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Pastor J
November 2024
How great though Art!
Greetings all the partners supporters
It is our joy to be able to share a ministry prayer letter which you are involved in. Before you read the letter, I would like to remind you all that our activities and ministries are able to happen because of your prayers and support. This time, I've included a short video clip which focuses on our dormitory students who are presently staying in the dormitory. I hope the video clip of the students introducing themselves will be helpful in giving you an understanding and insight into the students and to remember them in your prayers. Dorm Students_Updated 2024 Nov.mp4
Update of the last two months ministry
Celebrating the 9th Anniversary of Horaios Baptist Church. The Church was started by the missionaries Pastor J and his family with the dormitory students and local people. The first worship service was held on 25th October 2015. As 25th October didn't fall on Sunday, therefore, the thanksgiving day is held on the closest Sunday to 25th October every year. We give thanks to God as we experience his wonderful life in Horaios Baptist Church. The thanksgiving service offering collection is set aside for buying the building for Horaios Baptist Church. Presently there are about 40 members in Horaios Baptist Church.
Youth meet: on 23rd Sport Meet and 24th Sunday joint fellowship of the five dormitories in Phnom Penh was held. Our Horaios dormitory won the overall winner’s trophy. This joint fellowship has been organized by our ministry since 2017, this year more young people were involved. On Sunday we had a joint worship service in which the youth shared their testimony, having fun, performing Khmer traditional dance etc. This event focuses on the youth encouraging each other and to share their talent and to form a unity of Christian community.
Training on evangelism strategies: on 17th October 2024 at Takéo and Kompongspeu Area, I conducted training on evangelism strategies, more than 30 people attended.
Personal/family update
I also had an opportunity to speak on behalf of the North East people of India on the Day of the event of North East day event organized by the Embassy of India in Phnom Penh on 25th October 2024.
As mentioned in the last prayer letters, I was able to attend the BMS Asia Summit in Kolkata, India at the start of November. I feel blessed and had the opportunity to be included in the program by sharing a biblical reflection. I shared the humility of Christ in doing ministry, collaboration and one of the fundamental strategies in doing ministry is - Make it easy! As Jesus makes it easy for us. I feel very fortunate to be able to attend the Summit, I feel blessed to have met BMS General Director, Kan Sang Tan and some of the leaders of the churches.
My wife and my children are doing good. This year my Birthday is special for me! I turned a half-century (50 years) on 21st November 2024.
Visitor from the Baptist Church of Mizoram, India: This year we are fortunate to have a visitor from Mizoram, India. On 17th - 20th November 2024, the BCM leader Rev. Dr. R. Lalthanmawia and his wife Mrs K. Lalthanpuii visited us to witness what the Lord has been doing in Cambodia. We visited the village and also had a meeting with the President of the Cambodian Baptist Union. Last two consecutive years, the BMS Kwame has visited us. We are so glad the BMS and BCM leaders have been caring for us.
Cambodian Christian Children Meet: On 20th October 2024 in Phnom Penh (the Capital City of Cambodia) Christian Children meet was organised by our ministry (BMS and BCM). Besides our ministry focus villages' children, we invited other churches. All together eight churches could participate - Horaios Baptist Church; Bethesda Church, Kydanroy village; Bamboo Grace Church, Bangtrum village; Vehpous Baptist Church, Vehpous village; Tropeang Tonluab Baptist Church; CBU Head Office Church. More than 120 children gathered together for this event. This children's meet is initiated by our mission and started in the last year and is expected to be an annual event. Christian Children participated and performed singing, dancing, Bible memory verse and skit. The meeting intended to learn unity, Christian moral life and practice and the theme is Jesus loves the little children.
Team Evangelism: On 8th November one day team evangelism doing home visit and small group gathering evangelism program was done in a Svaysor village where our supported evangelist Cheakosol is ministering. All our supported evangelists gathered for that day of ministry. All together more than 20 families visited and the gospel of Jesus was shared with them.
Prayer requests:
Please pray for the Christmas outreach program that we will be involved with during December:
On 8th December in the morning in Tropeangrun where there is no Christian's yet; then in the afternoon in Vehpous village;
On 15th December in Kydan Roy village Dormitory students will lead songs and perform a Christmas drama.
On 19th December at Svaysor village
On 22nd December Christmas Celebration in the Horaios Baptist Church.
On 29th December at Cambodian Baptist Union Head Office.
Hostel rental contract agreement will end in the month of December 2024; we are looking for another house to be rented from January. Please pray that we may be able to find a suitable house; which is for multi-purpose Center hence, for hostel for college students, a mission center and a worship place for Horaios Baptist Church members.
Christmas Greetings
We wish you all a merry Christmas from our family. May the good Lord be with you as you spend the Christmas season.
As Jesus Christ humbled himself to save us and was born as a human form to make it easy which is difficult for us to attain salvation. As followers of Christ let us humble ourselves to become a blessing for others. Make yourself easy (possible/available) for others; Make it easy that which is difficult for others. Have a blessed Christmas time.
Philippians 2:8 And being found in appearance as a human, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death even death on a cross!
Thank you for your support and giving your time to read our prayer letters. Without your support we cannot stand alone by ourselves. Please do remember again the report which you have read is your ministry. May the blessing of God shower upon you.
Blessings
Pastor J. Lalduhawma and family
Phnom Penh