We are happy to report that at the Second  Church Leadership Development Certificate program started with 25 new leaders from 2 countries.   This group includes 3 pastor wives and 2 teenagers who asked to sit in and learn!  Those enrolled in this program are lay leaders in newly established churches who can not attend a traditional 4 year college. 

These leaders were able to share reports from the first group of leaders who have recently completed the program.   All are continuing to serve their churches with greater confidence and effectiveness.   Several leaders have begun to evangelize another ethic group.  Several new churches have been planted among this group already!    

Last month we told you about three students who planned to hold youth camps in their country and the reports are amazing.  All three said the camps and follow ups were beyond expectations.    Lert and Hin reported at over 100 youth attended the 3 day camp.   The youth were starved for the Word. 

At the end of the camp they begged Lert and Hin to promise to return next year.    They said, "We believe in Jesus, but we really don't understand salvation.  Please teach us next year."  Then, they emptied their pockets and donated $100 towards the cost.  

Cham, Hin and another LTC student held a camp for church leaders.   In that district there is no trained pastor.  They expected 30 and 70 people attended.  Some came from a  remote village  2 days walk away.   Cham kept trying to give them breaks during the day and the people refused.   They told the students to "keep going we want to hear more."  The camp was not without opposition.  Cham reported that several of the non christians in the area reported "treasonous activity" to the authorities and asked the police to arrest the "trouble makers".  Cham said after talking with the Christians and praying,  the decision was made to carry on.  If the authorities came and arrested them, they would witness to the authorities. Cham said that afterward he heard the authorities were "afraid to come".  He said "The power of prayer!"

After camp, Cham went around visiting the Christians.   He reports that he baptized 11 people this last month.    He just finished his freshman year.     

In an earlier Facebook report we told you the electricity was finally hooked up. That report was a bit premature. Here is a revised update on the Electricity:

We have been praying and waiting for the Provincial Electric Authority to come hook up our 3 Phase power. After more than 9 months of inactivity we begin to make progress.  The PEA came and stretched the high power lines from our pole (inside our property) across the toad to the public utility pole outside.  Two days later they came and actually attached the lines to the high power lines providing the electricity.  We hope sometime soon they will return and hook up the meter.  An inspector from the PEA came to inspect the process and he was slightly confused as to why the meter was not attached when the linemen came and attached the wires.  He is looking into it and said within a week we should have our meter.

Construction:  We continue making adobe blocks.  We had hoped to have completed all 25,000 blocks by mid May but the heavy rains have slowed us down.  However our contractor has told us they will begin building the foundation late this week or early next week.  (we will need our electric meter

Field of Blocks:  Build it so they can come!

by then to run the heavy electric machines) 


We continue to raise the last amount of our construction cost. We need to make the second payment of the construction contract before starting the foundation and roof. ($87,000).   The third installment ($87,000) is due upon completion of the foundation and roof (sometime mid summer). We praise God we have raised the funds to carry us through the third payment of the contract.  In March-April we raised $7,000 with commitments for another $3,000. This leaves us  $50,000 short of installments 4 and 5 to raise by January 2016.  Continue to pray for this funding need.  Information on how  you can help complete this building on schedule AND debt free here.