Phnom Penh Christmas II

Our final Christmas service took place at Good News Wesleyan which is located on the top of the Wesleyan Bible Institute. We were in charge of the ministries for the children, and in this picture you are seeing one of our former students, Vicheak, translating for Tiffany’s instructions to the children. The word translating here means shouting in Khmer so that the children will listen and stand in a row.


One of the games that we played was passing an ornament down the line using straws. Here you are seeing two boys trying to pass the ornament without dropping it and with out putting out the eye of the other boy.


Some of the kids needed some help in this game, and in this picture you are seeing Pastor Vicheak assisting two girls, giving some direction on just how to make the pass correctly.


After the games, we had a lesson prepared for the children. Here you are seeing some of the children listening intently to Tiffany and Vicheak share about Light and Darkness.


After the lesson, Vicheak did some review with the students, especially with the Bible verse that we taught to them. If you look closely, you can see Vicheak’s stick which was used to keep the children’s attention and to bang on the fence when they were not attentive.


We followed the lesson with at time of art and coloring. There were only several tables available, so some of the children used the ground, the walls, and even the backs of their brothers and sisters. Here you are seeing a young boy getting the most out of the human table that he used for his coloring surface.


Some of the younger children were not able to color, so Tim talked to them about the picture and the animals that they could see. It was very rewarding to be able to talk to them in Khmer and relate to them in quiet conversation.


The children were great, and we had a wonderful time teaching them and interacting with them.


Here you are seeing several of the girls posing together after the service. We had nearly seventy children all together and it was a great morning.


Here you are seeing one of the girls proudly showing off her picture.


During the Christmas service in the church, they performed their rendition of the Christmas story. Here you are seeing the three wise men, or the three wise guys as they would better be named, visiting the Baby Jesus. They are made up in the typical Khmer comic make-up and hairstyles, and they were quite the sensation at the Christmas party.


After the service and dinner, we had a time of games for the youth and young people of the church. Here you are seeing two of the youth who are garment factory workers and disciples of Pastor Kimsua playing a game where they had to quickly cut out stars as a team.


After the service, we were given a special gift from the church for our help with the children’s ministries. Here you are seeing Pastor Kimsua, who is also a teacher at the WBI, presenting Tim with the gift.