Twenty baptisms reported in Cambodia

January 2012 Cambodian Mission Report...

This comes to us via the Melrose church of Christ, Melrose, N.M.

Last week there were 3 baptized into Christ at Kampong Cham. The week before the two congregations near Takeo had 17 baptisms...

Takeo is about four hours drive from Kampong Cham, our center of operations, so the seventeen baptism came from a special gathering of the two congregations our group has established in that area (Naren Lor, the cousin of former Cambodian King, Norodom Sihanouk’s third wife, has also established a congregation for the churches of Christ in the Takeo area).  

One of the congregations is about two years old and the other is about two months old. There were over 70 people not counting youth and children present for the Sunday assembly. 

The 70 count would represent less than half of those present, but that is the way Sophy counts gatherings. We are not going to be able to visit this area over about one time every two months, but C. Roung, a native of this area, who we trained in the Bible at Kampong Cham, is going to stay here to help them grow in Bible knowledge.

Thanks so much to Bill Singleton and the Melrose CofC for sharing the encouragement with us! 

"And believers were the more added to the Lord..." (Acts 5:14).