Rejoice with us!!! We have a new brother in Christ!

 


Much rejoicing!!!  Kemchhouy was baptized!!  

Kemchhouy is one of our recent graduates.  He is from Battambang province.  Alone with finishing at CBI, and therefore having a bachelor's degree in Bible, he also graduated with a Electrical Engineering degree and is currently doing an internship.

Kemchhouy has a special place in my heart because the entire time he was at CBI, he studied English with me.  He is very smart, kind, and just a great guy!  I was so sad when he graduated from CBI without being baptized.  We talked about it and he said the he knew the information but just needed to think more about it.  I told him that I admired him for counting the cost of being a Christian.  No one in his family are Christians.  Of course, Rich and Khemrin also talked to him many times.


He is a special young man.  I really wish you all could get to know him.  Please pray for him to have courage and that his faith might grow.  Pray that he might be a mighty servant of the Lord all his life.


(Do you like our baptistry?  It works!  Nothing like a big plastic bucket.)

And his old self is buried and a new man rose.

Sadly, I didn't get a good picture of him after his baptism (too busy hugging on him!).  

Rejoice with us and the angels in heaven!!!

Much love,

Ronda

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