7 November 2008

Dear Beloved, 

We rejoice in the Lord always for His Hand of protection and His hand of provision upon us here in the mission field. 

The month of October has been blessed with 119 Bible College Students working with us on various mission works. We now have atotal of 16 works going on from  Snaor in Kampong  Spue to Somrong Prey Nup in Sihanoukville, this has a distance of 139 kilometers from both ends. Due to the lack of transportation some of our guys will walk from the highway about  8 - 10  kilometers to reach the inner villages.  We have some of our saved folks bring frruits and vegetables and they offer food to our workers as well. We hope to have a Cambodian made vehicle that will help us transport folks to the inner villages  in the woods. 

The names of places where  our missions  are located along Highway 4 are ;

Snaor, Tropeang Kroloueng, Talat, Phnom Srouch, Tryeng Trayoeng, Chamkar Chek,  Stueng Charal, Wat Proset, Prey Proset, Chamkar Lourng, Srey Ambel, Chrurouy, Stueng Chay, Tanai, Khmeng Wat and Somrong in Prey Nup.  These places are still the devils strong hold and we have a lot of oppositions too. But "greater is HE that is IN us, than he that is in the world".  

We had 26 baptised last month and we have 134 saved. Last week, Thursday  I visited the home towns and villages,  to 4 provinces, of some of our workers and 2 parents got saved, the next day Friday we went again and we had a total of 18 soul saved!   

Pastor Sihok is now in-charge of over seeing all of our church  ministries here in Phnom Penh and the surrounding areas.  

The burden now is to build straw and wooden church buildings in this villages. We also are hoping to build 7 decent and concrete  5 meters X 8 meters church buildings with no walss  that will cost us $2,000. 

Please pray for me as I go to 6 Provinces in the north  next week. We hope to visit the home towns and villages of  14 students  and win their parents to the Lord! We will also preahc in  encourage some churches on the way.  

We covet your prayers for our needs here:

Provincial Missions Conference in Svay Rieng on December 15-16,2008

Bibles and Song Books,

 Motorcycles for 5 preachers,

More freedom in church planting and preaching the Gospel.

Grace's ear problem. 

Our safety and protection.

VISA renewal next month - we still lack $550 for the whole family 

As we labor here, we remember your sacrifice in prayers and your part in supporting us financially. We thank you for holding the rope for us all. 

Your Missionary, 

Bro. Lomer Hope and Grace dela Cruz