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Moses’ arms soon became so tired he could no longer hold them up. So Aaron and Hur found a stone for him to sit on. Then they stood on each side of Moses, holding up his hands. So his hands held steady until sunset.  As a result, Joshua overwhelmed the army of Amalek in battle (Exodus 17:12-13 NLT).

Moses was a strong man but still his arms grew tired.  Even then, he probably kept his arms up by pure willpower for a while.  Like Moses, sooner or later, our strength will give out.  It is in those times that God sends help in the form of brothers and sisters in Christ, angels, or supernatural strength to help us.  In this case, Aaron and Hur didn’t just stand by and shout, “Moses, we’re praying for you!”  Even though I am sure that they were praying, they literally took a more hands-on approach by finding a stone for Moses to sit on and then they held his hands up for him.

Recently, God has been demonstrating his grace to my family when our arms are tired.  Sometimes it has been through supernatural strength and healing so that we can do His work despite our weakness and illnesses.  It has also come in the form of some divinely-well timed gifts or acts of service from our Christian family.

Video Update: My Computer’s Name is, “Lazarus”

Last month, while writing this blog/e-mail, I gave my computer up for dead.  I knew it was on its last legs.  The graphics accelerator had burned out last fall.  Around Christmas, the technicians told me that the motherboard could only hold 1 GB or RAM instead of 2.  I really didn’t think it was strong enough to do video editing anymore.  In April and May, I had no choice but to try to edit videos with it.  By God’s grace, I was able to produce two videos with it.

After it crashed last month, I was ready to replace or completely rebuild and recase it.  I took it to the computer store and told them to give me an estimate.  Three days later they called me and said that my computer is working “very well.” They only charged me $5.00 for cleaning.  So, I have decided to name this computer, “Lazarus”, because it just won’t stay dead.  I also sense that God will keep “Lazarus” alive until His perfect time to replace him with another computer.

Even though I wasn’t able to produce a third video in June as I’d hoped, God is also bringing others into my path who are willing to help improve the quality of future videos.  One Cambodian Pastor has offered to help edit the Khmer translations to make them more polished.  Another prominent Cambodian Christian leader has offered to lend her voice talents as a narrator and has helped me find Cambodian Christians who are experts and passionate about Christian video production.  I am very excited about how God is bringing others who are willing to share their time and talents to help produce high-quality evangelistic videos in the Cambodian language.

Celebrating 90 Years of Protestant Missions in Cambodia with the Korean Missionaries in Cambodia

I was beyond surprise, when I received the e-mail from a Korean-American Missionary asking me to present a paper and speak at the Cambodian Mission forum on May 29 as a substitute for Dr. Jun, the President of the Cambodia Presbyterian Theological Institute.  I had met Dr. Jun in April and I had spoken at CPTI’s chapel service but I never dreamed that I would be asked to speak at an interdenominational Korean missions conference of nearly 200 of the Korean missionaries in Cambodia.

Christian & Missionary Alliance (CMA) Missionaries from have been operating in Cambodia since 1923.  David Manfred the CMA field director spoke about the 90 years of CMA’s ministry in Cambodia.  I gave the response in place of Dr. Jun, whose wife was sick in Korea.  Even though the Korean missionaries didn’t know this when they invited me to speak, CMA missionaries have been very influential in my own development as a missionary.  Back in 2000, CMA missionaries and the CMA Cell Church were all key to mentoring, welcoming, and helping to launch my university-student ministry.  My books have been made possible because of Fount of Wisdom Publishing.  FOW was founded by Steve Westergren, one of the CMA missionaries that helped me back in 2000-2003.

It was a privilege to be able to share how that even though I have never even visited a CMA church in the US, the CMA missionaries in Cambodia were willing to help me get started.  Is was also very encouraging to see that the Korean missionaries are entering into a new season of cooperation with other Korean missionaries across denominational lines and there are new opportunities to build partnerships between Korean and non-Korean missionaries.  Kayo and I as Japanese/American missionaries are in a unique position to help encourage new friendships and to bridge the Asian and western missionaries.

Publishing Update:  Publishing in the USA

There are at least 275,000 Cambodians living outside of Cambodia.  Until now, they have not had access to Christian books in their own language unless their friends brought them books from Cambodia in their suitcases.  In 2011, I met Dr. Brent Lindquist, at Mission to Unreached People’s World Wide Conference.  Dr. Lindquist, a psychologist, was providing member-care training for MUP.  He also started a print-on-demand Christian publishing company, that prints one book at a time.  I introduced Dr. Lindquist to Fount of Wisdom and now, FOW books are available to Cambodians worldwide because they can be printed in the USA and reliably shipped anywhere.  Here is the link to my books:  http://ondemand.condeopress.com/condeo-global/fount-of-wisdom-publishing/apologetics.html

One good thing about print-on-demand is that I can make revisions to the books at any time without having to wait for 500 or 1,000 books to sell-out.  My friend Amparo has helped revise my first book, Christianity: Discerning Essential Doctrines and Preserving Unity so I plan to put out a revised edition soon.  We also hope that the finances generated by this new venture will help reduce the amount of funds that missionaries and others need to raise in order to publish affordable books in Cambodia and make FOW financially sustainable over the long-term.

Trinity Institute Update

Despite the many challenges and trials such as high temperatures and electrical black outs Benjamin, our visiting teacher from Singapore, was able to continue his work of teaching Cambodians and missionaries how to start Christ-honoring businesses and to host more John Maxwell Leadership workshops.  Kira  successfully completed her first English Vocabulary and Writing class.

In the next academic year we are looking forward to hosting our first Japanese language class in August, launching full-time language programs, launching the School of Education, and developing the School of Entrepreneurship.  TIC will need to find and move to our own building to make us eligible for  registration and accreditation with the Cambodian government.

With all of this upcoming growth and my family’s planned home assignments in the USA (mid November to mid-January) and to Japan (April and May, 2014), and increasing opportunities for apologetics and media ministry, it became clear that I needed to re-assess my schedule and focus for the next 12 months.

I am planning to continue my work as TIC’s Vice President up to 3 days a week while reserving at least 2 days a week for other ministries. I know that there is more work than I can do on my own, so, Lord willing, we will be able to hire a full-time Cambodian staff member in July.  TIC also plans to hire other Cambodian administrative staff members as needed in the months to come.  I will concentrate on developing the organizational structure and polices and launching the Department of Languages.  Please pray for God to continue to raise up other qualified, and gifted Christian teachers for to help develop and launch English, Chinese, and Japanese language programs.

Family Update

Kayo’s Japanese and music ministries continue to develop.  God is bringing new people to her monthly Japanese Life Group.  As her Khmer language skills improve, she is beginning to learn how to lead worship in the Cambodian language.  In addition to playing the flute with the International Church’s worship team, she is also preparing to use the piano/keyboard as well.  She is also seeking God’s timing about learning to play the Khum,  a Cambodian traditional instrument.  She is also handling the logistics and planning for a TIC Japanese teacher and a team from Japan in August.

Benjamin is on summer break after finishing his first year of preschool at Hope School.  He continues to impress us with how much he has learned and grown over the past year.  He is beginning to learn Khmer and Japanese.

In Christ’s Hands,

Darryl, with Kayo and Benjamin

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”  (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).

While attempting to write this blog, my desktop computer crashed and refuses to restart so it will need to be completely rebuild or replaced.  In December, the same computer but the repairman was able to patch it together until now.  I am thankful that God gave the computer an additional 5 months of service so that I could produce my first two videos on it.  I wasn’t sure that it would hold together this long.  I am thankful that I don’t need to produce another video until the end of June so I have some time to get it rebuilt.

International Fishers: Christian Evidence Ministry Update

God opened some unexpected doors for Darryl to be able to speak to around 130 Cambodian Bible school students on April 30.  The Cambodia Presbyterian Theological Institute (CPTI) is sponsored by Korean Presbyterian churches.  Richard and Angie Stinchcombe of CC La Mirada introduced us to Young, a Talbot/Biola student who is doing a missions internship in Cambodia.  Young went with the President of CPTI, Dr. Jun to a Christian bookstore in Phnom Penh to look for Cambodian language books that can be used as textbooks.  Dr. Jun picked up a copy of Christianity: Reasons for Faith.  He was very happy to discover that someone had written an apologetics book in the Cambodian language.  Young told him, “I know the author.”  So, Darryl got invited to speak at the Bible school.  CPTI is interested in integrating the book into their curriculum so we will see how God will use this connection for His glory and for the equipping of Cambodian pastors.

Darryl was also able to share his two videos Creation: God or Chance and Jesus: History or Fiction with the students at CPTI.   On April 22, the video Creation: God or Chance was played for 630 people at the You’ve Got Talent outreach at the International Christian Assembly.  One good thing about video ministry is that the videos can still be used even when Darryl is not there.  During both Easter Outreach at Gateway Cafe and the You’ve Got Talent Outreach, Darryl, Kayo and Benjamin were too sick and exhausted to attend but we are thankful that the videos could still be there to bear witness to God’s Truth, even when we couldn’t be there in person.

The same is true for books,  our friend Dave, a New Tribes missionary visited a church out Takeo province.  The pastor was teaching Christianity: Reasons for Faith to his church members.  Darryl and Doug have never met this pastor personally.  We are blessed and encouraged that our book is proving to be a useful tool in places we could never go and to ministering to people whom we have never met.

Trinity Institute Update:  Count it All Joy…

Between February 26 and March 16, TIC had classes every day.  We are thankful that God made it possible for the students to learn more about Christian entrepreneurship with minimal disturbance.  An English class has continued on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 12 noon and 1:45.  Another intense round of classes and workshops will run from May 21 to June 10.

During the time when there was only one class running, TIC has had many problems.  We thank God that none of these trials happened during the time when classes were happening every day, or it would have been a real disaster.   First, the part time janitor quit, so Darryl had to take up his mop again and resume his cleaning duties along with maintenance and marketing for the upcoming classes.  Then, Gateway’s electric wires short-circuited, which resulted in three weeks without electricity for TIC, until it could be rewired.  We are thankful that Kira Evanson the English teacher was so flexible and gracious to be able to keep her class going despite so many disruptions.

Before Darryl could clean up the mess from month without a janitor and the rewiring work, an unexpected downpour leaked though the tile roof and caused a large section of the sheet-rock ceiling to fall down.  Thankfully, Gateway Cafe’s staff came up and volunteered to carry away the debris and helped to clean up enough that classes could be held for 1 day.  Just as Darryl was resigning myself to not having the ceiling repaired, the landlord sent a crew of workers who tore out and replaced the entire ceiling of the lobby area.  While the ceiling looks good now, the workers wandered off with Darryl’s favorite dustpan.

Meanwhile, the electricity in the area of Gateway Cafe/TIC goes off for several hours each day.  Gateway’s generator broke down for a few days, so we decided to get solar panels to be a back-up to the generator.  We were blessed to get some solar panels and batteries at a good price.  We are still experimenting to find the best way to use the solar powered fans and lights.  We may need to some more equipment in the near future.  

Despite all of these challenges, we have been able to hold more Entrepreneurship classes and leadership workshops.  Even though the attendance has been low due to the heat and the schedule, we continue to provide useful training to missionaries and Cambodian Christian professionals.  We are close to signing an agreement with another organization to adopt their well established teacher training program into TIC’s School of Education.  In order to obtain official registration with the local government and eventual accreditation with Cambodia’s ministry of Education, TIC will have to move from Gateway Cafe to our own building within the next few months.  Other partnerships and opportunities are also in the works.  Please join us in praying for these things.

Family Update:  Preach the Gospel to Every Creature (Including Stuffed Animals)

Since March, our family has been struggling with temperatures near 100F, frequent illnesses, exhaustion, electrical blackouts including a 20-hour overnight blackout, unexpected car repairs, and some other more entertaining adventures.  Once the door to Darryl’s office where he keeps his clean clothes accidentally got locked and Darryl couldn’t find the key.  Kayo tried to stack up tables and chairs to climb through the window but it was too high and Darryl didn’t want to risk her falling and hurting herself.  So, he had no choice but to kick the door open SWAT-team style.  It was very therapeutic.

Despite all of this, there have been some precious moments.  On Mother’s Day Benjamin was very sick with bacterial bronchitis, so Darryl stayed home with him.  Kayo was on the worship team that week so she had to go to church.  Darryl told Benjamin about how when he was a child, his brothers and sisters would play church.  Benjamin got out his stuffed animals, lined them up, and taught them many of the Bible stories in his picture Bible.  He did a great job and he was very focused.  Darryl asked him if he wanted to take a break for snack time.  Benjamin said, “not until I’m finished teaching about Joseph.”  We are blessed that God gives us these special moments in the midst of trying times.

In Christ’s Hands,

Darryl, Kayo, and Benjamin

 

 

When there is so much bad news, we often feel discouraged.  This is why I am thankful that God has made it possible for us to share some good news.  After 10 years of preparation and waiting, God has opened the doors to produce Christian Apologetics/Evangelistic videos in the Cambodian language!

On March 30, Darryl’s first 3-minute film was played at Gateway Cafe’ Ministry’s Easter Outreach.  This film entitled, Jesus: History or Fiction gave historical evidence from Josephus, Tacitus, and Trajan that Jesus Christ really lived, performed miracles, was crucified by Pilate, and that his followers, known as Christians followed him after the crucifixion.  This further indicates that Jesus really rose from the dead.  www.facebook.com/gatewaycafecambodia/photos_stream

Darryl has just completed his second 2.5 minute film entitled, Life: Creation or Chance.  This film shows that if something as simple as a clay pot could not be formed by chance (water, wind, and the sun) but require a potter, then more complex living things require a Creator.  Lord willing, this film will be played on April 26 at the You’ve Got Talent Outreach at the International Christian Assembly and for an April 30 chapel service at the Korean Presbyterian Bible School in Phnom Penh.

You can view both of these videos online at www.facebook.com/internationalfishers

In addition to posting the videos online, Darryl will share these videos with anyone who wants to play them at a church, Bible study, or  to load them on their smartphone as an evangelism tool.  We may make some of them available in English and/or Japanese in the future.

Darryl first sensed the callig to make and distribute videos like these in 2003.  There were many challenges, trials, and setbacks that made it seem impossible (a long story).  Now, Darryl sees God’s perfect timing and provision so that the videos are much better quality than they would have been if he had been able to make them earlier.

Thank you for your patience, prayers, and encouragement to stick with us over these past years.  God always fulfills His promises in His way and in His timing.

In Christ’s Hands,

Darryl, Kayo, and Benjamin.

 

 

My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.  (Psalm 73:26 NLT)

Darryl’s Missionary Perspective:  “There are three people in yourself:Who people think you are, Who you think you are, and who you really are.” William Shakespeare

God’s perspective, which defines “who we really are,” is the most important perspective.  Other people may not understand us.  We may not even understand ourselves, but God knows who we really are because He created us.  We often feel discouraged because we feel unworthy to be used by God but our feelings do not define God’s reality.  We do not need to waste time asking ourselves, “Am I worthy to be used by God?”  Instead we should ask, “Is God worthy to use me?”  The answer to the first question will often be “NO, we are not worthy.” but to the second, will always be “YES!!! God is always worthy.”   God alone has the right to define, refine, transform, direct, control, and use our lives for His purposes.  He is always worthy to use our lives for His perfect plans and in His perfect timing.

As missionaries, Kayo and I often feel like we are stumbling across a tightrope over Niagara Falls with two buckets on our feet.  We often feel like one more trial, illness, or stress will knock us off the tightrope.  This is just our perspective but we are thankful that it isn’t God’s reality.  If we could see God’s perspective, we would see God’s Hand placing us on the wire and keeping us from falling off.   Even when we fall, God is able to catch us and restore us.  All we need to do is to keep walking.

Family Update:
Our family has been experiencing lots of illnesses.  At the moment, Darryl has completely lost his voice so he can only write.  We are thankful that God has strengthened us and sustained our health so that we could complete the tasks of the season.

Looking back, we realize that for the past 12 months have been very intense.   A year ago, our family was traveling around Japan speaking at churches.  Since returning to Cambodia in June 2012, Darryl’s book was published and his radio program started its broadcast cycle.   Kayo cut her finger and then she started playing the flute with the worship team.  Darryl became the Vice President of Trinity Institute of Cambodia (TIC).  Benjamin started preschool 3 days a week.  Kayo performed at the You’ve Got Talent show.  Darryl taught and marketed classes at TIC.  Then, TIC moved to a new location on the top floor of Gateway Cafe.  In December, Darryl taught a 2 week Apologetics Course at Cambodia Bible Institute.  In January we hosted a team from CC La Mirada and Kayo joined the Belle Voce Community Choir. Darryl had to get TIC ready to host classes in February and March. In February, Benjamin started riding the school bus 5 days a week to preschool.  Kayo started co-hosting the Japanese Life Group and resumed Khmer language study.   Darryl led the effort to recruit students for an English Class, a Marketing Class, and an Entrepreneurship Class and 3 more 1-day workshops.

Now, Kayo is continuing her roles in worship team, community choir, Japanese ministry, and language study.  Darryl has been busy doing the behind the scenes administrative work for the classes and workshops at TIC along with helping to arrange strategic partnerships with other organizations and individuals.   We sense that God is leading us to slow down and take some time to “lie down in green pastures” so that we can be refreshed and ready for the next season of ministry which will begin soon.

Trinity Institute Update:

TIC is just beginning to bud.  It is like a young tree that has just broken through the soil and is now “above ground.”   God is granting us favor by allowing us to build relationships and partnerships with other organizations, ministries, and churches in Cambodia.

Now that Rev. Heng Cheng, the President of TIC, has retired from his 16 years work as the General Secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of Cambodia, he now has more time to shepherd TIC through

an extremely long and complicated process of obtaining official registration, recognition, and accreditation with the Cambodian government.   Please pray for wisdom, strength, health, and favor for him as he leads this effort.  If this process is successful, TIC will eventually receive official approval from the Prime Minister and the King of Cambodia to be a nationally accredited university.   After that, we plan to seek international accreditation so that students from TIC can earn their Associate or Bachelor’s Degrees in Cambodia before going overseas to complete their education.

Prayer Requests:

*****Urgent Prayer Request******
I just found out that my English Teacher at TIC and her mother were attacked while riding on a motorcycle.  The thieves stole the mother’s (Vanny) purse and drug her off the motorcycle, breaking her pelvis.  The daughter (Kira) was driving and she has scrapes and bruises.  This is the missionary family of Jeff Evanson, a missionary who died at 58 of a heart attack last August (I wrote about it in an old post.)

Please pray for this family.

We cannot emphasize enough how important your prayers, encouragement, and support are to us.

• Please pray for a season of rest and recharging for our family.
• Please pray for wisdom, favor, and strength for all of those who God is calling to take Trinity Institute to the next level.
• Please pray for strength, wisdom, courage, and favor for Kayo in all of her various ministries.  Please pray that God will raise her up to be a bright light for him among the unsaved Japanese expats living in Cambodia.
• Please pray for continued favor and blessings on Benjamin as he grows in his knowledge and understanding of spiritual things.
• Please join us in praying for favor, blessings for our senders in the US and Japan and that God will reveal to them how He can use their gifts, talents, and prayers to transform Cambodia.

In Christ’s Love,

Darryl, Kayo, and Benjamin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and *stature, and in favor with God and men.” (Luke 2:52 NASB)

Missionary Perspective:  Jesus’ life on earth provides the best example for missionaries to follow.  Instead of coming to earth with great fanfare, he came as a baby.  Instead of immediately starting to minister, Jesus took 30 years.   Missionaries, like any other Christian leader can often be tempted move too quickly in our ministries.  Jesus’ life encourages us to take time to learn, grow, and build relationships.

The ministries that Kayo and I are involved in now, would be impossible if they weren’t built on a foundation of prayer, relationships, and experience that stretch back many years.    After many years of preparation, we are entering into a new chapter of our lives in ministries which require us to use all the skills that we possess, (and sometimes skills that we don’t possess yet,) on a regular basis.  Some days we wish we had more time to prepare. Still, we understand that we can never be “fully-prepared” for ministry because God often calls us to exceed our own ability, strength, and resources so that we will depend on Him.

Family Update:

We are thankful for the prayer warriors who have been praying for us.  Since sending out the prayer request e-mail last week, things have improved for us.  For months we had been struggling with one sickness after another (104 fever/infections/eye problems/food poisoning etc.).  Sometimes two of us were sick at the same time.   It is difficult to be sick but because we were also in a season of very intense ministry, it was also stressful to have so many things to do but to be unable to do anything because of sickness.  This past week, because of your prayers, we could finally move forward and make progress in a lot of areas.    When people pray for us, it really makes a huge difference in our lives.

Kayo’s Music/Japanese Ministry:

God is opening up doors for Kayo to minister based on her training in Music and Bible Exposition with her Japanese background.   She continues to play the flute with the worship team at the international church we attend.  Her love for music has opened the door for her to meet Cambodian and Japanese musicians and other Japanese people who are here as missionaries, foreign aid workers, diplomats, or who are married to Cambodians.  On Sunday Feb. 10, she was able to join with another missionary from Japan and host a Japanese language home fellowship.    They were able to sing in Japanese and Kayo could go back to her Talbot notes to provide some basic Bible teaching in Japanese as well.  There are hundreds of Japanese living in Cambodia but they have no opportunity to gather together to worship, pray, and study the Bible together in their own language.  Please pray that God will use this group to minister to the spiritual needs of the Japanese which will then spill over into the lives of their Cambodian spouses.

Trinity Institute Update:

They even did more than we had hoped, for their first action was to give themselves to the Lord and to us, just as God wanted them to do. (2 Corinthians 8:5 NLT)             

As VP of Trinity Institute of Cambodia, Darryl has had the privilege to see God move in the hearts and lives of missionaries and Cambodian Christian leaders to lead them to “give themselves first.”   Building a Christian university from scratch requires much more than money, it requires people who are willing to give themselves: their skills, their talents, their experience, and their time.  There are many colleges in universities in Cambodia that started off with a lot of money but without people to give themselves they end up being only a collection of buildings.  Trinity on the other hand, has started with very little money but God is raising up experienced missionaries and Cambodian Christians who will give themselves.  We are blessed to have volunteers from more than 7 nations.   Some of these are former principals, teachers, corporate executives, accountants, social workers, a medical doctor, and pastors.    We are blessed to have teachers who could earn a much higher salary in their home countries who are willing to come and teach at TIC either as volunteers or for a Cambodian-wage.

A couple of weeks ago, Darryl was uncertain how he was going to get the offices and classrooms at TIC ready for the 3 Courses and 3 Workshops which will start on February 26 (www.trinitycambodia.org).   Darryl went to a Men’s Bible study/breakfast and one missionary in the group said that God had blessed him with some unexpected funds so that he could buy a new color-laser printer for his ministry of writing, printing, and distributing free Christian books in the Cambodian language.  This brother was looking for some ministry that he could donate his old color-laser printer and boxes of toner.  He donated it to Trinity.  That same morning, Darryl rode his bicycle across town to Trinity, which is on the top floor of

An unexpected blessing, two truckloads of office furniture.

Gateway Cafe.  Another missionary from New Tribes Mission was waiting for Darryl and offered him an iced coffee.  This man told Darryl that his mission had a complete set of surplus office furniture that they wanted to store in Trinity’s 2nd office (for teachers) for a year while this missionary and his family are on furlough.  God worked it out so that TIC can use this furniture for a year, while our funds are limited, and then we can purchase any pieces that we want to keep (all of it) later at a good price.  These financial blessings, freed up funds for Darryl to buy fans and other things that are needed to make the classroom and offices more usable for students and teachers.

International Fishers Update:                                                                                            

You have heard me teach things that have been confirmed by many reliable witnesses. Now teach these truths to other trustworthy people who will be able to pass them on to others (2 Timothy 2:2 NLT).

Darryl’s Christian Apologetics ministry  is also taking off.   Despite his workload at Trinity Institute, Darryl is trying to keep some time in his schedule to open to teach and speak on the evidence for the truth of Christianity at Bible schools, seminaries, churches, and organizations, as he is invited.    He is very encouraged that his former students are teaching others.  One of his students from his Apologetics class at Cambodia Bible Institute in December is now teaching what he learned in a Sunday school class at his church.

Darryl will also be helping Gateway and One to One university student ministries, with their Easter outreach at Gateway Cafe.  This year, they want to present the evidence that Jesus really rose to from the dead to more than one hundred university students.  Darryl and Sopheap are planning to team up lead a lunch-time group for those students who are interested in knowing more about the evidence for the truth of Christianity.

Darryl, Sopheap and Sovanna are also developing evangelistic videos for smartphones and Internet.  There are other opportunities to distribute audio and video recordings in process as well.

Thank You!  You will probably never fully understand (until heaven) just how much your prayers, encouragement, and other Kingdom investments impact Cambodia.  We have the privilege to see the results first hand but it is impossible for us to fully communicate everything that is God is doing through our ministry partnership.    On behalf of our family, and many others in Cambodia we thank God for your faithfulness, and pray that God will bless you greatly!

In Christ’s Hands,

Darryl, Kayo, and Benjamin Record

John 1:23 NIV John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.'”

John 3:30 NIV  “He must become greater; I must become less.”

2013: 90 Years of Evangelical Christianity in Cambodia

In 1923, a missionary with the Christian and Missionary Alliance introduced Thaa Haas “Grandfather Haas” to Jesus Christ. Despite severe opposition, there were 2000 Evangelical Christians in 1965. By 1975, there were 10,000 believers. Between 1975 and 1979, during the Khmer Rouge reign of terror, many of the Christians were killed. Many of the Cambodians were forced to flee to the refugee camps in Thailand. Many of the current Christian leaders accepted Christ during the early 1980s. History is made up of the real lives of real people. Darryl has learned so much by serving alongside of Rev. Heng Cheng, the co- founder and President of Trinity Institute of Cambodia and Rev. Em Sok, the founding director of Tahas Bible Institute (named for Thaa Haas), who have been faithfully walking with the Lord for more than 30 years now. In 1990, there were 10 evangelical churches, now there are 2,000 and 12,000 more are needed. According to Operation World, there are now approximately 240,000 Evangelical Christians in Cambodia, or 1.6% of the population.

Further Reading:
http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/interviews/a-discussion-with-reverend-heng-cheng-evangelical-fellowship-of-cambodia
http://www.sokem.us/ www/tahas.org
http://www.operationworld.org/camb

The Next Chapter: Preparing the Way for Cambodian Missionaries

Even though the number and percentage of Christians in Cambodia is only 1.6% and more than 12,000 more churches are needed, the Body of Christ is growing in strength and maturity. It is time to prepare the Cambodian Christian leaders to take over the main responsibility for evangelizing their own country and then prepare to launch foreign missionaries from Cambodia to other unreached places in the world.

Many nations that received foreign missionaries in the past are now sending missionaries. There are more than 400 Korean missionaries in Cambodia, including more than 30 with doctoral degrees. There are more than 200 missionaries from the Philippines. Even though only 1% of Japan is Christian, the churches there are launching more and more foreign missionaries. There are also missionaries from Africa and Latin America. Some missionaries from these nations are going to Europe to relight the fire of faith there.

In order to launch missionaries to other countries, Cambodian churches will need to be mature spiritually, numerically, and financially. By encouraging Cambodia’s church to prepare to launch missionaries they will become mature and independent in the process. Just as teens need to know that one day they will be expected to become adults, Cambodia’s Church needs to know that it needs to prepare for full maturity and independence as equal co-laborers in Christ’s service.

Darryl believes that within the next 10 to 30 years, Cambodians will be ready to be sent out as missionaries. First they can reach their own nation. Then, they can branch out to neighboring countries. Finally, they can go global. Cambodians are gifted at language acquisition and cultural adaptation. Cambodia has diplomatic relations with many nations that are closed to missionaries from the US due to political or historical factors.

Equipping Local Leaders to Take Leadership
“It hurts me when foreigners think that Cambodians can’t do things.”

Darryl taught an intensive 40 lecture-hour Christian Apologetics course at Cambodia Bible Institute from December 11-21. His class was made up of 8 Cambodian and Vietnamese pastors and church leaders. Darryl taught these topics:

• God’s Existence: Evidence for Creation and the Weakness of the Theory of Evolution
• Bible’s Inspiration: Historical, Archaeological, Scientific, and Prophetic confirmation that the Bible alone is God’s Word.
• Jesus is Lord: Historical, Archaeological, and Prophetic Evidence that confirms that the New Testament’s writings about the birth, life, death, and resurrection are true.
• God’s Character: Evil, Suffering, Hell, Jesus the Only Way, and other objections that people raise.
• Christian Unity: The importance of correctly identifying and uniting with other true believers (John 17:23).
• Discernment: The importance of being able to defend God’s Word against false teaching, cults, and how to evangelize people from other religions.

This was the first time that these students had ever encountered the evidence for the truth of Christianity. It encouraged them to share their faith outside of their own churches with confidence. Darryl also encouraged these pastors to train others to be tent-maker missionaries to their own families, workplaces, and communities.

Sopheap, one of Darryl’s Evidence and Evangelism students at Trinity Institute of Cambodia has, completely on his own initiative, started teaching the evidence that he learned in Darryl’s class to around nine non-Christian Cambodian university students. He has also started taking classes at Cambodia Bible Institute. Sopheap and Darryl had lunch together one day at Gateway Cafe. Darryl shared with Sopheap how he was happy that he could teach people who would teach others instead of trying to teach everyone by himself. Darryl also shared that even though he can supply a lot of facts, evidence, and information, that Cambodians are better equipped to communicate the Truth to other Cambodians.

They also talked about how that, leaders like Sopheap need to be prepared to take the responsibility and leadership for the ministries in Cambodia. In this conversation, Sopheap made the comment, “It hurts me when foreigners think that Cambodians can’t do things.” This statement made it clear to Darryl that a new generation of Cambodians are rising up. This new generation is not looking for foreign funding and leadership. They are looking for foreign partners who will help them develop their skills and knowledge so that they can be equal partners in ministry in Cambodia and beyond. This is a very encouraging sign!!

Kayo: Ministering to JapaneseLiving in Cambodia through Music

There are many Japanese living and working in Cambodia. A few are missionaries but the vast majority are foreign-aid workers, sponsored by the Japanese government. In the future, we expect that there will be more and more Japanese business people. Many of these people are lonely and are seeking spiritual food more than they would in the comfort of their own countries. Kayo’s love for music has helped her to make friends with other Japanese. She is searching and praying about ways to reach out and to minister to them more effectively. Even though there are International Churches in English, many Japanese also need fellowship, encouragement, and Biblical truth in their own language.

Happy New Year!

May God’s love, grace, and presence become greater in your life in 2013.   We thank God for making you just the way you are.

In Christ’s Love,

Darryl, Kayo, and Benjamin

Here’s a quick update of what is happening in our ministry in Cambodia.

Trinity Institute of Cambodia

>Darryl’s Evidence and Evangelism Class finished on November 21.  Two  students (one American and one Cambodian) want to share the things that they learned in the class in impoverished villages where they minister.  Another Cambodian student is starting a class to teach this evidence to Cambodian university students.  It is encouraging that our work is multiplying.

>The Entrepreneurship Certificate Program will begin in 2013 with 2-week modules in February, May, July, September, and December.  A Christian entrepreneur and management consultant will teach these courses along with some John Maxwell Leadership workshops.  Our goal is for Cambodians to become equipped to start Christ-honoring businesses so that they can support their own churches and organizations which minister to the poor.

>We are planning to start English classes in February.

>The School of Education is working on partnerships with existing teacher-training programs, which have been organized by various missionaries and organizations.  Please pray for God’s will to be done in orchestrating the entire process.

>We are in next step of a long process of registering with the Cambodian government.

>God provided funds for office furniture, bookcases, and 30 desks for students.  It is encouraging to think about all of the students who will sit in those desks and learn to apply Biblical truth to their professional and personal lives as educators and business leaders.

 International Fishers: Christian Evidence Ministry

>Darryl will be teaching an intensive 40-hour Christian Apologetics Course at Cambodia Bible Institute from December 11-21.  The textbooks will be Christianity: Reasons for Faith  and Christianity: Discerning Essential Doctrines and Preserving Unity.  

>Other media projects are on hold until January.

Kayo’s Music Ministry

>Kayo continues to play the flute with the worship team at church.

>Her music is opening doors to build healthy relationships with non-Christian Japanese and their Cambodian spouses.

Prayer Requests 

>Kayo has been actively sharing the gospel with her parents.  There has been a lot of opposition, emotional pain, and trials related to this.

>Our landlord will sell our house early next year.  We planning to stay here until at least 2016.  Please pray for a smooth process and a good place to rent.

>We thank God for the successes and breakthroughs in our ministries in 2012.  However, all of these battles have left us feeling emotionally drained.  Please pray that God will minister to us and give us the encouragement, strength, and confidence to continue on His paths.

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD.

“They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”  Jeremiah 29:11 NLT

Trinity Institute of Cambodia: 

With the approval of the 1st Amendment to the TIC Constitution on October 18, Darryl officially became the Vice President of Trinity Institute of Cambodia.   Dr. Andrew Kwong, the former CEO, became the Chancellor (international representative) and Rev. Heng Cheng, a widely respected Cambodian Christian leader, became the President.  We feel confident that these organizational changes will make the institution more efficient and effective in fulfilling its mission.

TIC also hosted a free Leadership Workshop on October 20, which more than 50 people attended.  The workshop was led by Mr. Benjamin Goh, a Singaporean, Christian, corporate-executive who left the corporate world to start his own management consulting and training company so that he could be free from the political pressures to take his bosses to night clubs and the red-light district and so that he could have more

time with his family.  Benjamin is a       certified John Maxwell coach and trainer.

From October 22-27, Benjamin also taught an Entrepreneurship Course to train Christian business-people to start Christ-honoring businesses across Cambodia.  According to MK 2021, there are 14,073 communities in Cambodia. Only 2050 communities have a local church.  This means that more than 12,000 churches are needed.  In order for these churches to become financially sustainable, without depending on foreign funds over the long term, about 42,000 Christian-owned businesses are needed and 14,000 Christian-owned schools.    If this dream becomes a reality, Cambodia could be transformed in all levels and sectors of society from the poor, the victims of trafficking, all the way up to the highest levels of economics and government.

Trinity Institute has moved to a new location on the top floor of Gateway Cafe Ministries.  Gateway, is a Christian Cafe which supports other ministries. It also has a drop in center where university students can come to study, use the library, use internet, fellowship, relax, and play.  Recently, it became clear that the Learning Lab would not be suitable for Trinity Institute because the Learning Lab is a preschool and a primary school and the floor where Trinity was subleasing for classes was also used as a play area for the children.  The noise of children playing, running, laughing, and bouncing balls off the walls really disturbed our classes.  Since there were no other suitable classrooms in the building and there was no other place for the children to play, it

became clear that it would be better for TIC to find a new location.  We were planning to store TIC’s office cabinets and furniture in our house until we could find another location for the office.  In order to avoid the noise, Darryl hosted his Evidence and Evangelism class at our house.  When his students asked why, and Darryl told them, 3 of his students told him about Gateway Cafe.  It turned out that they had an opening for 2 offices, a large classroom, common area, and a balcony for less rent! Gateway’s had been praying and planning for months to start offering classes in that part of the building, but they were too busy with the restaurant.  Trinity can provide the classes and Gateway Cafe can provide the food and activities.  Together more students will be blessed!

Lord willing, we will be able to offer classes as soon as January.  One urgent need is for funding for 30 student desks for the main classroom and some office furniture.  With the other ministry activities, our ministry budget is maxed out for 2012, unless special donations come in.  For more information about making a special donation, please e-mail trinitycambodia@gmail.com   For more pictures of Gateway Cafe visit: http://www.facebook.com/gatewaycafecambodia/photos_albums

Darryl has been forming curriculum development committees made up of volunteer- advisors.  On September 18, Darryl met with the Language Department Curriculum Committee.  One of the advisors on that committee was Jeff Evanson, a long time missionary and linguistics expert with Mission to Unreached Peoples.  Jeff made some great suggestions for the language program in that meeting.  Two days later, he died unexpectedly while swimming.  Jeff was a good friend to our family.  Even though we know that he is in heaven, we miss him, and we know that his family misses him as well.

Kayo’s Talent Show and Music Ministry Update

On September 28th as Kayo and Chammi prepared to go and play the flute and piano at the You’ve Got Talent Show at the International Christian Assembly, it started raining and kept on raining for hours.  Kayo and Chammi loaded up our 1991 Camry with Kayo’s flute, Chammi’s electric piano, and Chammi’s computer.  They drove through deep flood waters that caused another car to stall, we are thankful that our car made it through without getting the electronics wet.  Later, Darryl and Benjamin came by Tuk

Tuk (pictured).

The previous month about 800 people attended but we were amazed that 300 people braved the knee-high floodwaters to attend.

This was a milestone for Kayo.  After she became a Christian, she felt God’s leading to lay down her music career.  Last year, she felt that God was giving her music back to her.  After 12 years break from the flute, she had to re-learn everything from the beginning.  Kayo and Chammi did a good job with their performance and Darryl could take a few pictures.  Benjamin had an urgent need for the restroom so Darryl and Benjamin heard most of the performance from the bathroom.

International Fishers Update

Teaching Apologetics:  Darryl’s Evidence and Evangelism Class continues to go well.  One American student said that he now feels more confident when talking to non-Christians.  This man goes out with a group that reaches out to sex tourists who come to Cambodia to take advantage of low-priced prostitutes.  When Christians talk to the sex tourists about how their activities really hurt the Cambodian women, they often respond that they are atheists, there is no God, and evolution is true, so they can do what they want.  At least this man is equipped to answer their objections and present the gospel clearly and confidently.  A Cambodian student is teaching his friends and co-workers based on the things he is learning in the class.

Darryl has been invited to teach a 2-week intensive Apologetics course at the Cambodia Bible Institute (CBI) in Phnom Penh this December.  Even though Darryl’s schedule is getting busy with Trinity Institute, he really loves to equip students (pastors this time) with the evidence that Christianity is true and to protect people from cults.  In this course, Darryl will use both of his books as textbooks (Christianity: Reasons for Faith  & Christianity: Discerning Essential Doctrines and Preserving Unity) to give the students the evidence for  the truth of Christianity and the discernment skills to effectively deal with cults without unnecessarily dividing from other Christians over secondary differences.  In order for this course to become a regular course in the CBI curriculum, Darryl will also be helping to train one of the regular teachers so that if Darryl can’t teach it in the future, they can teach it on their own.

Christian Media Update:   

• The Anchors of Faith: Radio Program continues to be broadcast weekly through the end of the year.  Darryl plans to reformat the recordings and scripts for distribution on CD’s and MP3s.
• The Christianity: Reasons for Faith book is being well used byt the university students at Gateway Cafe.
• Work on the Facts for Faith video series will have to be postponed until at least January because of Darryl’s busy schedule and because our video editing computer keeps breaking.

Prayer Requests

1. Strength, health, rest, wisdom, resources, and grace that we need to be faithful with all of the opportunities that that God has placed before us. 
2. Special spiritual protection over our family, especially Benjamin

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your prayers, encouragement, and support. This is an amazing season in Cambodia. Sometimes things have been amazingly difficult but there have also been many amazing breakthroughs.

In August Kayo’s started playing the flute twice a month with the

worship team at the International Christian Assembly (ICA). Kayo and Migiwa, another missionary from Japan have also been approved to play at the You’ve Got Talent! Show on September 28, an outreach program, which will also be held at the ICA Church. At the August 31 show, 500 people, including members of the Cambodian Royal Family attended with 200 more people turned away for lack of space. Organizers expect more people next month and are considering making 2 shows. We really see God’s blessing in this Kayo set the flute aside 12 years ago and so she had to reteach herself how to play over the past year. We joke that last year, Kayo was playing for chickens in Kampong Chhnang, this month she will play for the Royal Family. Not only this, but Kayo’s finger has healed from her July cooking accident which put her music and life at risk. When we consider these things, we are amazed at God’s power, protection, and faithfulness.

Benjamin started preschool at Hope School. He loves it and keeps

campaigning to go 5 days instead of just 3. He was awarded “Superkid” award for being brave in his first week at the new school. He is getting closer to the Lord and is learning to pray and is understanding the Gospel more and more.

The Anchors for Faith Radio program continues to broadcast every Sunday afternoon. We had to cancel the January 5 Anchors for Faith Seminar because FEBC will not be ready to launch the Voice of Love Mobile smartphone recording distribution ministry. Darryl continues to develop the Facts for Faith Videos for distribution on cellphones.

Trinity Institute of Cambodia has also been active. After working with the board to develop policies to resolve a serious HR problem, the TIC board has appointed Darryl to switch roles from Chief Operations Officer to Vice President. Until the roles are filled, Darryl also has to serve as the Financial Director, Academic Director, Head of the Language Department and the School of Business, in addition to being board member and board secretary.  Dr. Kwong the CEO, will become chancellor (international representative and internal advisor) and Rev. Heng Cheng will become the first Cambodian president. This should be a more efficient organizational structure. Please pray that Darryl will have wisdom, strength, grace, and stamina to juggle all of these roles and that God will raise up others to help.

Darryl’s Evidence and Evangelism Class, which teaches students how to incorporate evidence/apologetics into their current ministries, started on August 29 with 6 people. On September 5 there were 10 students. More students may enroll next week. Because Darryl is teaching in English with a bilingual textbook Christianity: Reasons for Faith

, the students are Cambodian, American, Australian, and Croatian. It is rare for Cambodians and missionaries to be able to come together and learn together as classmates.

God continues to be good to us. The tasks and challenges before us are greater than our ability, wisdom, and strength, we continue to depend on God to empower and use us as tools to complete HIS work in Cambodia.

In Christ’s Love,
Darryl, Kayo, and Benjamin

“Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.” Psalm 126:5 NASB

July was a month full of trials that brought tears but also the joyful harvest from tearful sowing in the past.  We trust that the Lord Of The Harvest will turn the tears of this past month into a harvest of joy.

Kayo’s Music Ministry:  Meaningful Trials

Kayo has been looking forward to joining the worship team at the international church that we attend.  She wanted to join back in February but Darryl’s schedule was too full so he had to delay until after our home assignment in Japan from April to June.  July finally came, and all of the pieces fell into place for her to start practicing with the worship team on July 7.

It is very difficult to plan special events such as birthdays or anniversaries etc. in Cambodia because things seem to go wrong on the actual day.  To make sure that Kayo’s birthday was properly celebrated, Darryl celebrated her birthday early.  On Kayo’s actual birthday, July 2, the kitchen got moved into the living room to prepare for repairmen who didn’t come, Kayo fell down on a wet floor, nearly fell down the stairs, and then the real trial hit.  While chopping chicken with a meat cleaver, she accidentally chopped her finger leaving a 2 ¼ inch 2.5cm gash nearly to the bone.

God arranged it so that Darryl was in the kitchen when the accident occurred so that he could stop the bleeding before Kayo fainted and lost too much blood.  There is no reliable ambulance service or blood transfusions in Cambodia so simple injuries like this can be life threatening.

Kayo is very committed to her music ministry.  She was practicing the flute even before the 6 stitches were removed and she attended her first worship practice on July 7.  Kayo’s next worship team event was a Bible study on July 18. On that day she came down with a high fever and couldn’t go.  She had to cancel another meeting related to an outreach concert as well.  Her fever went down for a day and then spiked back up to 102.7 F, on July 21 so she could not attend her second worship team practice. Since she had fever for 5 days we began to suspect dengue.  We asked for prayer both in Cambodia and around the globe.  The next morning, Kayo’s temperature miraculously returned to normal and she was strong enough to go to church.  She has been healthy and has been getting stronger ever since.

Kayo says that God has been teaching her a lot through these trials.  Even though we believe that these trials were attacks from the enemy to prevent her from moving forward with her music ministry, God has been using them for God.  Kayo learned about worshiping through suffering, about balancing family, marriage, and ministry, and about waiting for God’s timing.  Even though her finger is still healing and she hasn’t been able to practice very much, she says that her skill is as already back to where it was before the accident.

Anchors of Faith Radio Program Update

 The Anchors of Faith Radio Program began its 6 month broadcast cycle on July 1 on FEBC’s Family 99.5 FM. We are thankful that God has provided all of the funding, even though it was beyond our 2012 budget.

All of the pieces are falling into place for the Anchors of Faith Seminar a one-day event to be held on Saturday, January 5 at Trinity Institute of Cambodia.  Since the Anchors of Faith Radio Program’s last broadcast day will be December 30^th, this event will serve as a follow-up meeting for the listeners.  The program will introduce them to more resources that can help them grow in their faith and become more confident in sharing the Gospel.  FEBC plans to unveil their new Voice of Love Mobile ministry which will distribute audio Bible teaching to cell phones, MP3/MP4 players, and computers via micro SD cards, the Internet, and other formats.  The Anchors of Faith Radio Program will continue its ministry as the first radio program to be distributed through this system.   Darryl has also invited Fount of Wisdom Publishing to join the event, set up a book table, and, if it is ready, to unveil their new Cambodian language e-book/audio book system for smart phones.   It is an amazing time in Cambodia, when Christians are poised to use cutting-edge technology to communicate the Gospel to a new generation!

 Facts for Faith Videos: 10 years as a vision. . .5 months to reality.

 We are very excited because FEBC has also agreed to distribute Darryl’s apologetic’s videos through their new Voice of Love Mobile ministry.  FEBC has a well established Christian media distribution network in Cambodia.  Only God could open the door for a radio station to distribute videos!  Darryl has started working on a 3-minute Facts for Faith video called “You Are A Special Creation.”  This video will illustrate Psalm 139:14-18 with some of the amazing evidence for an intelligent creator that comes from recent scientific discoveries about DNA.  After that, Darryl wants to make another video called, “You Are Valuable.”  Darryl plans to relate the value of currency (a $1 bill vs. a $100 bill etc.) to illustrate Genesis 1:26 which is about humans being created in the image of God who have a value that is greater than animals and which cannot be taken away by disabilities.

The purpose of these and future videos, which will be produced in English and Cambodian languages, is to provide a resource that Christians can use to help them share the Gospel with their loved ones with more confidence.  For example, if Christians have access to these videos through their smart phones they can use them to help them gain momentum or overcome objections during evangelistic conversations.  This is important because one of the main reasons why we Christians do not share our faith is because we are afraid that someone will ask us a question or raise an objection that we cannot answer.  Lord willing, these tools will help to overcome that disabling fear.

Christianity: Reasons for Faith Book Update

 The combined work of Darryl and Doug Since 2010 has come to maturity.  Today, July 26, the book, Christianity: Reasons for Faith English/Cambodian Bilingual Edition is set to be distributed to bookstores!  For the first time, Cambodian Christians have access to evidence and answers that supports the truth of Christianity in their own language!  We trust that God will use this book to help bring the lost to salvation and breathe new life and excitement into Cambodian Christians and missionaries.  The next step is to pursue publication in the USA through a Christian print-on-demand publisher.  This step will make the book available in bilingual format for Cambodians refugees and emigrants around the globe in places like Long Beach, CA.  Darryl and Doug are also thinking about making an English-only edition designed for missionaries to other countries.  This edition could be used as the basis for customized translations to many other languages.

 Trinity Institute of Cambodia Update

Despite some setbacks and disappointments related to our spring classes, Trinity Institute of Cambodia continues to move forward.  In September, Darryl is planning to offer a special class called Evidence and Evangelism this class will use Christianity: Reasons for Faith as its textbook and will help equip missionaries and Christian leaders to incorporate Christian apologetic’s evidence and answers into their existing ministries and evangelistic efforts.

Alex, one of our friends from Mitaki Green Chapel in Hiroshima,

Japan is a leading diplomat with the United Nations Institute of Research (UNITAR).  His work takes him to places like Afghanistan and Iraq to provide seminars and training to help develop the government and business leaders.  He has wanted to provide training in Cambodia for some time, but has not been able to find a reliable local partner.  The door has opened for him to provide training in partnership with TIC.  This will help give TIC greater exposure, credibility, and it can help prepare the way for TIC’s accreditation process with the Ministry of Education in the future.

We are also excited that Benjamin, a Christian management consultant from Singapore has agreed to offer a Certificate of Entrepreneurship and Growing Business Management through TIC.  This will give students in Cambodia access to world-class training from a Christian perspective, without leaving Cambodia, for affordable price.  Other programs such as an MA in Leadership and and Education program are also in the works for 2013.

Prayer Requests

 1.      Please pray for protection, health, and strength for our entire family.  The trials of the past month have frequently hindered our work and have exhausted us at times.

2.      Benjamin is set to attend preschool on August 8.  Please pray that the disease that has killed 50 children in Cambodia will be stopped so that schools can open again after being closed by the Ministry of Education.

3.      Please pray for the Body in Kampong Chhnang.  Scandals (adultery, divorce, and unethical stewardship) have destroyed the credibility and testimony of Christians and have left the Christians vulnerable to discouragement, cults, and compromise.  Darryl is planning to take a missionary, Chuck, who in the past planted the most successful church network in Cambodia before falling into adultery several years ago.  He has since repented, found reconciliation with his wife, family, and church, and has been restored.  He has been sharing his failures and restoration process with Christian men in Cambodia to help prevent others from falling and to help those have fallen to repent.  Please pray as Darryl and Chuck travel to Kampong Chhnang on August 21 to start exploring men’s ministry there.

4.      Please pray that God will resolve the lingering problems from the spring classes at TIC.  Pray that God will give special wisdom, unity, and courage to the leadership so that we can serve our students with integrity.  Pray also for the upcoming classes and events.

5.      Please pray for the development of the Facts for Faith videos and the Anchors of Faith Seminar set for January 5.