Cambodia. One word. One trip. One God. This trip has been one of the best experiences in my life. I love the people, the kiddos, and the BPF team. This morning woke up, exhausted, went to breakfast and make sure I am ready by 7 to get on the bus. Its about an hour ride to a village then we cross a ferry to get to L'vea Sor. When you step off the ferry, the little kiddos are waiting there for you as you step off the boat to run up, hold your hand, and show you a wonderful smile. I help with the lesson team and today had to be the best day yet. We talked about Samual talking to people the one true king that is better then any human king and I think the kids really understood the story;however the story wrapped up when the kids and one of our translater, Lucky sang this prayer: Pray For Cambodia Never have I feel regreted of my decision to work for God easy,hard,happy,and sad, I will still try to do it. My life is full of tears of joy. I try to pray to God as what he promised us that he'll always be with us and take us to the victory. I'm gonna go all around Cambodia and work from all my heart and my life forever, I will try even if I face many hard times there is a long way, I know, but I know and believe that God is there for me. That had to be one of the greatest moments of the trip as I hear childeren sing and praise the same God as I do. This week,trip,and experience has been one of the greatest and it has help me find a spark for God that I have lost in the last couple of weeks. God works in great ways and I couldn't dream of a better Christmas trip then the one where I see God work through people and myself. God has blessed our church with the opperunity to work with amazing people. I wish you could see how great this trip is and how it helps find who you are in Gods plan. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Cambodia! Love, Allison Jenkins

Some great things happening

The children of Lveasor have had a great week. Awesome crafts, coloring, making butterflies with clothes pins, bracelets, beaded necklaces with all the activities pointing to Jesus Christ the King. In the afternoon they have short ESL classes THEN playtime or it may be known wear out the adults and teens. Our BPF teens are stellar whether working with children or going on home visits. Yesterday one of our teens, Kelli Meyer, ask a woman if she wanted Christ. That woman along with 2 others stepped over line of faith. These days of home visits have so reignited all who have gone. The pastors conference winds down today. Ronnie and our interpreter Sovaty are having throat problems and Sovaty doesn't get rest from constant interpretation. Pray for healing and rest for these guys.

For I Know the Plans for you

How amazing that 2013 began as awesome as 2012 ended!  Boo hoo I stayed back at hotel so I could cough here. BUT GOD had plan b in store for me.  My housekeeper struck up a conversation.  She shared her heart that been through much pain in  ENGLISH that just doesn't happen here.  She shared her hopes as well, we talked children and then it turned to church. I ask her if she had heard of JESUS. She replied I'm a Christian that just doesn't happen everyday here either. After work she goes to school to improve her English.  I told her I had something that would help her-I gave her my Bible.  She was so excited. We talked about forgiving others who hurt us because God forgives.  Who would of thought plan b would be one of my best New Year's Day ever.  Jeremiah 29:11-"for I know the plans for you....". Lynn Walker

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,..". 

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

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!

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! 

Making Our Way Home

Well, we're on 4 hour layover in Seoul, Korea, and our group is spread out and passed out all over the airport. Sleep is drastically sought after. In about another hour, we load up on the LONG leg of the flight and head to Dallas, where we will have another 3 1/2 hour layover. That one may be the worst, since we will know we are but a short 1 hour flight from home.

The week was exciting, productive, encouraging and draining. We saw wonderful things and experienced amazing opportunities from God. But for now, the bodies are tired and aching and longing for American soil.

Bush Intercontinental is where we want to be. We hope to see familiar faces there.


Ronnie Whitehead
Smalll Groups Pastor