An incredibly busy but exciting day today. Andrew went to the Olympic Stadium at 6:30am to find the place crowded with groups playing football, doing aerobics and eating breakfasts. They clearly have no concept of “This is my day off, therefore I need a lie – in” - must be a Western disease designed to make us think that 10:30am on a Sunday morning is very early and we are real martyrs to the cause. We were at the church building by 8am to pray and we ran a guest service from 9am – 10:30. There seemed to be quite a few Cambodian guests at the meeting. Andrew led worship, with all songs being sung in Khmer. The children sang a song and our team did a quick mime drama. Simon preached and we were once again able to pray for the sick. One middle aged lady had been suffering for some time with painful knees. After prayer she said that the pain had gone instantly and she was able to bend them totally free of the pain she had been feeling just minutes earlier. We also prayed for a lady in her very early thirties. She has AIDS and lost her husband a few months ago to the sickness. She has four children, two of whom also have AIDS. Immediately following the meeting we had a party and this lady was enthusiastically teaching the whole church a party game that had everybody laughing.
During the afternoon we held a party for over 40 children from the slum village. These children were great fun to be with. Most were dressed up in their best clothes. Once again we acted out a small drama to illustrate a story that was being told. Hence Emma and Rochelle's acting abilities have grown considerably this week! The children made party hats for a hat parade and every single one of them wanted there photo taken at least three times each. All in all it has been a thoroughly worthwhile day.
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