community, that is a club. Anyone can from a club; it takes grace, shared vision, and hard work to form a community. By forming a community out of diverse members, Paul said in Ephesians 3, we have the opportunity to capture the attention of the world!

 

 

Please pray for another outreach to another group of refugees tomorrow. It is a privilege to reach out to them with God’s love. We will bring swings and a seesaw for the children.

We also ask for prayer for Anton. He has to apply for an internship for the last 3 months of his course. Please pray for guidance and open doors.

Love to you all

Rossouw-clan