(Sunday morning church service. The youth make up the church)
As I wrote in my last blog, we are working with a group of
youth in this small village and planning a youth retreat this weekend for them.
All of them have all grown up and have recently ALL accepted Jesus Christ as
their personal Savior. They have chosen to follow after Jesus despite the fact
that they have all been raised Buddhist. There is nobody is at home keeping
them accountable in reading their Bibles, attending church, attending youth
group, etc. However, they all choose to do these things. I personally think
this is an incredible group of young people that WILL impact their families and
village.
These group of students are who make up the small church
here, the oldest person that attends the church is about 23 years old.
Therefore, these young people are the people bringing Jesus Christ to this
village. Vuthy (our contact this month) desires to develop a deep sense of
community among these young people. Therefore, he would like to have a one-night
retreat on the coast of Cambodia.
The approximate cost of transporting, feeding, and housing the 30 youth would
be around $500. Vuthy is only asking for $5 from each young person, which still
leaves quite a bit of money left over. He is praying and believing that the
Lord will cover the cost. All the young people are also faithfully praying that
they will have the $5 to attend the retreat. During house visits yesterday we
discovered many of the youth cannot afford to pay the $5 to attend the retreat.
I believe in the ministry that is happening here in Touch Village.
I wish that I had the money to cover the cost of the retreat so that all the
young people could attend without concern. However, I do not have the money and
neither do my teammates. My team and I have been praying and are coming to you
all, our supporters, to sponsor 1 teenager in this village…Or 2 or
3….Whatever the Lord calls you to give. Your money will go to help in
developing a strong sense of community within the only believers in this
village. This community of young believers WILL impact their village and bring
the love of Jesus Christ to the youngest of the village and the oldest of the
village.
If you believe God is calling you to sponsor a young person
in Cambodia
please follow the directions below:
1. Do NOT deposit your donation into my World Race support
account.
2. Please write a check out to Bethany Dragon and send it to
7424 E 100 N Avon, IN 46123. My mom will sign
the check and deposit it into my bank account. I will then be able to withdraw
the money here in Cambodia
and give it directly to Vuthy.
3. Email me at [email protected] and let me know that you are sending a check.
(Very Important!) The trip is this weekend, Nov 6th-7th. However, as long as the money is sponsored we
will still be able to take the youth on the trip, even if the money is a bit
delayed.
Thank you for your continued support and being an answer to
these teens prayers! I want them to see how great and faithful our God is!
Please be praying for
the success of this retreat, it will be the first thing like this these teens have ever done before! Pray that these youth develop a sense of community and experience
the faithfulness of God that will be used to further the Kingdom
of God in Touch Village!
