Orphanage Construction Update

The outer wall is now going up around the orphanage property. You can also see that the roof is complete over the children's play area/basketball court.

We are still in the rainy season here in Cambodia. We have about a month and a half of daily rains and then the dry season will set in. Construction will speed up considerably at that time. We still lack about $46,000 towards all the funds we need to complete the project. If you would like to help us finish the orphanage, please contact me by email and I can give you further instructions. We need your assistance in finishing the orphanage. Please pray for us and for this project!

New Bible Students

All but four of our Bible College students are pictured here. Some were away at the time we took the photo.

I just wanted to let everyone know about the influx of Bible College students we're seeing now. We are beginning to see the discipleship efforts bearing fruit even more and more. Our young men are excited about discipling others and starting churches. Last year we had seven Bible students. School starts up again on October 10th. This year we'll have 21 students going to Bible College! God blessed us with 16 from our churches in Phnom Penh, Prey Veng, Ampov Prey, and Prey Angkonh. In addition, we have five students from Kampong Thom province. We are going to rent the house next door to the church for the purpose of a dormitory. Please pray for all these new students. We're going to house the girls at the church and the boys in the dorm house. We're going to need to buy even more beds than we thought. Each bed costs $55. Another option is a bunkbed for about $100. We are providing room and board for these young people while they attend Cambodia Baptist Bible College. This costs a lot of money, but it's an investment in the future pastors and church-planting missionaries of Cambodia! Please help us train these students! God bless you all!

A Lot Going On

There's a lot going on here in Cambodia right now. In the picture above, you can see our orphan's basketball court and play area beginning to go up. Through the help of the Haley Pharr Foundation, we have all but $46,788 that we needed to buy the land and put up the Orphan Center. We will need to raise this amount before the construction project finishes in March or April. Please pray with us about having a part in meeting this need. It seems like a mountain, but God is able to move mountains. With God, nothing is impossible.



This is Sophal, or "David" as he likes to be called. David is one of our young preachers from Prey Veng province. He is starting a new mission about 70 kilometers northeast of Prey Veng capitol. This is much closer to the Vietnamese border. He has a lot of setup needs. I know it would be a blessing to him if you could help out with the cost of chairs, tables, Bibles, etc. I know for a fact that he needs tables and chairs for a cost of about $120 total.



The man pictured above is Ly Kimlong. He is one of our men out in Prey Veng province. He's doing a good work out there, souls are being saved, and new missions are being started because of his vision and diligence in the work. He is a strong leader. He is now sending us five more students to attend the Bible College here in the capitol. This puts quite a strain on our resources here. The Bible College has no dormitory, so we allow them to stay at the church. While they are studying, we provide them room and board and give them a little stipend for basic needs like soap, shampoo, toothpaste, and other needs. We're going to need to buy more beds for these five new students. Each bed costs $55. We're also quickly getting an even bigger problem. Of course, these are the kinds of "problems" you like to have. When these additional five students arrive in about three weeks, we're going to need another motorcycle or maybe two. God blessed us in the last month with funds to buy one for our students that we have now. But in the last week or so, we've had five new students enroll. Each motorscooter costs from $850 (used) to $1100 (new).

What we'd really like to do is finish the top floor of our church building. We need to put up exterior and interior walls, put up the roof, and put in electric and plumbing. We will then have a student dormitory. Another reason why this is so important is that it will free up room downstairs for another work we want to begin. We want to start a Christian elderly care ministry and take care of some widows. Please pray for these ministries! We need your prayers and support!

So, as you can see, there's a lot going on!

Victory at Evangelistic Camp!

Hundreds of teens listened intently, many hearing the gospel for the first time.


From our two churches and two village missions, we had 36 young people baptized. Here are all but six of those who were baptized. We had six who wandered off before we took the picture.

Our youth here are "on fire" for God after two weeks of youth camp! We just finished our second camp, which had an evangelistic focus. Greg Lyons, Roger Akers, and a team from Manila, Philippines came and did an outstanding job of presenting the gospel through music, drama, and preaching. 831 young people attended this evangelistic camp! The news gets even BETTER! 329 youth trusted Christ as Lord and Saviour!! We had a baptismal service at camp and we baptized our newly saved youth. 136 were baptized. On the final day, 53 young people registered to study in one of our Bible Institutes and Colleges! We want to say thank you to the Rawlings Foundation for helping make this camp possible!

We sent 111 teens to camp from our own four churches and missions. We're all excited about what the Lord is doing in the hearts of our youth! We are already planning follow-up with these youth and making our 100% best effort to "strike while the iron is hot." We really need your prayers! To God be the glory!

Youth Camp

Some of our youth from Capitol City Baptist Church


This year we are having two youth camps. The first one, held last week, was directed toward believers. Over 400 youth camp were in camp last week. About 50 surrendered their lives to serve the Lord in ministry and committed to attend Bible College. This coming week we will have our evangelistic camp. Camp Leaders are expecting nearly 1,000 youth for an evangelistic camp. We will take over 100 youth to the evangelistic camp from our four churches and missions. Please pray this week that the gospel would reach their hearts and that many would be saved. Also pray that all the costs of the camp would be met. It costs us about $200 to transport the kids from the villages and then back to the villages after camp is finished. We have to rent vans for this. So pray that God will meet this need. I'll update you about camp results at the end of this week. Thank you and God bless you all!

Students Get Help

We want to say "Praise the Lord" and a big thanks to those who pray and give to help support this ministry! The need I mentioned last week for the two students, Sophal and Bunna, has been met. Thank you so much for all your love and concern for this work!

Update from Kuala Lumpur

Leah and Kayla at the entrance to Petaling Market in Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

We are in Kuala Lumpur now for Cindy's regular melanoma checkups. She has regular visits to two doctors: an opthalmalogist and a skin specialist. The opthalmalogist checks the tumor in her left eye and examines it for any raising, color changes, or changes in texture and size. It did grow a little, but there is nothing about which the doctor thinks we should be concerned. So, that's good news. Cindy visited the skin specialist this morning and she has many basal cell carcinomas but none are malignant melanoma. The skin specialist said that Cindy has reduce her visits now to every six months instead of every four, unless she discovers something that needs attention. The opthalmalogist wants to continue the "every four months" routine that we are used to. So, Lord willing, it appears we'll be back in Kuala Lumpur around Christmas time for the opthalmalogist.

We do appreciate your prayers in regards to our health needs. Thank you and God bless you all!