Battambang & prayer

Just a brief update and prayer request. We began in Battambang today and the sledding was a little difficult. This class of young rural leaders has little "classroom experience" and struggle with reading comprehension.

On top of that Made, (pronounced Ma - day) our translator, is battling a sinus infection - or bad cold. So we had to get a substitute translator for this afternoon. Made called his doctor and we went by the pharmacy and were able to buy him the medicine he needed.

Pray that the Holy Spirit would truly be the teacher in the lives of these students, and pray that He would impart truth to them in the areas of their greatest need.

Pray for Made - that he will have complete healing as a result of the Master's touch and be feeling well by morning.

Pray for our ability to focus on teaching people, not simply covering the material. Pray that we will be sensitive to every need in the classroom tomorrow.

All the guys are missing the "luxuries"of Phnom Penh, not to mention home. Kyle and I ordered a "hamburger"at the hotel restaraunt - and it was a bit, shall we say, in need of some meat. It tasted like about 2 ounces of meat mixed with a whole box of hamburger helper, which is in fact an oxymoron, because there was no helping that hamburger.

Funny how something as simple as a hamburger loses the main thing (meat) when the recipie was translated from our culture to theirs. It made me think of the movie title "lost in translation", a movie which I didn't happen to see because the title pretty much summed up the movie.

As we work cross-culturally, our desire NOT to be "lost in translation" compells us to stay true to the text of scripture and point our students to answers therein. Our goal ïs one of "thus says the Word" instead of "thus says two guys from America". Pray that all that is said and done tomorrow and Thursday, (and next week in svay reing) will bring glory and honor to the Author of the Truth.

Thanks for taking this journey with us!

David