Vol.# 84
Daniel 1:17: “...As for Vidya [Daniel], God gave her learning
and skill in all literature and wisdom and Vidya [Daniel] had understanding in
all..."
Psalm 119:73: “...Your hands have made me and fashioned
me, give me understanding that I may learn your commandments...”
As I read the above in my morning coffee
time with Jesus, and I wrote the words in my journal and on my wall in the
living room/study, I claimed the promise in those words, and as you, my
extended family, prayed and sent your words of encouragement and advice, I
actually did a little dance in expectation of the dreaded phonics hour!
Praise
God: I got the tutor that
I wanted. Her name is Lita and she is quite good at teaching and being patient,
and she knows words in English to draw out the correct pronunciation from me!
Prayer: This will be what you would define as
'persevering prayer": I need to get that switch on my brain which would
show me how to place my tongue and do the sounds. I got a couple of the sounds
but to be fair, I already had that down pat! It is amazing how fast one hour
can go as you are learning a few sounds!
Prayer: Shall I do this twice a week or three
times? My first test is on the 18th just before the Christmas break.
It is a long day. I am up by or before 6:00am, finish at 12:00pm, have to eat
lunch and hang around school until 1:30pm and then get home by 2:45pm after
class at 2:30pm. Yesterday I was exhausted so I just came and gratefully put on
my a/c to nap!
Praise: I met with (PF) Prison Fellowship
(finally!) and after two meetings, the second of which Mr. Rithy, the Program
Director, says to me, “Introduce yourself.”
I was able to do it in Khmer! Then he introduced himself and we were able to
converse in ...English! Lol!
Prayer: PF would like me to create a
curriculum that can be used by the pastors who go into the prisons. This would
then be translated into Khmer. This would take a lot of time and my priority is
learning the language and then practising it! Pray
for wisdom. I take curriculum like this very seriously. It has to be
drenched in His Holy Spirit to come alive so that when the prisoner hears
it, he sees himself and then God's grace and power and the transformation that
can happen through only Jesus Christ. If anyone of you has access to any 'work'
that may help, please send along my way! I used to do "Bad Girls from the Bible' with the girls
at Drop In Centre long ago! The idea is to highlight figures from the Bible and
then create a story and then questions, which would start the communication
process between the pastor and prisoner!
Thank
you, thank you to you who
prayed for me, and responded to tell me that you were praying. I was drawn to
tears and, yes, it was encouraging and gave me that extra 'energy' to go to class!
Please keep sending me your prayer
requests and allowing me the honor to be part of your lives from here!
I would invite you to dance with me by checking out my financial support sheet
(Email me). If you feel prompted by the Holy Spirit to join, thank you!
Got
to run now, time to get ready for my day! My moto driver has suddenly become
very friendly and asks questions in English, and I ask him how to say certain
words in Khmer. I think I amuse him! But I think he thinks it is his mission to
get me to school in 10 minutes or less! The traffic is at its worst at the time
I leave, so we go in and out and on sidewalks etc. I love it!
Love, His Warrior and Disciple,
submitting to be His dance partner here in Cambodia,
Your servant, Vidya
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