At the beginning of the month of September, our Asia Area Director, Dr. Romy Caringal, came to visit and to facilitate a series of meetings concerning the National Church of Cambodia. Accompanying Dr. Romy was the General Superintendent of the Philippines Conference, Rev. Albert Patacsil. Pictured above from left to right are Tiffany, Tim, Dr. Romy, Pastor Kimsan, and Rev. Albert.
Dr. Romy and Rev. Albert met with the leadership. Here you are seeing the visitors meeting with us, with Pastors Kimsan and Sudthkahn and our translator Leak.
This is a picture of the DBA meeting that took place on the second day of the visitation. The leadership formed plans for the future of the mission and worked on several procedural issues for the DBA meetings.
This picture shows the pastors and the guests in the province of Takeo, where we went to make a visit to Pastor Poleak’s new church plant. The far shores of the lake that you see in the background are actually in the country of Vietnam.
The pastors were called to Phnom Penh on the final day of the visit, where they all attended a special meeting of the National Church. Here you are seeing some of the pastors as they open the meeting with a time of praise and worship.
This final picture shows Tim with Pastor Kimsan and Rev. Albert as we talked together before the service in Phnom Penh. It was a great time in the fact that the three men pictured here, representing 3 countries in the International Conference of the Wesleyan Church, met together, fellowshipped together, encouraged each other and worked together for the glory of the Lord.
Visit of Dr. Romy Caringal, GP Asia Area Director
Bin Cheow Fellowship
This past Saturday, we scheduled a fellowship at our house. The fellowship, as are many in the Khmer culture, centered around a special kind of food. The food that we prepared that day is a special dish that they call Bin Cheow, a crepe-like dish filled with pork and bean sprouts. Here you see two of Pastor Kimsan’s daughters, Chamreoun and Channa, preparing the braziers and the charcoal.
The fellowship was planned by Tiffany. She and her language teacher, Bpou, pictured above, had planned this day for several weeks. You might remember Bpou’s story from our previous prayer letter, which can be accessed on the main blog page. She has been Tiffany’s language instructor for over 18 months, and has repeatedly asked questions about believing in Jesus and has attended church with us several times.
Here you see Pastor Malout cooking the Bin Cheow. As stated before, the food resembles a crepe, however it is made with rice flour and filled with pork and vegetables. You then eat it wrapped in a lettuce leaf and fresh herbs and dipped in a special sauce.
Visit to Wildlife Reserve with Good News Wesleyan Church
This past Sunday, we were invited to join the members of Good News Wesleyan as they traveled to a wildlife park on a Sunday afternoon. Here you are seeing several of our friends posing at the park.
We brought food to eat for lunch, a buffet for them, and we tried many different Khmer dishes that we had not previously eaten. Here you are seeing Pastor Chantol and her husband Sonikol with one of the lay leaders of the church, Boleak.
A highlight of the afternoon was the visit to see the performing elephant. After dancing for several minutes to a variety of Khmer dance songs, the elephant began playing soccer. Here you are seeing the elephant passing the ball back to the trainer after the trainer had kicked it to him.
We had a great time of fellowship with the families of the pastors. Here you are seeing Pastor Poleak and his wife Pastor Malout and one of the their twin boys, getting ready to leave on their moto.
On the drive home, we stopped by a roadside stand to buy beef that had been slaughtered that morning. I told Looksrey that we would show this picture to our friends in the United States because they would not believe the fact that you could just stop your car alongside the road and buy a quarter of beef.
World Hope Anti-Human Trafficking Seminars
Several weeks ago, we hosted a World Hope team from the United States. The focus of the team was educating our pastors and church members about Human Trafficking and how this tragic issue can be noticed and reported in their towns and villages. Here you are seeing three of the participants in the conference in Kampong Cham as they work during a time of group discussion and journaling. 
When the team was not teaching, they were interacting with the people. Here you are seeing one of the team members, Felicia, showing the video that she had taken to Pastor Kieth’s twin boys.
Much thanks and appreciation must be given to these two individuals. The woman on the left is Allyn, the World Hope Project Coordinator for Cambodia, who prepared the logistics of the conference. The other individual is Pastor Kieth, the pastor of the church where the conference was held who works closely with Allyn on the World Hope projects in Cambodia.
In traveling with the team to Kampong Cham, we were able to help with the conference as well as meet with two of our students who are currently doing their summer field internship in Pastor Kieth’s church. Here you are seeing Tiffany talking with Theavy.
The Sunday prior to the conference, Tim was asked to come and share with the congregation of Pastor Kieth’s church. Tim preached about the Lost Coin and the Lost Sheep from Luke 15 with the translation help of one of our students, Zanda.