Ten Believers Baptised

Posted on 13 March 202513 March 2025 by admin

Recently, the CCC team joined members of the village church that they support and encourage for a trip to the beach. This was no ordinary church family outing, as they were making the journey for an important purpose: to baptise ten adults and young people who had professed faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Three members of one family were baptised: a husband, wife and son. Before going into the water, they agreed to the cutting off of the strings around their wrists that had signified their adherence to Buddhism. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! [2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV]

He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over You

Posted on 18 February 202518 February 2025 by admin

CCC’s Country Director in Cambodia, Chanthoeun, was out on her motor scooter. Before she left, she had, as usual, prayed for God’s protection. While waiting at a traffic signal, she switched off the engine, but smelled a strong odour of petrol. When the light changed, she restarted the engine and drove on, but almost immediately, the engine died. She noticed that the petrol tank, that had contained three or four litres of petrol, was now empty.

Chanthoeun could see a motor mechanic’s premises just a few metres away, so she pushed her scooter up to his doorway and asked him to have a look. He was astonished. He found a leak in a fuel pipe, that had caused petrol to spurt out as Chanthoeun had been driving.

“You should be dead,” he said. A spark or the hot exhaust pipe could easily have ignited the petrol and even caused an explosion.

We praise the Lord that every day the Lord watches over our team in Cambodia, who are constantly at risk from traffic accidents, violent robberies, disease and extremes of temperature. Please pray for them.

Russel Bowyer

Posted on 11 February 202515 February 2025 by admin

With a mixture of sadness and thanksgiving, we announce the death of Russel Bowyer, trustee and Chairman of the Council of Cambodian Communities out of Crisis. Russel passed peacefully into the presence of his Lord after a short illness. We offer our condolences to his wife, Sandra, also a member of the CCC Council (pictured with Russel above at a Council meeting in their home).

Russel spent many years in the service of the Lord Jesus Christ, including undertaking many trips into communist countries to take Bibles to believers there. He accompanied other Council members on a visit to Cambodia in 2014 and almost lost his life through illness.

Russel contributed much wisdom to the deliberations of the Council and always enlivened the meetings with his quirky brand of humour.

‘Well done, good and faithful servant; enter into the joy of your master.’

A New Home

Posted on 10 February 202515 February 2025 by admin

CCC’s Country Director in Cambodia, Chanthoeun, encountered a woman collecting recyclable materials along the streets of her community. Chanthoeun talked to her and found out that she was a widow and was managing to salvage and sell sufficient items to feed herself, but had no money left to pay for accommodation. As a result, she was sleeping on the street.

Chanthoeun then got to work trying to find a room that CCC could rent for this lady to provide her with shelter, sanitation and security. She was successful, and now for just $20 a month, the lady has a home she can call her own.

**Chanthoeun hands a gift to the needy widow**

‘Let the Children Come to Me’

Posted on 30 January 202515 February 2025 by admin

Members of the church that meets in the home of CCC’s Cambodia Country Director, Chanthoeun, are keen to share the gospel with the inhabitants of a village in Tbong Khmum Province. They are planning a mission trip there later in 2025, but meanwhile, they decided to send some gifts to encourage the children who gather together to worship and learn about the Lord Jesus Christ.

CCC made a contribution to pay for some food to be distributed to the children (including cakes!).