phnom penh conference complete

We are now officially half way through this trip to Cambodia even though we still have almost 2 weeks left in the country. We completed the Aquila Institute in Phnom Penh on Saturday afternoon with a graduation ceremony for our 49 students. We had a great time with these leaders as this was our 4th time to meet with most of them. These students were with us here in Phnom Penh for the very first Aquila Institute back in October 2003, and they continue to come each summer, what a blessing they are to us!

This conference dealt with Discipleship and we utilized the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). We had some incredible discussions as we worked our way through this amazing passage of scripture. These students are some of the finest leaders in Cambodia and it is always a privilege to stand before them.

Tomorrow morning (Monday) we will be leaving for the second largest city in Cambodia, Battambang. It is about a 4 or 5 hour drive northwest of Phnom Penh. Our third institute will begin on Tuesday morning with about 50 pastors and church leaders. This will be our second time to meet with these students, so we will be teaching Leadership from the Pastoral Epistles. David and me are very familiar with this curriculum since we taught it 5 times this spring in Myanmar. Please pray for us as we teach and pray especially for Kyle as he will be teaching one of the sessions on 2 Timothy 2.

We will return to Phnom Penh at the end of the week and then Kyle will head home and David, Caleb and I will head off to Svay Reing. Thank you for your prayers and emails, they are a real encouragement to us. Please pray for the leaders of the church here in Cambodia, they truly are some of God's choicest servants...

That all may hear!

J