Also please pray for of us who are in need of healing-Ronnie sore throat, Lynn-coughing, chest congestion, Mary Ann-knee injury before trip is very painful.
We love all of you our family and friends. Lynn walker
Monday, December 31, 2012
Yikes I mentioned Kenya but we are in CAMBODIA !!!!!:
Dear Friends I ended my year with a deep desire and longing come true. On my past visits to Kenya we were not able to do home visits and my heart was sad about this. On January 31, 2012 God blessed a small group of us to go to another village and pray with families-blessing for their homes, prayer requests they gave us and we ask them to pray for us. Reminded me of James 5:16-prayers of righteous are powerful and effective. This joyful destitute community is known in the province as the "Christian village". They know the power of prayer they know God's provision for food only from the land around them. And if you want to hear the whole story please ask any of us. So I ended 2012 with the words of Proverbs 13:19-"A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,..".
Sunday, December 30, 2012
There's No Place Like Home...But Cambodia is Close
Randy --
To be honest I was not 100% eager to come on this trip. It was hard to leave my family the day after Christmas. You combine my desire to be home with my family for Christmas with some of the tensions I've been feeling about our partnerships here, and the result was less than my normal enthusiasm and passion. That was a weird feeling! The tensions I'm talking about are a normal part of cross-cultural ministry. If you didn't know this - missions isn't all flowers and smiley faces! It can be hard. I'm confident in our strategy, but at times you ask questions - are we doing the right thing? - will we ever truly understand each other? - do I have the answers to our problems? You add all that up together and I found myself in somewhat of a funk.
We landed in Phnom Penh and the funk began clearing. The sights, the smells, the faces of a people I love served instantly as a reminder of why I am so passionate about this to begin with.
And today the funk went away! We stepped off of the ferry on to the soil of Lveasor, and walked on to the property of Hope for Cambodia Orphanage and Lveasor Bible Baptist Church, where literally hundreds of familiar faces were waiting to greet us, to worship alongside us, and to do incredible ministry in (messy) partnership.
I spent face time talking with my friend that I love and respect - a man that I admire deeply.
I saw the children that we love and adore - and reflected on the difference that is being made in their lives because of this partnership.
I shared a special moment with one of the orphans that is transitioning from teenager to adult.
Cambodia may not be home, but it is close. I'm so grateful to be here! And I am so grateful to our big God to be serving and leading a church that is so committed to this - even though it is hard sometimes. Brazos Pointe - God has been good to us, I pray that he will continue to inspire our hearts toward even greater things. I believe our best days are ahead - in Cambodia and in Southern Brazoria County. It's good to be here - but I'm just as excited about being back home with you after a few more days - and pressing in to all that God has for us in 2013!
To be honest I was not 100% eager to come on this trip. It was hard to leave my family the day after Christmas. You combine my desire to be home with my family for Christmas with some of the tensions I've been feeling about our partnerships here, and the result was less than my normal enthusiasm and passion. That was a weird feeling! The tensions I'm talking about are a normal part of cross-cultural ministry. If you didn't know this - missions isn't all flowers and smiley faces! It can be hard. I'm confident in our strategy, but at times you ask questions - are we doing the right thing? - will we ever truly understand each other? - do I have the answers to our problems? You add all that up together and I found myself in somewhat of a funk.
We landed in Phnom Penh and the funk began clearing. The sights, the smells, the faces of a people I love served instantly as a reminder of why I am so passionate about this to begin with.
And today the funk went away! We stepped off of the ferry on to the soil of Lveasor, and walked on to the property of Hope for Cambodia Orphanage and Lveasor Bible Baptist Church, where literally hundreds of familiar faces were waiting to greet us, to worship alongside us, and to do incredible ministry in (messy) partnership.
I spent face time talking with my friend that I love and respect - a man that I admire deeply.
I saw the children that we love and adore - and reflected on the difference that is being made in their lives because of this partnership.
I shared a special moment with one of the orphans that is transitioning from teenager to adult.
Cambodia may not be home, but it is close. I'm so grateful to be here! And I am so grateful to our big God to be serving and leading a church that is so committed to this - even though it is hard sometimes. Brazos Pointe - God has been good to us, I pray that he will continue to inspire our hearts toward even greater things. I believe our best days are ahead - in Cambodia and in Southern Brazoria County. It's good to be here - but I'm just as excited about being back home with you after a few more days - and pressing in to all that God has for us in 2013!
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Pray for our 2012-2013 Cambodia Team
Allison Jenkins
Avery Massengale
Christopher McCrary
Clayton Knight
Coral Betancourt
Cory Whitehead
Courtney Jones
Annie Massengale
Greg Pickering
Haleigh Culverhouse
Shea Massengale
Jeanne Manry
Randy Dane
Katherine Knight
Kathy Pickering
Kelli Meyer
Lynn Walker
Mary Ann McDaniel
Ronnie Whitehead
Sarah Quinn
Sheila Pierce
Travis Knight
We will be leaving for Cambodia early in the morning on December 27 and returning to Houston on January 5. Our team will be training pastors, working with children from Hope for Cambodia Orphanage and the village of Lveasor, and prayer walking and sharing our faith.
Pray that God does big things in us and through us!
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