Today was a day filled with adventure and God moving in unforeseen ways.

The day started off with training the teams in two groups. The more advanced members were at one church and the beginners were at another.  It had been raining pretty heavily all morning and we were worried about flooding at the church where the advanced team was practicing.  Sure enough, the water kept rising up the stairs to the church and Greg told us we had about fifteen minutes before water started coming in.  So we decided to pack up everything at the church and carry it all through the water to the bus and go to the other church.  As we got on the bus, Makara said "Hello everyone... are you happy?" And was answered with a resounding YES and an outbreak of If You're Happy and You Know It (a favorite of the group it seems).  It was amazing to see not a single person discouraged or frustrated by the situation.  How refreshing to see people who are filled with true joy from the Lord and do not complain when things get difficult or don't go as planned!

Training continued for both groups as the rain continued through the morning.  We went to the busy market for lunch where we saw an assortment of meats from all parts of animals and a variety of fruits and vegetables. We found a little place to eat where we had some delicious Khmai food!

In the afternoon Jon and Helen worked with the worship team, practicing for the worship service on the beach on Sunday.  The rest of the 60 or so of us boarded two buses with a local Cambodian pastor to visit those whom their church has been reaching out to in the villages.  In the first of our two stops we visited a women who requested that our group come to her house to pray for her.

She had accepted Jesus Christ as her savior a couple months ago; however evil spirits in the area were making their presence known to her. For this reason she wanted us to pray for her and her two non-christian relatives living with her. After we got as far as the buses could take us we got out and started a five minute walk around puddles and piles of dirt to the house. When we arrived at the house we were greeted by some very welcoming people and a fantastic view of very green rice fields with a mountain range in the background. The eldest women who asked us to pray for her explained the reason why we were there for everyone. After she was done explaining, Dave stepped in and started explaining the gospel to the two women. After talking about what it means to trust Jesus Christ, Dave asked them if they wanted to accept Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior and they said excitedly said "Yes". That is when Dave noticed a red string around the wrist of one of the ladies. Dave asked the women what is was and she explained that it is meant to keep evil spirits away. In reply Dave told the women that with Jesus you do not need the red band anymore since Jesus has power of evil spirits/demons. The women replied by taking it off. While all this was occurring many kids from the area noticed the unusually large amount of people. Many of our Khmai team members went over to the group and taught them about Jesus and sang songs with them. It was awesome to see them take advantage of the situation like that. After wrapping up everything with prayer for the three ladies and the new faith of the two we departed back to the buses.

After riding in the buses for about thirty minutes we came to the road that would bring us to the village we were to preform at. However the road seemed to be impossible for the two buses to pass on. The two drivers, along with some of the team, got of the buses to test how deep the holes were with sticks and stones. They determined we might be able to get through, so of course we tried and succeeded in passing on the roads! We were greeted at the end of the road by a railroad-side village and a fantastic view over the ocean on a small cliff (not that steep don't worry).

  With the heavens looking like that wanted to rain all over the place we prayed that God would hold the rain until the performance was finished. Then we started the performance and everything went fantastically. We let the Khmai people lead just about the whole thing and they did a great job! Both kids and adults were having so much fun and listening very intently! They laughed, smiled, cried and sang along during the whole performance. God really brought happiness and joy to their week this day. Afterward, many of us gathered around two women, close friends, to pray for healing. One who was previously seriously sick and healed by prayer. The other being partially paralyzed. Though not healed at that time, you could see the thankfulness on the two friend's faces. We said our goodbyes to the people living at the village as they waved to us goodbye. Got on the buses and not three minutes later it started to rain.

Please continue to pray for our safety and for the hearts and minds of everyone to be open. Both team members and audience, we don't want anyone missing something from God. By: Jonathan Eastburn and Joshua Rahn