Cambodian

Harvest

apr 2016

Shalom Phnom Penh Church welcoming our first official members.

Therefore, I exhort the

elders among you, as your fellow

then moved into a doctrinal series based

Prayer Corner:
on the churchs statement of faith. On
th
Pray for Shalom Phnom Penh Church,
February 28 , the church welcomed its
elder and witness of the sufferings of
as we preach through the book of
first
official
members.
Hebrews that God would mature the
Christ, and a partaker also of the glory
believers and bring others to faith in
While
the
bulk
of
my
time
is
now
used
that is to be revealed, shepherd the flock
Christ.
of God among you, exercising oversight in service to the local church, we have
Prayer that our land-lord would renew
redirected part of our translation efforts
our lease with favorable terms on the
not under compulsion, but voluntarily,
home that has been ours for six years.
to
create
original
Khmer
resources
based
according to the will of God; and not for

Praise that ACTION International
sordid gain, but with eagerness; (1 Peter on sermons and studies from Shalom
Council meetings in England went well
Church. This allows us to continue creatand that Daren, our teammate, was
5:12, NASB95)
inducted as Associate International
ing valuable Christian resources, while
As many of you know, I have served
Director.
not taking me away from my primary
as an elder in Shalom Phnom Penh
Church, a Khmer speaking fellowship, for role as shepherd.
We know that human effort alone
about five years. Over the past few years,
cannot mature the church, so we pray
the elders at Shalom Church have been
increasingly burdened with the needs of for God to work mightily in and through
us. We pray that the Lord would pour
our people. Through much prayer and
out His blessing, and that we would see
counsel, Christiana and I decided that I
should offer to serve the church full time the church grow into a vital, joy-saturated, disciple-making people, to the glory
for the next 18 months, so that I may
of God. Please join us in praying for our
have the privilege of working together
beloved church family, Shalom, as you
with Pastor Chanthea and the other
ACTION International IC meetings in England
have prayed so faithfully for us during
elders, to shepherd the flock of God
among us. Over the last several months, our six years in Cambodia. We also covet
your prayers for Christiana, the kids and
weve begun to pour over Scripture
together and create a philosophy of min- myself as we enter this new season of
ministry. Thank you for your prayers on
istry to ensure that we are aligned with
our behalf, your generous financial supwhat God wants the church to be.
port, and partnership in our ministry. We
The process of relaunching and
could not be here without it.
restructuring a church is never without
Because He lives,
difficulty, but the Lord has seen fit to
Our teammate Daren Beck being inducted as
allow us to see some fruit from our labor.
Associate International Director of ACTION
One of the first changes the elders have
Ava, Paton and John
made is to institute official membership.
Email: nateandchristiana@actioncambodia.org
We preached through a series on what
Blog: www.wellsincambodia.com Phone: 408-350-5895
a healthy church should look like and
Website: www.actioncambodia.org

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Giving
Opportunities
Translation Projects

Printing and Audio Book Projects

We are currently working on re-editing Fifty Reasons Why Jesus

Came to Die by John Piper, and translating Attributes of God by
A.W. Pink and Confessions by Augustine. Nathan is also and authoring a Biblical Greek Grammar for Khmer in his spare time.
You can help us cover our on-going costs through your gift.

Praise! Thanks to your generous gifts we have printed What is a Healthy Church? by
Mark Dever, True Discipleship by William MacDonald, and the last three books in the
Navigators Design for Discipleship series! Our next printing and audio book projects
will be Attributes of God by A.W. Pink and Confessions by Augustine.
Total needed: $5,000
(Account 79048)

Also, here is a list of possible future projects and their estimated

translation cost if you desire to sponsor one of these books:
Confessions by Saint Augustine (est. $5,000)
Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon (est. $5,000)
Knowing God by J. I. Packer (est. $3,500)
Foxes Book of Martyrs by John Foxe (est. $5,000)
Lectures on Galatians by Martin Luther (est. $3,500)
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin (est. $10,000)
A Simple Way to Pray by Martin Luther (est. $1,500)
On the Incarnation by Athanasius (est. $2,000)
The Reformed Pastor by Richard Baxter (est. $3,500)
The Pursuit of God by A W Tozer (est. $5,000)

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Audio Books and Translation Computers

Because of your generous gifts, we have produced two audio books in Khmer What
Is a Healthy Church by Mark Dever and True Discipleship by William MacDonald.
We also have been able to upgrade all our translation computers so that we have the
latest technology to aid us in our translation endevors. Thank you!

(Account 79048)

You also can support these projects by joining our Cause, Adopt a Book:
Providing Biblical Resources for the Cambodian Church at Causes.com

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Staff Salaries
We currently have two Cambodian staff members who work on our translation
projects. You can be a part of supplying the support needed to support them, as well
as enable us to hire additional staff so that we can increase our project output and see
more Christian resources translated into Khmer to the glory of God.
Current Need: $2000 per month
(Account 79048)

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