Vol.# 291
Good morning from the balcony here at my parents’ apartment in Scarborough!
The air is cool and I am enjoying the cooler temperatures while I can! It has been a while since I sent you an update.
I have been with my parents, enjoying the opportunity to spend time not only with them, but also with my eldest sister and her family and their kids from England. My parents got to spend time with their grandkids as well as their great-grandkids and I am now a great aunt (emphasis on the great! LOL) as well!
From the pic posted above we had our family who live here as well as those visiting. Missing: my big brother Krish and his kids Christian and Gaby who live in Florida, and my sister-in-law Cheryl, Vish’s wife who was hosting her own guests at same time!
As I get ready to return, I always seek His guidance into my role back in Phnom Penh, specifically at New Life Church. I thought I would ask a few people who are not the main leaders at church a question: ‘If you had to write a job title or position for Bong Srey Vidya (me), what would that be?’ I got a few responses that I have not edited either in content or grammar/spelling. It is always illuminating to see through the eyes of others what they perceive my role as at New Life Church Foundation, Phnom Penh. So here they are:
1. Hello, my name is Pisey Lai.
If I recruit bong Srey Vidya to be a staff at church, it would be Manager to Senior Pastor. Because she would remind the pastor to give sermon before preaching time to the live interpreter team on Sunday. She is the only one who have the courage to remind and tell the pastors what to do.
2. Hello, my name is Sambath Long.
If I recruit bong Srey Vidya, I will recruit her as a Snack Manager at church. Because she would buy snack everywhere and every plan she go. She is the only one who have the snack to courage everyone and do everything cause bong Vidya has Snack.
3. Hello, my name is Samuel Seng.
If I were to recruit bong Srey Vidya to be a staff at church, she would be the one who leads the connection team. Because she is great at connecting with people, local or international and I think it's stem from her genuine love and care for God's people and even more so she is a great mentor to most and an amazing prayer warrior. We call her Prayer Mama for a reason.
4. Hello, Hi, Good evening, I’m Thavin.
If I recruit Bong Video to be a staff at church she would be a.……(no idea) because she would listen, check, and ask when the translation not working well.
But thank you for choosing to work with us. You are a good sister.
5. Hello, my name is Samuel Sout Visa.
If I were to recruit Bong Srey Vidya to be a staff at church, that’d be a Security and Building Facilitator. Because, she knows most of everybody that coming to church. Often times, she always recognized someone strange and seems weird then she would report that to the teams to help look after that person. Building Facilitator: because she always roaming around, walk in and out almost every room. She might know the building so well, so why not be that?
So, I need to add some information to the first perceived role I have at NLF as Manager…I ONLY gently remind the speaking pastors to please NOT give the translator/interpreter the notes to the Sunday sermon an hour or 20 minutes before the sermon, but it would be preferable to give it a couple of days in advance. Since it took time for the speaker to listen to God and then communicate His heart to us, then we would like the opportunity to do the same, by reading the Scripture and familiarizing ourselves with the text. Most of the interpreters are spiritually young and do not know the Bible well, so new names and new words have to be learnt how to be pronounced correctly, for example, devil is NOT de-vil but de(h) -vil!
The last note is from the Worship Leader Veasna, and this is his perception of my role. ”From me as I think back of what you have done and as I experienced myself I would say your role is: Staff Spiritual advocacy. You connect with staff on personal level and bring their prayer request to Jesus, and you connect with Jesus on their behalf, and tell them how Jesus feels about their daily (activities). You fed people with bread but also bring bread of life for their spiritual life as well..”
Many of you have asked what I do at New Life Foundation. I thought it best for you to hear the words of others as to my role. In the past I have asked my senior Pastor Samdy and his wife, and one of the elders, Pastor Pisit and his wife, to share on video, but this time I wanted you to hear from the regular members who are my co-workers at the church.
This brings me to my departure date: September 14th! I will be at RAC this Sunday, so I pray and hope that I get a chance to see some of you at church. I want to thank you for your grace for allowing me this special time to be with my parents here in Scarborough. I thank you for your continued sacrifice of finances and time spent in interceding for me, time spent in reading my updates and praying along with me! I am so grateful!
Prayer Requests: Please continue prayers for healing for my big bro in Florida, for His favor to flow over him. Please pray for my parents as they are in a new season in life and for His favor over them with doctors and workers!
Please send your life updates to me as well so that I can pray along with you! Thank you for continuing to dance with me as Jesus continues to lead!
Love, His Warrior and Disciple,
Submitting to be His Dance partner here in Cambodia,
Your sister, Vedya
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