svay reing...

are team has just arrived back in phnom penh after completing our final session for this trip in svay reing. svay reing is a province in southeast cambodia along the vietnamese border and a very rural province. we had an incredible time with 63 pastors and leaders from the surrounding areas, their thirst for knowledge is truly humbling. this was our second time to svay reing and we look forward to many more years working there. as i mentioned it is very rural, no internet, no tourists, nothing to attract tourists! we stayed in the only hotel in town and had rooms complete with brown running water that never got warm. it is a good reminder to us of how good we have it in the states.

tonight we are meeting some of our cambodian friends at a pizza restraunt here in phnom penh and then we will come back and pack. our flight leaves tomorrow morning (thursday evening in the states) and we will arrive in tulsa around 10:30 on saturday morning.

it has been a great trip as we have had the privilege of seeing just over 200 pastors and leaders in our conferences as well as strenghtening our relationship with the cambodian baptist union. please continue to pray for these men and women who are leading the churches of cambodia. their lives are more difficult than most of us can imagine and yet they serve our king with humility and a smile. they truly are our heroes.

thank you to all of you who have supported this ministry through your prayers and your financial support. together we are making a difference in the lives of thousands of people across southeast asia.

that all may hear!

j