Monday, September 14, 2009

Gallants in Cambodia II

Preparing for the pastors’ meeting was quite a job, but the result, the unity and fellowship that was felt by our pastors was a special moment, and worth all of the work. Here you are seeing our District Superintendent Kimsan presiding over one of the meetings.


On the agenda was the election of a new District Board of Administration member. Here you are seeing our present students counting the ballots.


Here you are seeing Pastor Reksmey cast his ballot and it being accepted by Channa. Interestingly enough, Pastor Reksmey won this election and became a member of the DBA.


A special event that took place at this conference was the installation of our new WBI President, Pastor Vandy. In this picture, you are seeing Tim giving greetings to those who attended the ceremony.


As part of the installation ceremony, we lit candles that represented the Light of God and the ideals of the Bible School. Here you are seeing Teacher Rotha lighting one of the candles.


Teacher Adam Nash, GO-Net Missionary from the Dakota District, also participated in the ceremony by lighting a candle.


Here you are seeing the installation of Pastor Vandy, the ceremony being conducted by former WBI President Greg Fernandez with the aid of translation by Pastor Titus.


Several days following his installation as WBI President, we celebrated the engagement of Pastor Vandy with Teacher Tess, the missionary from the Philippines who served with him in Kratie.


We were honored to serve as the proxy parents of the groom, accepting the ceremonial plate of fruit from the bride.


Here you are seeing the entire wedding party posing for a picture (L-R Tiffany, Tim, Pastor Vandy, Tess, Resie and Greg Fernandez)


An official picture of the new couple.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Gallants in Cambodia I

Travelling to Cambodia was quite a bit different this time. Not only were we travelling with Baby Katie, but we were also trying to get all of her gear to Cambodia, and as we learned in the United States, when you travel with children, they need a lot of gear.


After arriving and setting up our house, we were invited to go to the birthday celebration of our District Superintendent’s youngest daughter. It was a great evening of fellowship. The picture above is of the birthday girl Chamreoun and the Gallant Trio.


An all-night prayer vigil was held at the WBI in the following week. Prayers were offered up for the WBI, the National Church, the missionaries and leaders, and for the country of Cambodia. Here you are seeing our students, who led the service, praying for Cambodia.


Tim was asked to preach at Good News Wesleyan, the Khmer church where we regularly attended when we lived in town. Here you are seeing Tiffany and Katie with several of the women from the church.


Pastor Greg and Resie moved from their house on the Bible School campus to a home that is closer to the school of their oldest daughter Aleeyah. Before sleeping in the house on the first night, we held a prayer service, praying for God’s protection and blessing for the house.