It seems like the moment you talk about going out and baptizing people or planting a church, something always happens. We were supposed to be in the bush this last week but every one of us fell ill, even poor Dim got ill. We had to reschedule and will go in 2 weeks. Like they say”” Come hell or high water, we will go”. The longer we stay away the more difficult it becomes for the poor people that started their new journey with the Lord. The pressure is on them as all the people are watching them. Pray with us that these girls (mostly women) will stand strong in spite of what happens. Please pray for Greg's team here. All of them are still getting better. Pray for Dim as he needs to lead us all and I saw he posted pictures of a lot of meds he is taking.
We have Kerri, who stayed in Cambodia 12 years ago,
here with us. She and Toinette visited until late at night, and it was like
good medicine to have her here with us. She will leave tomorrow, and then the
team from Greg will come for the week. Now our house is too small for them all,
and all of them need to be in the hotel. Then another friend came over for the
Chinese New Year, so we got lots of visitors these days. Good to spend some
quality time with some good friends.
Meanwhile, Anton is with our good friend Sunny and his
family for CNY. We are getting updates only about some delicious foods as it’s customary
to eat good food in this time of celebrations. God is so amazing to provide
such good friends over all these years. We are truly experiencing the provision
of the Lord in this time of our lives. If there were any doubts of us being in
Asia for all these years, this alone resolves that.
Please continue to pray for Etienne:
Today felt quite overwhelming as we visited our surgeon who will be
operating on my dad. He explained to us that he plans on removing the bottom
part of my dad’s esophagus and the top part of his stomach completely, and
stitching the remaining parts together. He was very pleased overall at how much
my dad’s cancer has shrunk and responded to treatment, but emphasized that this
is a very big operation and wants to make sure that my dad is healthy before
the operation. As a result we saw a lung doctor as well as an ear, throat, and
nose doctor. Both doctors did not find anything of major concern, although my
dad is still fighting his cold from last week, and so they prescribed some
antibiotics and cough medicine for my dad.
Next Wednesday (January 29), my dad will
go in for a chest x-ray and some blood tests and if all looks well surgery will
be on January 31, but it may be delayed if my dad is not healthy. Recovery will
most likely be 1 day in the intensive care unit and about a week further in the
hospital, and we’re not exactly sure what it would look like after that.
Please pray for my dad though, as this was
a lot of information to process and the idea of such a big surgery is scary.
Also please pray for healing for my dad from his cold. And please pray for
favor with our medical insurance as we learned today that there is a
possibility they will only cover part of the cost of the operation.
Thanks for everybody's prayers.
This is a mouthful. Thanks for praying with us. May
the Lord bless you all in this week to come and may the heavens open up with
very much rain down South in Namibia.
Love
Rossouw-clan
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