Following that, we headed over to the Newsong centre to drop in some more Crocs that we had as we felt any extras could be used for the kids in Svay Pak. Our day ended with 3 of my team members buying guitars to take home. Your's truly was chosen to test out each guitar for sound
.As I leave Cambodia this time, I feel as though I have been through a world wind tour of both the ups and downs.We have all come away with lots of interesting memories of how God worked in our midst and now we have the ardous task begins of processing and sorting through what all theses experiences mean for each of our lives. This trip has been special for me on so many levels having had the privilege of meeting some special young friends and experiencing glimpses of fruit and yet faced with the realities of the darkness that can so easily envelope us if we take our eyes off Jesus.
For now its 'chum reap leah (goodbye) and chewup kaneer chanam krowie (see you next year). Thanks to all of you who have been praying through our blog and sending us words of encouragement. Without a doubt your prayers have been the shield through which we have have been able to stand firm.
Lisa,
ReplyDeleteI just finished praying for you all.
This was part of my Bible reading this morning and I prayed it for these young girls He has set His eyes upon. I only wish they could know it and memorize it:
Psalm 90:12-Psalm 91:16 (The Amplified Bible)
So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.
13Turn, O Lord [from Your fierce anger]! How long--? Revoke Your sentence and be compassionate and at ease toward Your servants.
14O satisfy us with Your mercy and loving-kindness in the morning [now, before we are older], that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15Make us glad in proportion to the days in which You have afflicted us and to the years in which we have suffered evil.
16Let Your work [the signs of Your power] be revealed to Your servants, and Your [glorious] majesty to their children.
17And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands--yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.
Psalm 91
1HE WHO [b]dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].
2I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!
3For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
4[Then] He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.
5You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day,
6Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday.
7A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you.
8Only a spectator shall you be [yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High] as you witness the reward of the wicked.
9Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,(C)
10There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.
11For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways [of obedience and service].
12They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.(D)
13You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample underfoot.(E)
14Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name [has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness--trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never].
15He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
16With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation.
"How can a mother forget the infant at her breast, walk away from the baby she bore? But even if mothers forget, I’d never forget you – never.”
ReplyDeleteHis Words come to me like flowing rivers, “God who says: “When the time is ripe, I answer you. When victory’s due, I help you. I form you and use you to reconnect the people with me. To put the land in order, to resettle families on the ruined properties. I tell prisoners, “Come on out. You are free!” and those huddled in fear, “It’s all right. It’s safe now.” There will be foodstands among all the roads, picnics on all the hills – Nobody hungry, nobody thirsty, shade from the sun, shelter from the wind. For the Compassionate One guides them, takes them to the best springs. I’ll make all my mountains into roads, turn them into a superhighway. Heavens, raise the roof! Earth, wake the dead! Mountains, send up cheers! God has comforted his people. He has tenderly nursed his beaten-up, beaten-down people.” You will know then that I am God, No one who hopes in me ever regrets it!”
Prophet Isaiah has all the words to fill the silience on my lips!