November prayer

November’s 09 News
Dear Friends and Family,
It is hard to believe that 2009 is coming to an end soon.. Time sure flies! We wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, this week, as you take a moment to reflect upon the many blessings God has given you…
Lots of things took place since the last time we wrote you...
In Oct, we were blessed to have a wonderful week vacation time as a family in Penang, Malaysia. It was good week of rest and relaxation. Justin got quite tall. At 13 years old, he is already a few inches taller than Soeuth! We were also able to meet with his new dorm parents, Lillian and Herald Chan, a wonderful godly couple with their two school age boys. Please pray for the Chans as they are still getting used to their new roles as dorm parents overseeing 15 other dorm kids (including our Justin) along with two of their own. We look forward to Dec. 18 the time when Justin will come home for 5 weeks school break!!!!
Throughout the weeks in October to early November, Khmer people who reside along the border had been living in fear because of the border conflicts and other disagreements between the Thai and Khmer people. Praise God, things are beginning to calm down a bit. For a while the town of Poipet and some areas at local markets were quiet as people fled the areas for safety reason. Now, those with businesses at the Thai market are resuming their activities again.
We also have been witnessing many blessings during these hard times as, each week, at least a few people came forward to give their lives to Christ. Srey Moum, the believer lady that mentioned in our Sept. newsletter, has been on fire for the Lord as she is passionately witnessing Christ to many of her friends. Although we hold regular church service in addition to two discipleship classes on Thursdays at her areas, Srey Moum still insists on coming to join us on Sundays at the Poipet church! Before, she was just traveling, alone, in taxi to Poipt; now, she actually rents the entire taxi, each week, bringing some of her relatives and close friends to Poipet church as well. As the result, three of her daughters, some grandchildren, a few of her close friends, had already accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior!
We rejoice that two more discipleship classes began earlier in October and this as more new believers are interested in studying the Word. GOD is so good!
We also appreciate our medical team mates who commit to set aside at least one day a week to see and treat the many church families who very poor and with on-going sicknesses.
We are getting ready for a second round of baptism on Saturday, November 28, 2009. Please pray for the great outcome. So far we are expecting at least 25 new believers will get baptize. Pray that those who have been trained and studied for this event will boldly come forward on this appointed time.
All eight C&MA churches and small groups in the Poipet and Malay areas are waiting with great anticipation for the special event as we plan to hold a joined Christmas service on the evening of December 24th. The leaders are expecting at least 400 church people will join the service. This will be the first time ever that the believers in Poipet will have Christmas program at night, thus adding to all the excitements. PLEAS pray for a wonderful outcome, for a good weather, and that pray we won’t have any problem with the city power (electricity)!
As for the building project, we praise God for answering prayers as we now met up with most of other necessary documents and permissions. And on this Tuesday morning, November 24, Soeuth will be meeting with the contractor and will possibly sign the contact in order to commence the building project. PLEASE PRAY. This is a HUGE thing for us as we knowing almost nothing about building contractions AND we are dealing with the corrupted system. Pray for wisdom and discernment throughout the plan. The project is expected to finish by May or June of 2010, if all goes well.
With all these excitements, we are fully aware that the Enemy is at work as well.
The SNAKES are back! This past Friday evening, we killed another poisonous snake by our front porch! It was the biggest poisonous one we’d ever got so far. Last week, some of the youth went fishing in the rice fields behind our house, and in less than 15 minutes time they were there, they saw at least 20 or more snakes swam by them! We think there must be many snake nests hiding somewhere out there. We’ve been noticing that snakes often come to higher grounds (to our yards) when there is more rain water in the fields. Please continue pray for safety and protection from snakes.
Pray for many of the church youth who are back in school and are facing on-going temptations at school and at home. And our ambulance team has been busy picking up traffic accident patients and transferring them to the nearest referral hospital. Traffic accident continues to escalate on the one smooth paved road in Poipet as people don’t always obey the traffic rules.
We appreciate hearing from you and we want to be prayer partners to you as well. Please share with us what God is doing in your life. As always, THANK YOU for your faithful prayers and financial support to the GCF which enables us to continue serving here in Poipet. May the Lord Jesus richly bless you and keep you safe.

In Him,
Soeuth, Syna, Justin, and Jonathan Lao