Kandi Lay | Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Antioch school life continues to march forward and we are now half way through the trimester.  This past month has been particularly busy with class and many visitors from outside the country.  I got another bout of dengue fever at the end of January, but thankfully, it wasn’t as severe as last time (in Poipet) and I am fully recovered.  One of the highlights of the last month for me was to see one of the missionary kids from Poipet get married.  The family she married into also works in Cambodia (with Samaritan’s Purse), so the wedding was here.  It […]

We are into the fourth week of this trimester at the Antioch Bible Institute.  There is so much to tell you, but I’ll try to keep it short, since I’m sure you are just as busy as I am. First of all, thank you for your prayers for the school water issues.  We did have water when the students arrived.  Water continues to be an issue off and on – not just for us but for many in the city.  The city is growing quickly and the water system hasn’t caught up yet, but Cambodians are quite creative and adaptable […]

Happy New Year!  It will soon be 2019, can you believe it?  With the new year at the Antioch Bible Institute comes a new trimester.  We teachers are in that last mad dash to get everything ready.  We’ve been having problems with the water at the school, so your prayers would be appreciated.  We’d hate to see the students arrive and there is no water in the house!  The students will arrive on January 1st and classes start the next day.  Pray that God will meet us as we learn together how to follow and serve Him.  We are happy […]

Construction on the Antioch Bible Institute residence building continues at a slow pace. We praise God for how He has provided the needed finances for each step in the construction project and trust He will bring us the remaining amount needed. But this past week, we had even more reason to rejoice because of this project. Prasat is an experienced builder, who we hired to act as an overseer of the project and to make sure the builder we hired does what he’s suppose to do.  He has been involved in several C&MA Mission building projects over the past ten […]

God’’s Spirit is at work at the Antioch Bible Institute.  It started with one brave student confessing hidden sins, asking for forgiveness and for help.  In the following days, the Holy Spirit used that confession to touch the hearts of others who also confessed sins and shared burdens which they had previously kept hidden.  The outpouring of God’s Spirit of conviction also flowed over into one of the ministry groups and yesterday (Sunday) a young couple also gave a public confession at their church and asked for forgiveness.  So many tears were being shed this week that one student commented […]

Thank you so much for your prayers for my father.  He is doing better.  He’s eating more and his mood seems better, too.  It has been a gift to be home for the last few weeks and I particularly enjoyed having Thanksgiving dinner with the whole family.  We all ate like we hadn’t eaten in days –  even Dad, which made our time together even more joyful. Now I’m headed back to Cambodia and the Antioch Bible Institute.  The school is nearing the end of the first trimester on December 12th, so please be praying for the students as they […]

As some of you may have heard, I have returned to Pennsylvania because of my Dad’s health.  He has not been eating for some time and has lost a considerable amount of weight.  This combined with not wanting to take his pills and major depression, had caused his health to decline.  He seems to be eating a tiny bit more the last two days, and I’m hopeful that we can get him to increase his intake.  Please pray for my dad’s appetite, physical and emotional health.  Ask God to give us, his family, wisdom in how to best help him. […]

Antioch Bible Institute is a month and a half into their first trimester of the year already!  It’s been such a busy time that I blinked and here we are in October!  So many things have happened, I don’t even know what to write! The six full-time students are getting along well and although the work load is heavy, they seem to be keeping up.  The lessons they learn outside of class as we live life together are often the most important, but the most challenging.  At first the students, were individuals coming to study at Bible School, but now […]

August flew by so quickly and we are getting ready to start school again at the Antioch Bible Institute on Saturday, Sept. 1st.  We are excited that we will have six full-time students and about six part-time students this year.  Please be praying for the students, especially the four new ones (Nhieu, Rebecca, Daniel & Daro) as they make preparations to arrive on Friday.  Once again, the new students get me as their first teacher on Saturday morning – for three hours!  Poor kids. 😊  (And yes, we have classes every morning – Monday through Saturday.) We praise God for the new house that we are renting […]

In July I sold my truck to Kent Copeland in Poipet and was on the look out for another one – which God gave me on my birthday last week!  What a great birthday present. 🙂  It’s a used Toyota Rav4 and in good condition.  And it came straight from the USA since it still has California plates!  Praise God for His provision! In three weeks, the Antioch Bible Institute (ABI) will be starting its second year of classes and there is much to be done.  Wednesday (Aug. 15th) we will be moving into the new house that we are […]