The following newsletter is from Jason and Angie Prosser, missionaries serving with New Life Fellowship of Churches Cambodia. Jason and Angie’s newsletter will give you insight into missionary life in Cambodia.
Hello Everyone, Here is our latest newsletter. It covers the months of December 2007 and January 2008. We pray that you are all having a great year so far and that God’s abundant blessings are overtaking your life.
Jason, Angie, Caleb, Justus & ???
LOOKING FORWARD TO 2008
2007 ended on such a good note that it’s hard to think of what could possibly top it. But we know that God has some great things in store for us for 2008 as well. With God, every day (and every year) is a day that we can expect His abundant blessings.
In December, we had such an awesome holiday time with our friends and church family here in Cambodia. Angie and I realized that this is one of the only times that we have been without immediate family for the holidays since we first came to Cambodia. However, in spite of that, we had an excellent time.
On the Sunday before Christmas, we went to a Christmas party at one of our friends’ houses, then on Christmas Eve, we went to another friend’s house for a large Christmas dinner with all the trimmings. On Christmas Day, we were at home by ourselves for the morning. It was nice to spend the morning together as a family. We were thinking about having a nice breakfast of bacon and eggs, but then we decided to buy ourselves a treat and bought a large box of Mini-Wheats instead! After the cereal, we opened gifts, talked to our parents via web cam and then, the kids played with all of their new toys and presents. We had a great Christmas!
Another amazing thing happened on Christmas Day, and it was that we found out that we are going to have another baby! Yay! We are pretty excited. A little bit surprised, but excited nonetheless. Prosser Baby Number Three (we don’t know the gender and are probably going to wait until the birth to find out) is due on August 18th.
Now, since I know that there will be other questions regarding this baby, I’ll try to answer the most common ones. If you have a question that I don't answer, I apologize. Please feel free to send me an e-mail to let me know. However, here are the answers to the most common questions . . . Yes, we are hoping for a girl, but will be happy if the baby is a boy too. The main desire for us is that this baby is strong and healthy.
Next answer. We will probably have this baby in Bangkok, Thailand or in Singapore. They have world class facilities in either place and we had a great experience with the hospital in Bangkok when Angie had Dengue last year. The baby will be born a couple of weeks ahead of the due date since Angie will need to have a C-Section. That will probably put the birth in the first week of August. We are expecting to be in North America to show off our new baby (as well as to visit all of you) near the end of 2008 or early in 2009.
Caleb seems to understand what’s going on with the prospect of another new baby. I think that he is old enough to understand. But, I don’t think that Justus has any idea yet, but he’s a pretty happy-go-lucky kid, so I think that he will be just fine.
The new baby is going to be the big news on the family side of things for all of us this year, but there are a couple of other things that we are anticipating in 2008 as well.
As of the end of December, Angie has no longer been teaching at Caleb’s preschool (Stepping Stones). She had been the acting principal since New Life took over the school in May and due to a teacher shortage, she had been teaching full-time since October. We feel that the fact that Angie is no longer teaching is great timing with the coming of our new baby. Even before we found out about Angie’s pregnancy, we have been feeling that it would be good for Angie to be home more, especially for Justus.
So, God has answered our prayers in several areas already in 2008 and the year is only a month old. We are excited about the prospect of our new baby. We are thankful that Angie is able to spend more time at home with our boys. As well, she is able to continue to pour into other young women and other Moms on a weekly basis.
God has been so good to us. He is faithful, and it is because of His faithfulness that we can confidently say that He will always continue to be faithful.
2008 is going to be a great year!
HAVE YOU KILLED A MOSQUITO LATELY?
Around our house, it’s a National Pastime to kill mosquitoes. We’ve tried everything and we do it all. We use bug lamps, Raid, electric, zapping tennis rackets, but by far, the most entertaining is destroying them by hand. We have killed many mosquitoes by hand. Some of the varieties of ways of doing it include smashing them against the wall, counter or ceiling. Or when a solid object is not available, clapping them always does the trick. Catching them with one hand is sometimes a challenge, but it makes it much easier if your hands are soapy. Another way of killing them is with books or other hand-held objects. Caleb even got his first mosquito just the other day. “Train them up while they are young . . . “
BANDUNG, INDONESIA
At the beginning of the year (January 1-5) Jason traveled to Bandung, Indonesia for a 3-day pastor’s seminar with Pastor Jesse and Pastors Pisit and Samnang and their wives. The seminar was for New Life Fellowship of Churches (NLFC) in Southeast Asia. These are all churches that were started by Pastor Eric Dooley. He was the pastor who began our church here in Phnom Penh before it was turned over to Chuck McCaul. Within NLFC, there are churches in Indonesia, Singapore, Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma) and Vietnam. We were all very blessed by the fellowship and the words that were spoken there in the meetings. It is always so great to be able to spend time with people who have done and are doing what we are trying to do here in Cambodia. Bandung is not the primary city in Indonesia, but it is more developed than Phnom Penh, and I would guess that within ten years or so, Phnom Penh will be at about the place that Bandung is now. While we were there, we also had some free time to do a little sight-seeing. One of the things that we were planning to do was to visit an active volcano, but the weather was rainy, so we had to cancel that.
We all had a good time, but however much fun it is to go someplace, it’s always better to come home. Home Sweet Home.
PRAYER POINTS
This section is dedicated to prayer needs for Cambodia, people in need and for ourselves personally. Please help us by agreeing with us for the prayer requests mentioned each month. Thank you!
- First, please pray for Angie. She is still experiencing morning sickness, but the problem is that it lasts all day. Pray that that would stop
- Pray for the little baby inside. Pray for the development of our little one, that there would be no complications or problems.
- Please pray for Caleb and especially Justus during this transition for them. Caleb has been through all of this before, so I think that he is a little more ready. But this is a first for Justus and it’s quite difficult to communicate with him since he is still so young. He isn’t going to be the baby anymore. In spite of that, we know that God is in control. We are believing that God’s grace is going to cover every aspect of this pregnancy.
Thank you for your prayers!
Prayer makes all the difference in the world!
To Contribute Financially:
In Canada, please make the check out to Living Hope Christian Assembly, and write a note in the memo line “Cambodia Outreach: Jason & Angie Prosser.” Then, send it to:
Living Hope Christian Assembly
1045 Garth Street
Hamilton, Ontario L9C-4L5
CANADA
In USA, please make the check out to City Bible Church and enclose a note designating the funds for Jason & Angie Prosser. Then, send the check to:
City Bible Church
9200 NE Fremont
Portland, OR 97220
USA
Thank you so much!
