Next week the Khmer New Year holiday will be in full swing. Please join us in praying:
- For a safe, healthy and enjoyable holiday
- For disruptions, thefts, and road accidents to be minimal
- For peace and discernment for Christians as they navigate celebrating their culture without compromising their faith
- For the individuals in our programs to make wise choices and experience contentment and joy as a result
Next week the Khmer New Year holiday will be in full swing. Please join us in praying:
- For a safe, healthy and enjoyable holiday
- For disruptions, thefts, and road accidents to be minimal
- For peace and discernment for Christians as they navigate celebrating their culture without compromising their faith
- For the individuals in our programs to make wise choices and experience contentment and joy as a result
Please pray with us for a young man with autism who often spends time at our Center. Our staff are kind and encouraging to him, but due to his limitations he often doesn't understand or know how to respond to the people around him.
Pray:
- That God's love would somehow reach his heart
- That he would have relief from seizures and epileptic symptoms
- That God would encourage his family and draw them to Him
Today we ask for your prayers for a young man in one of our programs struggling with mental illness and other issues. We pray that God gives our staff wisdom in dealing with him, and that he finds peace and wholeness.
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day here in Cambodia, and sadly what should be a benign celebration of love is interpreted as a day where rape and immorality are considered normal (you can read more about Valentine's Day rape culture at
Please pray with us that young people in Cambodia would not use this holiday as an opportunity for abuse or sin, but rather that God would reveal His love and His design for loving relationships.
Several teenagers from our church shared with us this week that their teachers in public school have been trying to discourage them from their Christian faith, treating them differently than other students and informally "quizzing" them about Buddhism in a hostile way.
Additionally, some of these same students face taunting and negativity from family members and neighbors when at home, leading them to feel that our Center is the only place that welcomes them.
Please join us in praying:
- That God would encourage them and be the lifter of their heads as they remain faithful to Him
- That they would show grace and kindness to their persecutors, overcoming evil with good
- That our staff would have wisdom as we counsel these young believers
- That those who feel a need to mock or discourage Christians in our community would receive revelation of God's love for them, and that they like Saul/Paul would be transformed into whole-hearted followers of Christ
This morning's church service was a time of sharing testimonies, a beautiful opportunity for the congregation to encourage one another and hear what God is doing in individual's lives. Afterwards, we had an altar call and two people responded: Pich, a young teenage boy who has been spending every spare moment he can at our Center, and Sopheak, a man who recently entered Sak Saum's Brother House program. What a great way to end a wonderful service!
Pray with us that Pich and Sopheak are blessed as they seek God, and that their newfound salvations would influence their families and community to draw even more to Him!
Tomorrow we will be holding our quarterly Youth Fellowship meeting, an ecumenical gathering of youth from area churches. Pray that there would be unity, encouragement, and breakthrough in hearts as they gather together for worship, prayer, games, drama, and teaching!
