Cambodian Harvest

jan-feb 2014

Bora with his newly published Bible summary book.

Its hard to believe that January 21st was our fouryear anniversary of serving in Cambodia! Gods grace through

your prayers has been abundantly evident as He gives us strength for each day. One of the greatest joys of being on the field is getting to see God raise up men for service in the harvest. One such man is Bora Chheang. I first met Bora back in 2003, when he was 14 years old. Bora had a very difficult past. His father died when he was around seven, and then his mother abandoned him shortly after. He lived in a small shack for two years by himself before being taken to a Christian orphanage by his aunt. I grew to know Bora over the years, and had the privilege of baptizing him. In 2007, he was sponsored to complete high-school in the States and then attend The Masters College. After graduating, Bora came back to Cambodia and joined our translation staff. It has been a joy to have him on staff and especially to help him publish his first book in Khmer, A Brief Introduction to the Bible. This is the first

book originating from a Cambodian author that ACTION Cambodia has printed. We are excited to see how the Lord will use this resource. Bora writes: This book is really an accumulation of my Sunday day school notes put together. This book talks briefly on each book of the Bible about the author, date of authorship, summary, book outline, suggested verse for meditation and memorization, application and pictures. I wrote this book because there are not very many Biblical resources in the Khmer language for the church, and also I hope that this book will contribute to the growth and strengthening of the church. I hope through the reading of this book, my fellow countrymen, who are Christians, will have a passion to want to read the Word of God even more and for those who have not accepted Jesus as LORD and Savior yet, I hope through the reading of this book, they will see their sins and turn to Jesus. Its through your support that resources like this one are getting into the hands of Cambodians. Thank you for your generosity and for your prayers! Because He lives,

Prayer Corner:
Praise that Patons reaction to his antibiotics was contained. Praise that we have printed Boras Bible summary book! Prayer for the health of our family, weve had a long run of sickness since weve returned from home assignment. Praise that there has been relative political stability since weve been back. Praise that book five of Design for Discipleship will be printed soon. Pray for the upcoming ACTION International Council meetings in Seattle that Nathan will be attending in May.

Bora will be at the Shepherds Conference in LA, March 5-9. If you are interested in learning more about his ministry you can contact him at: borachheang@gmail.com

Ava and Paton

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At our neighbors daughters first birthday party. Always a big event in Cambodia!

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Giving Opportunities
Translation Projects
We have four current translation projects as well as a number of books we would like to translate in the future. Our current projects include, a re-edit of Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die by John Piper, the Design for Discipleship series by the Navigators, True Discipleship by William MacDonald, and authoring a Biblical Greek Grammar for Khmer. You can help us cover our on-going costs through your gift. Also, here is a list of possible future projects and their estimated translation cost if you desire to sponsor one of these books: Confessions by Saint Augustine (est. $5,000) Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon (est. $5,000) Knowing God by J. I. Packer (est. $3,500) Foxes Book of Martyrs by John Foxe (est. $5,000) Lectures on Galatians by Martin Luther (est. $3,500) Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin (est. $10,000) A Simple Way to Pray by Martin Luther (est. $1,500) On the Incarnation by Athanasius (est. $2,000) The Reformed Pastor by Richard Baxter (est. $3,500) The Pursuit of God by A W Tozer (est. $5,000)
(Account 79048) You also can support these projects by joining our Cause, Adopt a Book: Providing Biblical Resources for the Cambodian Church at Causes.com

Printing Projects
We currently have needs to raise additional funds to print some of our current translation projects. We are currently working on the next three books in theS Design for Discipleship series by the Navigators, and True Discipleship by William MacDonald and need additional funds for printing. Would you be willing to partner with us in this way? Total printing costs: $4,000
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Staff Salaries
We currently have four Cambodian staff members who work on our translation projects. You can be a part of supplying the support needed to support them, as well as enable us to hire additional staff so that we can increase our project output and see more Christian resources translated into Khmer to the glory of God. Current Need: $2000 per month
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