Feb 2025: Embracing Growth in Faith and Fellowship
Blessed Chinese New Year! To our beloved Chinese brothers and sisters, CNY is a time to celebrate the arrival of spring from which new growth begins. During our recent team meeting, we rejoiced when we heard inspiring stories of growth in faith and involvement. We give thanks to God for these blessings and pray that these testimonies encourage you in your own personal and corporate ministry.
Peam English School – A New Grade Opens!
We are excited to announce the opening of Grade 7 at our English School! We welcomed our first cohort of 16 eager students, with more expected to join. This milestone brings immense joy to our teachers, who are enthusiastic about building upon the strong foundations established in earlier grades.
Another thanksgiving was the providence of classroom furniture suitable for the teens. Many of them had outgrown the tables and chairs that saw them through Grade 3 to 6. We are grateful for the generous donation of classroom furniture from REECH Cambodia, providing suitable tables and chairs for our growing teens.
Peam Sunday School – New Sunday School teachers join to support more students!
This year, our Peam Sunday School is thrilled to register 100 students, welcoming children from Peam and neighboring villages of Kok Por and Kok Tnot. With the increased student population, the team was thankful for the addition of three new Sunday school teachers, Panha, Mesa and Marady, who will help nurture our students’ journey towards knowing God.
Peam Faithful Discipleship Group (FDG) – Strengthening Leadership!
The FDG in Peam consists of the leaders in the various ministries, Dalen from Run Ta Ek, Sreyka and Sreysros from Peam, and Vatey and Saodern from Kok Thmey. The group meets weekly to seek God through the study and pray for the villages under their care. It is the start of a gathering to share experiences and provide support for each other in the Lord’s work.
Peam and Kok Thmey Youth Discipleship Group (YDG) – Welcoming the Second Generation!
The youths from both YDGs met together for 2025 to enable more interactions between the youths to build on each others’ faith. It was a great time of knowing each other and praying that 2025 would bring fruits to their faith. The first generation of youths from Peam and Kok Thmey also welcomed the second generation and it was a joyous occasion to see the youths earnestly seeking God and build up their understanding of Him.
Kok Thmey Church – Welcoming the Youth!
The Kok Thmey Church recently witnessed an increase in attendance as youths joined the Sunday service, doubling the congregation from 15 to 30! Pharim, a youth member, shared her uplifting testimony about receiving her parents’ blessings to attend church and worship God freely, which encouraged our community to continue to pray for the children in the Sunday school and YDGs.
Skun Church – A New Ministry for Fellowship and Outreach!
Recognizing a shared passion for soccer among all ages, Skun Church started a weekly soccer game to enhance community bonds between the church, YDGs and Sunday school. The members are praying that this initiative will foster connections and strengthen ties among the members while providing outreach opportunities to the community around them.
Run Ta Ek Church – A Growing Community!
Run Ta Ek celebrated nearly doubling its attendance, jumping from from an average of 25 worshippers in 2024 to 40 in January 2025. The fruits from the outreach efforts in 2024 were very evident with testimonies of God’s work being shared. One of the new worshippers was a husband who used to persecute his wife for attending the church in 2024. Through the persistent prayer and outreach efforts, the husband is now worshipping God with his wife. All praise to God!
Run Ta Ek YDG and FDG – The first generation in Run Ta Ek
Exciting times are ahead as seven youths form the first generation of YDG in Run Ta Ek, guided by Dalen, who has been instrumental in their spiritual development when they were in Sunday school.
Equally committed, 18 adults have formed two study groups led by Pastor Olyda and Sean. The latter group, though illiterate, is utilizing the Waha app to facilitate their Bible studies, demonstrating that faith can grow regardless of literacy levels.
Pray with Us!
FDG:
Pray for wisdom for members to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit leading as they grow in their faithfulness through their service in the ministries and live as an example for others to follow after.
YDG:
Pray that the youths will grow deeper in their relationship with God and they may rise up to serve and build each other up in their faith.
Peam English School:
As the teachers teach the new cohort of grade 7 students, pray for them to be able to guide the students in their learning and that all students from grade 3 to 7 will be open to learning and put their lessons into practice.
Sunday Schools:
Keep the children in prayer that they may be able to continue attending Sunday School. Pray that their parents would be supportive of their faith and that their parents would also come to know and worship God deeply through the children.
Churches:
Particularly for Kok Thmey Church, pray for an upcoming outreach to 8 families, of which 6 have already agreed to attend. Pray for the remaining 2 families to respond favourably and that the families will come to accept Jesus as their Lord and Saviour.
Particularly for Skun Church, as the church congregation consists mostly of youths, pray that they will rise up to serve in various capacities from setting up the AV equipment to leading the soccer ministry as a means of outreach and fellowship.
Food of Love:
Pray for Om Phallary and her team as they continue their work on the streets reaching out to people and bringing healing to their lives.
May God continue to work in your lives as richly as He does in the lives of the Cambodians.
Blessings,
LAV
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