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!

Students Need Help

I have two young men, both preachers, who are furthering their education. The purpose for this is that here in Cambodia, these men need a vocation, a skill, that they can use to help support themselves and the work of the church they start. One such young man is Sous Sophal. He is halfway through his bachelors program at a local university here in Phnom Penh. The total cost for his education is only $400 a year. His next semester begins in September. We are asking the Lord to burden someone to take this on as a scholarship for Sophal.

Then, we have Seng Bunna. Seng Bunna just graduated from Bible School and wishes to study computer and English. Total costs for his courses for the next three months come to $150. Perhaps your church can help this young preacher prepare for a bivocational ministry. When these young men can learn a trade or skill, they can help feed their families and reach souls in the community, while pastoring a small church in Cambodia.

I hope God will burden someone's heart to help these two young men. God bless you!

Along the Burmese Border

I enjoy a "Kodak Moment" with some Karen tribal refugee kids.

My Cambodian brother and co-worker Seyha and I were blessed to be able to visit our brethren along the Thai/Burma border. Some of you are aware, but I'm afraid many of you are not aware of the suffering of the Karen tribal Christians inside Burma. Hundreds of thousands of these brethren are now refugees in Thailand. Many more are suffering under persecution from the Burmese army. They are persecuted both for being Karen and for being Christian. When we arrived in Mae Sot, we met with believers who trace their spiritual heritage back to the ministry of missionary Adoniram Judson. This area is a very sensitive area politically. Pastor Joseph and the Karen Baptist churches need our prayers.

While we were there, we were able to help paint a Karen tribal refugee school for the children of the area. They also have a Manna Worldwide feeding center ministry. Our church here in Cambodia has decided to make this work among the Karen our first foreign mission to support. This is a wonderful milestone in the life of our Cambodian church, taking on a foreign missionary work.

Village Ministry in Ampov Prey

I had the privilege of visiting our newest village work today. I went along with James, his wife Srey Ny, and a good number of others out to the new work in Ampov Prey. It was a great time for everyone. I'm excited about the prospects for a new church being started in this village. It is along the road leading south to the border with Vietnam. As mentioned in previous posts and articles, it is in the old "Ho Chi Minh" trail region of Vietnam. This is where much activity happened during the Vietnam War.

We fight the spiritual battles that are not against flesh and blood, but against the spiritual enemies listed in Ephesians, chapter 6. Please pray with us as we fight against the world, the flesh, and the devil here in Cambodia. Pray for us that God would open a way for us to get a small plot of land here to build a church building.