Please pray for Cambodia

Four of my friends from church are currently on a mission trip in Cambodia. They left on the 9th and will return on the 23rd. I meant to post a blog about this a week ago, but I wasn't able to get it up until today.

Please be praying for the entire team (there are people from other churches on the team as well) as they serve as the hands and feet of Christ in Cambodia. They will be working hard to help move a children's home from one city to another. In addition to assisting in moving the children, they will be doing a good deal of cleaning and making repairs to the old home and the new one. The team will also be doing several prayer walks in the area.

To follow the team's progress, check out To The Ends of the Earth to read a firsthand account from the field.

Here are some specific prayer requests for the trip from members of the team:

Heritage House (the home for children the team went to help move)

• All of these children will be moved to a new city, a new school, a new everything. Please pray for a smooth transition.


• Please pray for favor in leaving the old building. The landlord is trying to cheat Heritage House out of a lot of money.


• The staff need prayer for a continued compassion for the children and each other.


• Please pray for the salvation of the children through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

The Church

• The area where this church will be does not know of our Savior, please pray that the Holy Spirit will move in that place.


• Lewis (the team leader) and a few others have been training a young man to lead this church, please pray that he allows God to work through him for the salvation of Kampot.


• Please pray that hidden believers will rise up and join in the fellowship and family that is the Church.


• Please pray protection against anything that would hinder the growth of God's kingdom.

Kampot and Cambodia
Please pray...

• That the church will grow strong and fearless


• That the government will grow soft to the Word of God


• That families will seek to grow stronger


• That love would fill the streets, driving out fear


• That the monks and following Buddhists will hear the word of truth and turn to God

Missions Team

• UNITY


• Spirit of love and obedience


• Focus


• Productivity


• Increased faith and strength for spiritual warfare


• Health and safety


• Glorious times of worship and praise


• PROVISION


• New revelations of God and His Kingdom


• WISDOM


• Open ears and eyes to hear and see with clarity whatever God may wish to speak to them


• Hearts totally in tune to what the Father is doing and saying

Thank you for joining me in praying for the team! I can't wait to hear all the accounts of what God has done when they return!

A thought for today

Nothing is more needful at this present hour than prayer that draws its power from full operation under the direction and unction of the Holy Spirit.
-Frances Roberts, Come Away My Beloved

Give me, O Lord, a thankful heart

That has been the cry of heart lately. Help me to be more thankful, Lord.

I'm not nearly thankful enough. When I stop to think about it, I am so blessed it's ridiculous. So why is my heart not overflowing with thanksgiving all the time (as it should be)? Why have I caught myself whining more than giving thanks lately?

I am thankful that God has been opening my eyes to my lack of thanksgiving. I'm starting to really hear what I'm saying when I'm whining or complaining--and I don't like it at all.

Instead of being thankful that I am able to go to school--and even able to do it at very little monetary cost with no loans of any kind--I've found myself whining about wanting to be finished, how much I don't want to do my assignments or UT's policies. Instead of being thankful that I have a well-paying job (for a college student) with a flexible schedule, good atmosphere, and a good boss who thinks highly of me-- I whine about the things that don't go right at work. I've whined about the weather, fatigue, etc.

So I'm asking God to help me be more thankful, a prayer he seems all to ready to answer. And he is. Also as my friends, if you notice me whining, don't be afraid to bring it to my attention and gently tell me to stop. I won't mind.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Psalm 100:4-5