Day 2 - Sunday 2nd December

We spent most of the day today with Jubilee Family Church, Cambodia. They have been great fun to be with and have a real hunger and desire for God. They a very small with 9 committed Khmer locals, a few other locals who come and go and a similar number of British ex pats. Rochelle did an excellent job of leading worship and sang most of the songs in Khmer! I preached from 1 Corinthians with the key message of the Kingdom God will bring change, not through plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and in power. Whilst I was speaking and being simultaneously translated, Becci took the youth and children out and taught along similar lines. At the end the children joined us and we were able to pray for many of the children and adults for both healing of physical illness and also for increased use in spiritual gifts. Our ability to bump into random people from back home has continued. Today a newly wed couple from Leamington Spa turned up at the meeting as they are visiting the country for a few days as part of their extended honeymoon. It was great to bump into them as it gave me an opportunity to remind him that I was still waiting for his Word Plus homework!

The church here is really working hard to build family and community so we all ate together at lunchtime and enjoyed some great home cooked food, as well as playing a number of silly games and trying our hands at some traditional Khmer dancing. This seems mostly to consist of making stretching patterns with your hands whilst taking small rhythmic steps. In my case these two actions combined together and had the unfortunate effect of making me look like a dysfunctional cat stretching after a long sleep, whilst trying to walk at the same time, and doing neither successfully. The difference between myself and the cat is that the cat would realise it wasn't working and stop – I am not blessed with the same self awareness and continued regardless. Strangely we were unable to persuade Emma to join in this particular activity.