Miami Power Outage

Well, we show up in Miami and the power goes out from Key West up to Daytona Beach. Sounds like Cambodia to me! Power is back on and all is well. Seems like a switch failed somewhere and then the power began going down like dominoes.

Update From The Hospital

Cindy's mom is still in the hospital. She'll be here for awhile. Cindy talked with her mom's doctor this morning and got a better idea of what he's thinking. She'll need someone to look after her and take care of her from now on. She'll probably be able to go home eventually, but cannot live alone. Please pray for Cindy and her brothers and sisters as they will be discussing all of this in the next few days.

Old Laptop Laid To Rest

Well, here's a quick update on the laptop computer. The computer tech called me to ask me to come by and "claim the body." So, we're going to have to get a new one. It's been ordered and is on it's way to us. We're in Florida now and so we are having it shipped to where we are. Gotta get my data off the old hard drive.

Making A Mess A Bigger Mess

Well, I really went and did it today. The CD/DVD drive in my laptop "died" about three months ago, and I just now was able to purchase the part to fix it. I was told it was easy and that I could "do it myself." Well, it wasn't easy and I can't do it myself. Now I have the laptop all torn apart and can't get the new drive in it. It's in pieces and tomorrow morning, I've got to find a place that can put it all back together again and install that new drive that I've already bought. Tomorrow is Saturday and we have to leave in the afternoon to go to a church for Sunday. I need my presentation for Sunday and it's on the laptop which is in pieces. This might be a good time to buy another laptop. Pray for me because it's been a really frustrating day. God has a lesson for me in all this. I just don't know what it is yet. I know one thing. I am not a computer tech. No way, Jose.

Present Ministry Needs

At left: Seng Bunna and the Ksach Kandal First Bible Baptist Mission

Every now and then, it is needful for me to inform you about the ministry needs we have. There are needs in Cambodia and needs here as we begin our furlough. We have some equipment needs as we begin to travel from church to church telling about the ministry in Cambodia.

In Cambodia, there are some pressing needs. Let me enumerate them:
1. We have a dire situation right now with plumbing. Pipes have broken both in the ceilings and under the ground floor which is going to require tearing up the ceilings and the floor tiles to get to them. This is an extreme emergency because water is going everywhere. But we need $650 to repair this mess and we don't have it. Please help us with this.

2. One of our churches has been given a parcel of land. A donation from Texas of $1,000 was given to build a simple church building. But we are going to have to bring in truckloads of fill dirt to raise and then level the land. If this isn't done, then the church will flood every year. Pre-construction costs like this will run about another $1,000.

3. Our ministry needs a couple of motorcycles for some young church planters who must travel from Phnom Penh to rural villages preaching the gospel. Each motorcycle costs about $650.

4. The mission in Ksach Kandal is under the leadership of Bro. Seng Bunna. Bunna is one of our young men, who heard the gospel and came to us at the end of a service, wanting to be saved. He graduated from Cambodia Baptist Bible College. Now he's got about 100 people meeting each Sunday in Ksach Kandal. He is in need of chairs for his church. Each chair costs about $5.

Each one of these needs is immediate. In other words, the water is leaking and causing mildew to the building in Phnom Penh right now. The church in Tro Kiet wants to put their building up now, before the rainy season begins in June. But they need to get this land filled and leveled soon. They need motorcycles now so that they can stop using motorcycle taxis or borrowing someone else's. And finally, those people in Ksach Kandal need a chair to sit on. Please help these folks! God bless you!

On the Furlough Trail

Furlough "ought" to be a time mostly of rest, but it isn't. It is, for us, a time to raise more support and also, to raise project funds. We are trying to raise funds to do some needed building repairs, build some village churches, buy two motorscooters for Cambodian preachers, and pay license fees for our orphanage. These are immediate needs. We currently need about $3,000 to meet all these needs. There are many other needs that we hope to raise funds for over the next five months. Please, if you can, help in some way to meet these needs. God bless you! Thank you!

Back in the USA

Well, we arrived in Texas this past week. Wow! Sure is nice to be back and see the family again! My mom has all of her sons here and it's a house full! Leah and Kayla are having a blast spending time with their cousins!

We will be in the U.S. until the month of June. We have some open dates to visit your church and tell about God's ministry in Cambodia. If you would like to add the Haas Family to your church schedule, please drop me an email at haas4cambodia@yahoo.com.