Praise the Lord for the safe arrival of our teammates, the McPhails, this past week. We have been helping them get settled in and just had a good first weekend with them in the churches. Everyone is glad to have them back–not just us adults but also our kids!

The first wedding in the Preiy Nyee church is only two weeks away. This will be our family’s last big event before we leave for our first furlough on February 21. This wedding is going to be a huge event in the life of the church and the community. Many of the families in the church are already experiencing increased persecution and temptation. This wedding will, in many ways, be a test to see how much of our Biblical teaching they understand and are willing to obey.

In this update, I want to limit our prayer requests to one family in the Preiy Nyee church: Aun, his wife Peul, and their children. Their daughter, Prum, is the one getting married on February 4. Over the past couple of weeks, this family has been experiencing intense verbal persecution from their neighbors and others in the community because they are refusing to serve alcohol at the wedding reception. Most of Aun’s work friends have been pressuring him to drink and last week he gave in and got drunk a few times. Satan is trying to destroy his testimony before this wedding. He has repented of his sin but is still struggling to do what is right. He wants to please everyone, but this is impossible. This is a true test of his faith in Christ. Both the church people and the members of our team have promised to pray for he and his family every day until the wedding is over. Will you also pray for Aun and his family over the next two weeks?

Thanks for your prayers.

Until the net is full,

Chris