Our Week of Firsts

What an amazing week we have had here in Siem Reap!!

Friday night saw us launch our first Youth Night. There were games, songs, stories and snacks, lots of fun and laughter and a huge thank you to our wonderful team that helped us with this very successful event. We have such a fantastic team! 20 young people came out and were excited about coming next week talking about bringing their friends - so can't wait to see how many come next Friday night. Please pray for this event as it is a great outreach and the kids love coming.


Fun with musical chairs

Due to the increasing number of people coming to church we have decided to run a Kids Church at 7am followed by our regular service at 8.30am. Last Sunday saw our first Kids Church with 15 children coming, but because it was our first one, a few of the children forgot and came later. So next week we are looking forward to even bigger things. God is good, growing our church weekly and all bringing friends with them.



Monday saw our first children's English Class with Teacher Mao. 20 children sat around tables chanting out the days of the week, greetings and asking people their name in English. What a joy it was to see them having so much fun learning a new language. A huge thanks to Mao who was able to control these 20 excited young people and keep the lesson under control - you are a legend and a champion. xxxxx


We have changed our Leadership training to Monday nights, so we bolt home straight after University and teach leadership skills to our team. They are so hungry to learn and grow and want something to bring their friends to. So now we also have a connect group on Tuesday night and prayer nights every second Wednesday (they wanted every Wednesday, but unfortunately we don't have their endless energy)!!!!!

Adult English Classes are also booming and people are coming that we have met in the restaurants, travel agencies and the markets and they are bringing their friends. There are 25 students that come now (but not all at the same time)!!



Sim, Sanh, Mao, Voan,

Last Monday was the first day of a new school for 4 of our guys. They were attending the public high school where classes are 75 or more students in one class. The teacher had no control and most of the time they couldn't hear what he was saying and there were not enough tables and chairs for all students, so some had to stand through the lessons. Then because of the lack of learning they paid the teacher for extra classes in the afternoon, but if you don't have the money to pay then you just learn the little you can pick up in the morning. We saw this as crazy and enrolled them at the New York International School. Now they learn in small classes of less than 25 and can help us to plan programs in the afternoon.

We are now running classes for English, youth group, church, and training every day and so we are quickly running out of room!!!! We have negotiated with the builder and owner of the house to completely cover the area at the front of our house, so we can facilitate these programs when we are here and also continue to run programs when we are teaching at the university. It will also enable us to accommodate around 250 people in our church services.This will provide an area that is protected from the sun and rain.
As you well know, school fees, undercover areas and great programs like these cost money. For 4 students at school we need $120 per term each (4x12 or 14 week terms) and the total cost for the undercover area is $2400.  So if you feel that you would like to be a part of this great move forward in a financial way, then please contact C3 Rockingham on +61 8 9524 5055 and let them know you are kindly donating to the C3 Siem Reap projects. We pray 2nd Corinthians 9:11 on you for your generosity.

It is such a blessing to us to know that we have many friends and family praying for us and supporting us. God is definately building his church and now that we are rapidly gaining momentum we need your prayers and support even more. We know that we can never outgive God and so we are looking forward to hearing great testimonies of how God has blessed you through your generosity.

Live your best life now

Pastor Mark and Marian xxxxxxxxxx