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.
Visit to Wildlife Reserve with Good News Wesleyan Church
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.
Saturday Lunches at Good News Wesleyan
During the past months, the church here in Phnom Penh has helped to host a citywide program supported and led by World Vision. The program focuses on diet and nutrition, especially to lower class families. The role of our church was to prepare two courses of food from foods that can be cheaply purchased in local markets. Here you are seeing Tiffany and the National Superintendent’s wife cutting vegetables in the morning. 
During the course of the day, we had great fellowship with the pastors, their families and with the people who participated in the conference. Here you are seeing Tiffany with Pastor Reksmey’s youngest son.
Maintaining a good diet during this difficult economic time in Cambodia is essential, and we pray that families such as can be seen in this picture can take what they learned in the conference to help improve their health and their well-being.
The conference was also good for the church as we made new contacts and established new relationships with people in the community. Here you are seeing Pastor Reksmey registering people at the door.
Team from Levant Wesleyan
Several weeks ago, we had the privilege of hosting a team from Levant Wesleyan from the Western New York District. The team came to visit another ministry, but they made time in their schedule to see the work that God is doing in Cambodia through the Wesleyan Church. As an example of the ministry we took them to Boeng Krum to visit the church and meet the members. Here you are seeing one of the pastors of the church greeting the congregation, with Tim’s help in translation.
The team later said that one of the highlights for them was meeting Pastor Kimsan, our National Superintendent. They said that his spirit and love of the people was very inspiring and they loved seeing the smiles of people as they worshiped and fellowshipped together. Here you are seeing Pastor Kimsan and Pastor Sithon leading the worship.
We spent time praying with people, eating a meal together, talking, laughing, and telling stories. The day ended at a church member’s house where we sat together and heard about his life. It was a great day with the team, and they enjoyed their time visiting the Wesleyan Church.
Fellowship at our House
We had a World Hope Team come from the United States to instruct some of our pastors and church leaders in teaching methods. Following one of the class sessions, we had some of the pastors and teachers to our house for prayer and fellowship. We played a game, and the man pictured here was the star of the game with his impersentation of a gheko.
The time for the prayer and the games were great times of fellowship and fun. Here you are seeing Tim with Leak and Chamreoun.
Here you are seeing Teacher Channy posing with Theavey with SoPhol in the background.
The students had played the game before, so they were in charge of instructing the other people on the right way to play. Here you are seeing Channa describing the proper way to play the game.
After the fellowship, we had coffee and cake for our guests to eat. It is still amazing to us to see how much sugar and sweetened condensed milk the Khmer people put in their coffees.Isaac's Dedication
We informed you before about the birth of Pastor Kimsua and Srey Eim’s son, Isaac. To give a small update, both baby and mother are doing well.
We were privileged to be part of Isaac’s baby dedication at the church in Phnom Penh. It was a special time of prayer and celebrating the birth of this new baby. Here you are seeing Pastor Kimsan, the National Superintendent and Isaac’s grandfather, leading the prayers.
Here is another picture of Srey Eim and Isaac.
Various Pictures
We were invited to attend the Kampong Cham Zone pastors’ meeting, and Tim was asked to preach a message. With several weeks of prep time, yes it does take that long, Tim was able to give the message completely in Khmer, preaching about coming to know the Christ as He is portrayed in the Scriptures.
In this past year, the Wesleyan Church has been blessed with many new marriages of its pastors, and now the babies are beginning to arrive. Counting our daughter who will be born in December, there will be eight new babies born this year to our pastors and their wives. It is a blessing and definitely one way to increase the membership in our churches. In this picture you are seeing Pastor Sithon and his wife Srey with their new baby, Rafa.