Financial Matters!!

Somethings that I rarely talk about in my emails/blogs ect., are things like; - personal issues, struggles, and.... money!!!
Today I choose to give you a brief update on the later!

On average I recieve 1,350 CDN dollars a month for the ministry and personal expenses in Poipet.
All of my money goes through 'A and D World Missions' and all donors recieve a tax deductible receipt.

My expenses include - tithe, food, lodging, travel, accomodating teams/guests, motorbike repairs/gas, church expenses, paying workers, Thai Visa's, personal items ect.

In the next few weeks we are hoping to purchase some land on the outskirts of Poipet for a church. A 20metre by 8metre piece of land is around 1,500 US dollars. We are hoping to buy a few sections to accomodate a church of at least 100 plus people.

We are also looking at renting a building on the main road of Poipet for a church as well. The cost of renting a building on the main road is around 300 US dollars a month.

Next week when I return to Poipet we are going to purchase a 'Gong by' which is a Cambodian version of a taxi. Its an old-school motorbike hooked up to a sidecart that has little benches to sit on and usually a sketchy roof.
We will be using this to transport beleivers to and from meetings, and to provide a job for a church member.
A 'Gong by' costs 1500 US dollars.

Boosapaul, a 55 year old Khmer man with a wife and 3 children, works with me full time. He translates for me on a daily basis, preaches in church, visits the Aids patients with me and runs things when I am away. Pretty much whatever I am doing in Poipet, Boosapaul is usually right beside smiling and loving those who we minister to! He is a gem and I really can't imagine serving in Poipet without him. He has became one of my best friends.
I pay Boosapaul a monthly salary of 120 CDN dollars ( A fair wage in Cambodia. My first year in Cambodia I never paid him and he was as faithful then as he is now!)

Other major expenses are going on ministry trips( Ex. Nepal, Phillipines ect.) These trips are usually quite costly as we often have to fly and pay for lodging and food once we arrive.

I tell you all of this so that you as supporters, know where your money is going, and what the major expenses are in the ministry.

Bless you and thanks again for your prayers and constant encouragement!

JR#33

The Khmer man in the pictures are Dr. Boosapaul!

Soo ah sah day!!!

The Classic Missionary move, saying "Hello" in the native tongue!!! Good times!!

I pray you are all doing well! How is life on the homefront? For real, I love to hear from you guys so please don't be afraid to let me know how you are!!!
Well it's been an interesting last month serving the Lord in Poipet!!

Henry and Erica Schmidt and their Supernatural Training School team were in Poipet for a week in early April. They were a tremendous blessing! While I was still teaching at VBCI they went to Angkor Wat and did some spiritual warfare there, so cool!
Once back in Poipet different team members preached at our churches, we visited the slums, did an impromptu concert outside my house, played with a lot of kids, did crafts and yeah pretty much had a Holy Ghost Party wherever we went! ( Henry you're a wild man, its awesome!!)
I believe over 10 people came to the Lord while the team was in Poipet. Praise God!!

2 weeks ago I was woken up by the sound of someone banging on my front door, ( happens quite often actually!) So I went and opened up the door half a sleep and there are two middle aged ladies with a couple kids. They said they wanted to know Jesus!!!! I was like, "Sweet!"
So I invited them in and in my best Khmer try to explain to them who Jesus is and what He did for them. Then I prayed for them and gave them some Bibles and Khmer tracts! It was so random but so God!
The Next day I got the whole story through my translator friend! They were from a village far away and had come to Poipet that day looking for a church and someone told them to come to my house!
So I had my friend lead them in a prayer to accept the Lord and they were both just beaming!!!
Were looking into starting a Church in the their village! I love how God does things!

A hi-lite this last month was burning my leg big time on my Motorbike!! Mercy!!! Its raining a lot now in Poipet so all the roads are becoming total mud pits! I was going to one of our churches and my bike got stuck in the mud and I bit it!
Classic muffler burn on my left leg! I was fine for 2 days and then infection set in and i could hardly walk for 4 days!
Thank God for my main man Boosapaul who is a self trained Doctor! He looked after me pretty good!
My neighbor Lady saw the puss oozing out of my leg one day, goes and gets some weed, puts it in her mouth and chews it, takes it out of her mouth and puts it on my leg!!!! Khmer Style baby, you gotta love it!

Last Sunday 3 new people came to our homechurch and accepted the Lord, it was great! We will most likely have another Baptism in the near future.

As well we are currently looking at buying some land in a new village being developed in Poipet. This village already has 200 homes built but has no church anywhere in sight. Please be praying that God provides the finances for this project and gives me wisdom in how to go about everything.

Please be praying that God sends people to Poipet to help with the harvest!! There is so much need at times its overwhelming! We can do pretty much anything there as long as we have the manpower to do it!
Bless you and thanks so much for you support!
JR#33

More Pics!

Just got Kim's pictures on my Mac the other day, Praise God! His are so good!
Hope you enjoy these new ones of our two week trip in Nepal!
( Just so some are not offended: There are some pictures of us with Marijuana in these pictures. In these mountainous regions they were growing weed everywhere and harvesting it while we were there. It is a regular cash crop to these people though it is ilegal in Nepal. The Goverment does not bother these 'Hill-tribe' people because they live in such a remote region. We did not partake of any of the weed, we just couldnt believe how much we saw, so we took pictures!)
Bless you and thanks for your prayers!
Teaching at the Bible School in Thailand is encredible! I have really felt the anointing and the students are learning about the Fathers of the Faith!
JR#33

Pictures of Nepal!

So sorry for not getting these to you sooner! Hope you enjoy them!
Please be praying for me as I teach at the Bible school in Thailand for the next 2 weeks! I'm believing for a major impartation in Jesus name!
Bless you,
JR#33
PS. To the anonymous Donor! You know who you are!! I am blown away by your generousity! I pray you would reap what you have sown!
And to Kyle Hendy! You are the man! Bless you buddy as you prepare for your Big Day!

Nepal was a High!!!

We have arrived safely back from Nepal, Praise God!! Thank you for all your prayers! Myself, Kim B and Amanda W. really felt them!
We arrived in Kathmandu on Feb. 27th and Pastor Chandra and his family met us at the Airport. ( P. Chandra himself had just arrived from S. Africa so it was a very warm welcome for all of us!)
We slept at the Bible School the first night and the next day headed out to the mountains with 11 Bible school students.
It was a 5hr ride in a packed Van to the beginning of our expedition. Thank you Lord for the gift to sleep just about anywhere!
That night we slept in a little Church by the river and the next morning, bright and early we headed out.
We waded through the fast moving mountain river at least 10 times, ( not including a quick swim time!) and scaled a beautifuly tiered mountain before reaching our first village.
That night, like many to come, we preached to pretty much the whole village in the community school yard! The Bible school students started off with some music to draw people in. It began to rain that night so we crammed everyone into an un-lit school room and presented the Gospel message! That night 30 people came to the front of the classroom to recieve the Lord!
We ate our rice that night by candle light and then went to bed wearing our Jackets, sweaters, pants ect! It was freezing in the mountains so we did whatever we could to stay warm!
The next ten days were quite similar. We would have our morning Tea, pack our bags and either hike over a few mountains on goat-paths or walk and wade through a river valley to get to the next village.
On average we would hike 2-4hrs a day over some encredibly difficult terrain! The views though from the top of these mountains were just encredible!
During the day we would prepare for the evening service, get cleaned up with any available water (many of the Villages had none!) and sometimes we would go door to door inviting people to the meeting.
We saw 2 men with bad backs get healed, were able to pray for many babies with fevers and prayed over a few witch doctors.
Many of the villages that we went to grew marijauna as way to support themselves. We saw fields and fields of it everywhere. Many of the christians also grew it to make money. It is ilegel in Nepal to grow Marijauna but in the remote mountains nothing is done to prohibit it.
So many of these 'Japang' villages that we preached in were Maoists. We saw many children suffering malnutrition, and many of them were just barely surviving on what they grew on the mountains.
After over a week of preaching to over 12 villages we walked back to the Highway along the river valley and headed to Kathmandu.
In Kathmandu we were able to relax, do some shopping, eat some western food and wrap up everything for the TV show.
The last night before leaving I had the honor of speaking at the Bible school graduation! I spoke on vision because without a long term vision we are just wandering aimlessly in life.
I am teaching at the Bible school for 2 weeks so please be praying that God would give me the tongue of the learned and I would be able to communicate Church History in a practical, effective way!
Bless you all in everyway!
JR

Off To NEPAL!!!!!!

Hey everybody!!! How are you? How are things in your part of the
world?
It's been a while since I wrote all of you about things here! So
sorry about that!! It's been wild!!

I almost have to start back in January to fill you in! I will keep
it short I promise!
After Christmas I was back in Poipet for 10 days, re-united with Tim
Lindberg who stayed there over the break, came back to to Thailand
and saw Tim off to Canada, where I believe he immediately got
engaged!! You're the man Lindberg!!

After that I went with VBCI to Northern Thailand for a two week
Ministry/Character building trip! This trip was always the hi-lite
of my year when I was student at VBCI! I missed it last year so I
promised myself that I had to do it this year!
It took us 2 days to get to our base camp which was somewhere near
the Burma/Thai border.
We stayed at this old Ranger station that was right by a little
river, it was ideal!

For two weeks we lived in a bamboo framed tent, cooked over an open
fire, and went out to surrounding villages every night to preach and
pray for the sick in Hill-tribe villages.
We saw people come to the Lord, healed and encouraged!
We also did a 2 day hike at the end of the trip and it was truly a
test for both staff and students! It was a test of character and
team-work for all and I know that I learned a lot! ( Hiking over
mountain ranges with 20 people for hours on end and nobody really
knows where they're going is not for the feint of heart!)
Besides one girl from China breaking her foot, it was a great trip!!
We had some great times just worshiping under the stars, having
baths in the river, and drinking hot-Milo!!

Once back in Sriracha I met my friend Richard Krahn and took him out
to Poipet! We had a great 10 days or so ministering together, buying
things for the ministry and cruising around on my Bike wherever the
Lord let us!

Then Henry Schmidt came to spy out the land! We rocked in the
churches together and really had some powerful Holy Ghost times!
Praise God! Students from Henry's Bible school are coming to Poipet
on April 4th for two weeks, we are expecting great things!

This last week we baptised 13 young people and hosted a YWAM team
for 5 days.
The YWAM team did everything from picking up garbage for an hour,
praying for Aids patients, doing kids ministry in the slum and
random music outreaches all over Poipet!! They were truly a
blessing!

On Feb. 28th I am off to Nepal for a two week ministry trip. Kim
Boschman, Amanda Williams and myself will be going there to visit
the Victory churches in Kathmandu and in the Himilaya mountains. We
will be hiking through the mountains for a week preaching every
night, and then I believe we have some Conferences and meetings set
up in the capital.

After that trip I am back in Sriracha for a while to prepare for the
Church History course I am teaching.

Please pray that God gives me strength in the next few weeks, a
powerful annointing to preach the word accompanied by signs and
wonders, and to teach this course with a spirit of excellence!

Would love to hear from many of you so feel free to write my
anytime!
Bless you all!

Joel Reimer