McCullough`s Serving in Cambodia.

November 2012
McCullough’s
Serving in
Cambodia.
Serving in Cambodia at Gateway!
One thing that is missed from
Canada are the fall leaves.
Managers of Gateway,
Matthew and Vanny
Where has the time
flown? It is hard to believe that Christmas is
almost upon us. Christmas Outreaches and
gatherings are in the
process of being organized. November has
been a month of trusting
and seeking the Lord for
the needs of Gateway
Ministry and Gateway
Café, with several leadership meetings and a
Board meeting to seek
wisdom on the next
steps. We continue to be
blessed by the Lord and
everything He is doing
through the staff and volunteers at Gateway. We
have had another brother
enter into a relationship
with Jesus Christ this
month as well as a couple desiring to go through
the Believers Baptism
course.
Our
daily joy to be in a place to
“Discovery Bible Study” be used as well in a
staff devotion has made place to grow personit through several books ally. Gateway Café
of the Bible and we are Ministries is growing
currently going through every day. We had the
the book of Proverbs. privilege to host a couGod has given us much ple thanksgiving gathwisdom and together we erings this year for our
are all growing in the American
missionary
Lord. Many times we friends. We are thankful
think, what can we give that Gateway is not
the Cambodians, but it only a place for stuseems to us that we dents to hear about
learn much more from Jesus but it is also a
them some days. That place for rest and
thought brings me back blessing for the workers
to our time in Ottawa that are in our area.
while working at Chris- Thanks for your parttian Horizons. The indi- nership.
viduals
we
served taught
us way more
than we ever
could teach
them. It is an
honour
and All are welcome to come and hang out. May Gateway bring glory to God and many to Himself.
Other Ministries at Gateway
Connie, a young German
lady, arrived a couple
months ago to teach
some English for a year
at Gateway. While she
has been here she has
taught English to our
Staff receiving English Lessons staff to help and improve
their customer service
from Connie.
while speaking with the
foreigners that come into
Gateway. One of our
cooks, before coming to
Gateway, could not read
or write Khmer let alone
English, but thanks to
Connie and other staff
she is learning to read
and to write. Please pray
as we encourage and
challenge all our staff
and as we reach out to
the students. English
Classes are offered
twice a day as well as a
Christian University has
rented out the top floor
of Gateway to being
another place where
students can come and
learn business as well
learn more about Jesus
Christ.
Update on the Girls
The girls have had a week off of
school, for the Annual Khmer Water
Festival, so we have been able to
decorate the house and share some
great Christmas preparation memo-
ries. The girls know very well
that the meaning of Christmas
is the birthday of Jesus. They
wanted to decorate to have
everything ready for His party.
The girls are doing very well
in school. We are surprised
every
week
when they need to read
their books to us that
they will be ready for
the teacher. We are
thankful for the support
the teachers have given
them. Even Rebekah is saying more and more understandable words. We are thankful
that they have all been relatively healthy, the foot and
mouth disease has been going
around the missionary families in
Phnom Penh Thmey but thankfully
the girls have not gotten sick.
Please pray for protection and good
health over the next few months.
The Reason for the Season—The reason we are here!
Christmas—In Cambodia it has different meanings. Normally it is not a
holiday in the general population, all
schools still are going, except International Schools. Even some Christian schools work through Christmas
(December 25th) The Christians celebrate Christmas from December 1st
to January 1st with many church
members going from church to
church celebrating the Christmas
Story-the birth of Christ. Celebrations are spread so that everyone
can be a part of everyone’s celebration. As a westerner, we have kept
the date of the 25th as Christmas,
and we put up the Christmas tree
with all the trimmings. Knowing that
we celebrate Christmas because of
the birth of Christ, gives us grateful
spirits that desire to reach out to others. We travel away from our family
and friends to be able to share the
truth and the love of God to hear.
May this Christmas, the love of
Christ, fill the hearts of everyone we
come in contact with. Our thoughts
and prayers are with you as well.
Praying that the interactions we have
with the students and guests at
Gateway as well as New Life and
other places we are at will bring
glory to God. As we continue to disciple and mentor, may we have the
wisdom and grace as well as boldness to share the love and truth of
Jesus Christ in a clear way with the
people God brings across our
paths. It is an honour and joy to be
serving the Cambodian People.
May the reason for the season become a light and an encouragement
to the people of Cambodia during
the holidays.
Future Plans
We are seeking the Lord over the
next few months asking for Him to
reveal His will for our future. We
have just over 6 months left at Gateway Ministries before finishing up our
third term with Pioneers Canada. It is
hard to believe that this coming April
we will have been 8 years with Pioneers. As of now, the future will be us
returning to Canada on June 14th for
our home assignment and then seeking the Lord for the next steps. There
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are seve r a l
options
but we
want to
be led
by the
Lord.
T h e
First Day, First Term with m o s t
Pioneers Canada in Ottawa i m p o r t a n t
thing is for us to focus over the next
6 months on what the Lord has for
us now, at Gateway Ministries and
for us just to trust that He will lead
and provide in His timing. We thank
everyone for your prayers and support over the last 8 years and for
some even the two years before
that while we were with YWAM. The
Lord has always been faithful to be
there for us through it all.