Dear Friends and Family,

We hope you are enjoying a lovely summer. We are entering the rainy season. At this point the rain cools things off for a while and cuts down the sunshine. The River Megong is high already and I suspect we may be able to have next month's baptisms in our carport. There is not a lot of mud--yet.

Some folks have asked for specific prayer requests. High on our list is the small group in Suong village. One sister has married a non-believer and is no longer attending worship with us. Several others went to the city for factory jobs. Another is going to a church near her home, which is fine, but it may be a cult. I have to investigate further. She is the blind girl that I've mentioned in a couple of previous letters. Also, the brother in whose home we meet, left his family for a couple of weeks. It has been a difficult situation. We do have four people from the group doing a leadership training course.

I've shared with you for months about wanting to do something for the recycle boys, as I call them. Well, none of the older ones was really interested in studying, but we've come across thirty-five or so children along the river that do want to learn. They do not attend the regular school. The class we had was too big for the one teacher in the photo below, so in addition to one helper and the driver, moi, we've added another teacher. The lad in the striped shirt is named Dait (silent 'T'), I think. Like many of the kids he wears the same clothes everyday, if they wear any at all.

Some of the school highlights have been one rascal bringing a slingshot to torment my dog, kids denuding my fruit trees of everything, and two little ones last week peeing on my wall. I pick them all up in the truck four times a week for a one hour Khmer language lesson, and on Sunday for Sunday school. We give them a loaf of French bread after school.

Yuko has been having great success with the development group. They just finished one hundred wallets and twenty-five passport cases. They have orders for a hundred more of each. They meet four to five times a
week and have a Bible study every time the group gathers. It has done a lot for the fellowship of the church, and the finances of our people. We also have the leadership training class in Kampong Cham. Eight come consistently.

One of the sons of the church's founding family works at the school. The other son did work at it, but quit. He is very moody and often withdraws from the rest of us, particularly, me. He left early from our monthly church meeting this past week . His name is Samouen,

On the calendar in the future, we have a hundred people coming for a joint service on July the seventeenth. We'll have a baptismal service wherever the river bank is at the time.

In August we have children's camp for three days. We'll have teachers from America, Hong Kong and Cambodia doing the lessons and activities. I hope to have eighty to ninety children. That is getting the maximum use out of our facilities.

As regarding the Wilkins Clan, Caleb had his first virus this week. As I write he has a cough and sniffles. Yuko has suffered a bout of hair loss, but she has seen some of what she lost being replaced as the baby's schedule gets a little less demanding. I help, but the Mom Squad gets the call when things get tough. Please keep all of the above in your prayer time. We appreciate you.

For in Him we have our life--our very being.
Acts 17

Love, Chris, Yuko, and Caleb

Ps. Yuko and Caleb are both sleeping peacefully. God is good.