Rejoice with us!!!!

On Sunday morning, before we headed for our church camp, our CBI students, Bunly and Wichega put on their Lord in baptism.


This is Bunly.  He has been at the school for 3 years.  

And the old Bunly is buried.  Now he is a new man.  Please keep him in your prayers that he might be faithful and desire to walk with God every day of his life.  Pray that he might be a shining light for the Lord.
Wichega is one of our newer students.  His older sister, Jenthra, is also one of our students.  He is a relative of James, the preacher at the Phnom Penh Church of Christ, who is standing beside him in this picture.

 And he is now a new person.  Again, please keep him in your prayers as he starts on this new journey.












Then last night, Phalim sent Rich a message that he wanted to be baptized in the morning.  So at 9am this morning, Phalim was baptized at CBI.  

Phalim has been at CBI for a couple years.  His older sister, Sophanmai, is also a CBI student.   He comes from Battambang.  Our graduates that preach in one of the villages there were instrumental in sending Phalim to CBI.  

As heaven rejoices for these saved souls, so do we!  We are so blessed to be able to be here and see God working in the lives of so many people here.

May they stand strong in the Lord and be His mighty warriors in Cambodia.

As I mentioned at the start, we were at the nation wide church camp the first part of this week.  I'll tell you about it in the next blog.

Much love, Ronda



Comments

Ellen D said…
What joyous news! Thanks for sharing it & being such wonderful teachers & examples to Cambodian people.
Love you
November 11, 2022 at 7:15 AM
Greg Fleming said…
Great news. Pass along my brotherly greetings especially to Bunly and Phalim.
November 11, 2022 at 10:47 AM
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