Friday

Sre Trang Christmas Program

The Sre Trang congregation had their Christmas program on Dec. 13th.  We met in the new church building that had just been finished a few days before. 

church front The new building.  The old one is just to the left.

Several of the local police were there, as well as some area government leaders.  One of the leaders got up and spoke, having highly favorable things to say about the church there and Christianity in general.  What a blessing to have the support of the local leaders out there.  We can't be naive.  It wouldn’t be unheard of to, at the Christmas program, extol the church and affirm his most affectionate commitment to its prosperity, then shut it down the next day.  But thus far local support has seemed genuine, so we thank God for this blessing and pray that it would continue. 

guests arriving Guests arriving on the road toward the church

All of our students and a few church members went to the program.  (We left at 4:30 AM!  Yikes!)  Groups from both congregations presented songs and skits.  I missed most of it.  The crowd of children around Katherine (and I) was causing a significant distraction to the audience, so we went outside.  There were over 100 children there; most without an adult counterpart, all without adult supervision.  Some of our students played games under a tent with the ones who weren't interested in the program. 

children Some of the children checking out Katherine

On a side note, Sre Trang has actually had over 100 children attend their Sunday worship service consistently over the past few months.  Please pray for them as they figure out how to wisely manage and effectively teach them about the One True and Living God. But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." Matt 19:14

inside, waitingChildren waiting for the program to begin 

When the program was over we all ate curry soup together, then our students taught the Sre Trang youth a series of gestures/movements to go along with the song "God Will Make a Way."  They really enjoy doing gestures along with songs. 

  church and tent The tent under which the children played and we ate lunch

Overall, it was a really nice time for the two congregations to worship and fellowship together.

Jennifer

Wednesday

Christmas Play video

Here is the Christmas play video from 2007.  Hope to post this year's play soon.

 

Click here to see the full screen video.

 

Merry Christmas,

The Church of Mercy

 

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Monday

Sre Trang Building Photos

Here are some pictures of the new Church building in Sre Trang. Enjoy!




Saturday

Back to School in Cambodia!




Hello again!  We have just begun our fourth year of school here at the PATC.  We have 21 students in this year's class.  Here is what their schedule looks like:





Our teachers this year are:

Pastor Chheng Nuon - 2 classes of the T.E.E. program
Bill Hale - Systematic Theology, 1689 London Confession, 2 classes of Computer Tech, Guitar
Jennifer Hale - 4 levels of English
Miss Sopheak - Piano level 2
Miss Sreylip - Piano level 1

Also the October 2008 newsletter is posted on our web site.  

October Newsletter Click to read the newsletter

Please pray for our teachers and students to be filled with grace, faith, and wisdom to make the most of this good time in Cambodia.

Grace and Peace
The Church of Mercy