On Sunday the 13th, we celebrated the festival of the First Fruit. Church members brought their offerings - some home-grown and home-made, while others purchased from market.
We also presented our first fruit of the womb who is just happy to be in the company of uncles and aunties in church!
It was also Pastor Meng Thai's first baptism for the church since he became pastor-in-charge in November 2019.
There were 8 candidates. The pandemic disrupted their baptism and membership classes. After a long battle, they passed their written tests and got ready to publicly proclaim their allegiance.
These are their backgrounds for your prayers:
(1) Srey Leak: a young mother with a 5-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter. Husband didn't manage to complete the baptism class.
(2) Veasna: a father-to-be. Young in faith. Prayed to receive Jesus a few months before his wedding.
(3) You Lorn: Comes from a province to do undergraduate study in Phnom Penh. Lives in the Methodist Hostel. Heard God's word and gave his life to Jesus. Family pre-believers.
(4) Sa'aim: Daughter of a church member. Will be sitting for her Grade 12 exam (equivalent to A-Level) in early December.
(5) Srey Rorn: Cousin of Sa'aim. Comes from a province and is doing undergraduate studies in Phnom Penh.
(6) Nita: Daughter of a church member. Hasn't been coming to church due to poor health.
(7) Sara: doing undergraduate studies majoring in English Language. Family pre-believers. Niece of a pastor.
(8) Philemon: son of a pastor. Secondary school student. Couson of Sara.
Another round of baptism and membership class is on-going. One of the members is a new convert who is working in a garment factory. The challenge for us is she is not able to read at all. Pray alongside us that God will do miracles enabling her faith to grow as she hear the words of Christ and enabling her to read God's word by herself.
Praise God for a harvest amongst us!
