Is it really June 15?

Dr Paul explaining

 Wow and we last posted in April?  Time does fly!!

 April went by quickly Ed teaching Tyler for an hour each morning...

 Abby went to America for a month, so we taught the Mighty Girls while she was gone..we got to know Linda, Samphas, Kim and Chanu a bit better...along with Socheata, Nypha and Chanut (sorry girls I know I am murdering names)

 Also classes resumed at the YDC and this quarter we are teaching Conversation Class, discussing relevant topics also doing some critical thinking with them...some great discussions! In the process we get to talk about God and the DTS from Australia has been

Ed with the EEG leads the students administered

telling them  Bible Stories, some the kids act out all trying to show them how great our God is and how much He loves them sending Jesus to die for them. We are so thrilled when they actually get it that they need Jesus as their personal Savior...or even start asking questions, evidence the Holy Spirit is at work within their hearts.

In the month of April we also met Dr Paul! Dr Paul is a paediatric neurologist, there are no other neurologists in Battambang or Siem Reap so his passion is to teach others this skill. And to treat patients that are currently being treated incorrectly because the field of neurology is not understood.

Graduations this past week at YWAM - DTS & SBS

 Dr Paul has another passion to help young women from Rapha House (look online to better understand) into the medical field for jobs that they learn a skill, and also to have a job after their passion and for their dignity.  Hopefully some can go on to take the nursing program, become a doctor... We want them to know they are gifted and talented young women!

Ok that paragraph changed to we ...where we fit in is Dr Paul asked us to be on board with him to help walk through this process. We are a sounding board, hands and feet to get certain tasks done, but it truly is his passion and is becoming ours as we see the need and meet the

Back home Gus after baseball series win!

young women. It is all in God's hand as we cross bridges that aren't easy to cross to establish a clinic to treat patients and to start  training in the medical field.  Hopefully some will even advance to other schools of training as they see their potential.

We are blessed to be able to have others join in as in Molly, Sarah Lee and Angela. Opening doors for these young women to work as techs, CNA's and health care assistants to name a few. This is just the beginning...on this one too I love to claim the verse Ephesian 3:20 "Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to HIS power at work within us."

SarahLee demonstrating stretching a patient

 We see such potential in the youth of Cambodia, they are intelligent, they work hard, some of our students go to school all day, come to us to learn English at 5pm and then go off to learn another language at 6pm. They are determined to learn and have such a desire to better themselves and their country. They have school 6 days a week.

YDC Students acting out a Bible Story

 That is a snippet of the last few months, we have been occupied.

 That along with people just listening to stories, their lives...sharing Jesus, them sharing who Jesus is to them and how they came to know HIM. Hearing stories sometimes hurts our hearts so much, but we have not lived it they have.

And of course life goes on for our children and grandchildren and our extended families back home. We miss them...they miss us. We message, email, talk on the phone occasionally Skype...but we are here and they are there. We have missed important events (graduation, confirmation, birthdays, ballgames, concerts), meals and activities...tears sometime come because it is hard.

God said following His call would not always be easy, and it isn't ... we feel pulled by two
continents.  So if you see one of our girls or grandchildren give them a hug from us. Ok I know we have 12 grandsons and the older ones wouldn't take to much to the hugging stuff...but I miss their bear hugs immensely.

YDC Conversation Class

It is Father's Day, I sent an email to my Father usually I go see my Father. I love you Dad, you are a big reason we are here; your heart for missions, thank you for teaching me to love God above all and my neighbour as myself. The word neighbour is pretty broad, to Aunt Helen the neighbours were those in Pakistan... To Aunt Martha and Uncle Casey the neighbours were in Utah. We all have neighbours those we see where we are at home, work or play...show them the love of Jesus.

God bless each of you!

Ed and Mary