August...many emotions, many firsts, but God is God!

Greetings from Battambang!

Nicole, Derrick and Josie celebrating!

Three of our amazing daughters were born in August, this is the first time we will not be in the US to celebrate with them. Our youngest turns 40, does that make us old, or her; no all of us will be just a day older but it is a milestone for her and us! Celebrate well Nicole, we will definitely miss not being able to celebrate this milestone with you!

We were able to listen to most of the Oskaloosa state softball games via internet and KBOE Sports! It is definitely not the same as being there but it helped! When they were playing at 2pm that is 2am here...a bit crazy...

Tara and most of the O'Lears

Again congratulations Josie and the Oskaloosa Indian Ladies on 5th in State!!

Tara will be having a birthday this month also, she just went to spend a week with the O'Lears in North Carolina!

McFarland boys on an Island near Maine

And Lynae too will be celebrating her birthday as always 10 days Tara and Lynae share the same year! The McFarlands are currently in Maine with family having a splendid time.

Grandson Levi, Jenn and Bentley are visiting Grandpa Chris and Grandma Missy and their siblings and the rest of the family. So much going on with our families back home! We love you all and miss family celebrations.

Greatgrandson Bentley with vegetables from Missy's garden

So thankful for internet, including Viber so we can stay a bit connected to our precious family!!

We too took a respite; Ed and I ventured off to an Island called Koh Chang. It is off the coast of Thailand.
It was beautiful place to spend a week, a combination jungle and beach...all created by our Almighty God. Beaches, Rocks, Rain, Waterfalls, Elephants, Song birds, Monkeys, Rain, Sun, Moon, Rain, Crabs, Flowers, Rain...yes it rained but that gave us quiet time which we

Us at a waterfall

enjoyed as well. But it did not keep us bored we have learned during rainy season, you WILL get wet and survive! There are things to do and do them we will. 

Ed here; of special interest to my Rozenboom cousins is that many families we met were on a holiday (vacation for Americans) and interestingly were from the Netherlands and even from our Grandpa & Grandma's hometown of Ede. When told that our family name was "Rozenboom", they responded "YaYa". Small world indeed. It seems most Nederlanders have a 3 week holiday from their jobs to coincide with the students 6 week Summer break.

We are back in Battambang and ready to roll! Monday morning always starts at the YWAM Base with worship, it is such a wonderful way to start our work week!

At the clinic, progress continues toward licensing...but we have already had two outreach clinics which our interns were a great part of! One of our interns detected an irregular heartbeat at an outreach clinic and now the young girl is in Siem Reap awaiting heart surgery hopefully this week.

teaching how to calculate BMI

reviewing CPR

Our interns at the clinic are fun, intelligent, complex,
intriguing, inspiring and eager to learn!

And we have truly been blest with an amazing leader and mentor for the interns in the person of Sophea! God blessed us, Dr Paul and the interns with this awesome Godly woman!

practising EEG

outreach clinic

We have also been blessed with several YWAMers volunteer to help us in many ways. It is beautiful to see God's servants serve together!

Roger a huge blessing helping set up X-ray

Roger whose daughter Suel Pratt is on the YWAM staff graciously volunteered at the clinic for most of his short time here. Roger practises and teaches Xray in California. He was here visiting and dedicated a couple weeks to getting our Xray equipment up and running again! He also used his teaching ability to train local staff. Praise God for unexpected blessings! Roger you were an inspiration in many ways!!

If you are headed to Cambodia in the near future we could sure use a lab technician to check out the laboratory!  

Progress is progress even when it moves at a speed a bit slower than we like. We are in a country who thinks and responds differently that we are used to. Pray for us not to be discouraged, to go forward boldly in faith, knowing God knows our needs even better than we ourselves do!

Thank you each for your prayers, continue to pray for: wisdom as we continue working to get the clinic able to function to meet peoples needs; the heart of each of our interns for those who know the Lord to stay strong, and God to work mightily in those who are searching for truth; pray for us to stay healthy and safe as we NEED to bike more for exercise!  But above all to be bold in the name of Jesus, whom we serve!!

Ed and Mary Rozenboom

II Timothy 1:9

He has saved us and called us to a holy life--not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.