Children Ministry SeminarThe 4-day children ministry workshop held at WBI on the first week of February was a success. Thirty pastors' wives and Sunday school teachers attended the seminar and were greatly blessed. Resie always believed that the pastors' wives are the best partners their husbands can have in the ministry. It is her vision that the pastors' wives will continue to be developed and be equipped to be a better partners in the ministry. After addressing the spiritual well being's need of these pastors' wives last October 2010 Pastors' wives retreat, it is time to develop them further. The children ministry seminar was meant to equip the pastors' wives in their children ministry. Jesus loves the little children of Cambodia and they need to know about the Lord Jesus Christ for a hopeful future. But it doesn't end there. When children believe in Christ, they become bridges between non-believer parents and the church to know Jesus Christ.
We praise God for our lecturers from Iowa; Reatha Aronson, Chad and Arian Parker, and for the lessons and the biblical principles of children ministry that they shared. God used them to accomplish our goals set for this seminar-equipping children ministry workers. They were very creative making all participants attentive during the sessions. They did not only teach relevant teaching techniques but also taught Bible lessons that penetrates the hearts of every children ministry worker. The presence of the Holy Spirit was evident in our sessions.
On the last day of the seminar, we invited over eighty children from the community and the seminar participants did the actual teaching, applying the lesson they've learned. The participants testified how much they've learned from the lectures and from interacting with one another.
Our Special thanks goes to Mitchell Wesleyan Church in South Dakota for sponsoring the workshop.
Valentine's Special for University Students
On Valentine ’s Day we held a party for university students with the intention to continue building relationship to the unchurched and to get the Gospel message across. Because of the overcrowding experience we had during the Christmas party, we had to limit to sixty only this time. Over 60 came and many are new and have never heard about Jesus. Love was the focused of the program-Christian love songs, games, feasting, and teaching. We played the game finding the Lost Sheep. After the game, Resie explained that it was God's love that caused Him to find the lost. After dinner, Ptr. Greg spoke about love both Eros and Agape. He ended his talk by quoting a Bible verse "No one shows greater love than when he lays down his life for his friend." Greg mentioned about someone who wrote his love letter through his love until it ended his life. The students said awwww... then Greg said further, "It was Jesus"...there was a silence. Instead of giving the students opportunity to trust Jesus as their savior, Greg asked them to sign up for English Bible study. Five students signed up. On February 28, all five came for our first English Bible study session. It was a joyful experience for us to welcome them and know them personally. Some of them go to church occasionally, but are not Christians. While they admitted openly they are not Christians, they came because they want to study English lesson about God and the Bible. Pastor Greg, started the lesson by presenting a video on English pronunciation and then proceeded to study the Parable of the Lost Son. They understood the spiritual lesson of the parable and shared their interest to learn more.Aleeyah Turned 6 Years Old
Our first daughter
, Aleeyah Charis, turned 6 years old on February 24. It is a blessing to watch her grow and becoming more sensitive of pleasing God since her personal experience of God's love last year. Please pray for her as she continue to grow loving the Lord and a loving others. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Ptr. Greg, Resie, Aleeyah and Esher
