Reimer Fam at Disneyland!

Home Sweet Home!!

It was an emotional reunion when I saw my parents at the Airport. I won't lie, I cried like a little boy!!
After being away from home for 2yrs and having been through a lot of difficult things, seeing my Mom and Dad was just a great feeling.
I don't think it really matters how old we get, or what we accomplish in our lifetimes, our parents will always be our parents, and we will always be their kids!! In many ways it's a very comforting and cool thing about life!
Anyways enough sentimental stuff! I am home now and though not feeling 100 percent after the whole Typhoid thing, I'm feeling good and it's just a blessing to be home!
I saw my new nephew the night I got home and that was a treat! Tai looks a lot like my older sister Danica and the kid is just adorable! I have seen him twice now and have rarely heard him cry, my kind of nephew!!

I am off to California with most of my family on Saturday the 28th. but will be home around July 6th. I seriously would love to connect with all of you so don't be shy and either email me at joel_reimer@hotmail.com. or you can phone our place 1-604-855-7254.

Bless you guys
JR

New Truck!

Here are some pictures of the truck that I just purchased last week!! It's a 1997 Toyota Tacoma, standard, 4x4. I think it's sweet, praise God!!!
I would just like to thank CLA for their major contribution that went towards buying this truck and also Pete and Marianne Reimer for their amazing generousity.
I already received a report from my friend Matt Brown who just used the truck to rush a girl to the Hospital after she had broken her arm at one of our home churches. We will use every resource that we are blessed with to help the Khmer people come to know Jesus Christ! Amen!
Bless you guys
JR

I'm coming home!

After 2 years of serving the Lord in Cambodia I am coming home for a short break!!!
On June 22nd I fly out of Bangkok and amazingly enough, thanks to the time change, I arrive in Vancouver BC the same day.
I am excited to see many of you and get caught up with all that has happened over the past 2 years!
I will be home all summer and then will be coming back to Cambodia at the end of August.

Some other big news that I want to share with you is that I just bought a TRUCK for the Ministry!!
I made 3 trips to Phnom Phen in the last few weeks to check out trucks and on this last trip, just two days ago, finally was able to purchase a 1997 Toyota Tacoma, 4x4. It's sweet and I got it for a pretty good deal, praise God! So that is a real blessing and it will be a big help to the ministry.

I also just recently got over a bout with Typhoid Fever that has left me pretty thin. I picked up someting in Phnom Phen a week and a half ago and right away felt awful. My fever was around 104 for a week and I had some nasty headaches and muscle pains. After 4 days I got to the Drs. and he put me on an IV drip for 3 days straight and gave me some medicine.
I sweated it out in this little clinic but after being on the IV drip I felt a lot better and now am pretty much back to normal!

We also just had a Womens Conf. at our church that saw 30 women come the first day and 40 women the second day. Many of them stayed at our church overnight and had a great time of fellowship and growing in their faith together.

God is so good and yeah can't wait to see many of you real soon!
Blessings
JR

Friends and Family members who read this blog!! Pray you guys are doing well!

Just wanted to write a brief report about my recent trip to Malaysia.
On April 21st myself, along with Kris and Tabitha Pagan, set off for Malaysia to encourage the Victory Praise Church in Kuala Lumpur and hang out with a cool couple, Tony and Margaret Foster in Penang.
We arrived safely in Penang and then took a taxi to the Fosters Condo. Right away I was impressed with Malaysia (this was my first time there!) by how modern it was and how developed and organized things were. ( of course it doesnt take much to impress a missionary from Cambodia!)
We hung with the Fosters for a few days, checked out the sights, saw a few malls, snake farms!! ect, and then took the bus to KL. KL is unreal! The place has huge highrises everywhere, mono-rail and subway systems, starbucks on every corner and malls the size of small towns!!
We checked out the twin towers which was super cool, went to China town, little India and of course ate great food along the way.( The Indian food there was out of this world!)

The Victory Praise Church in KL is headed up by Pastor Ezekiel and he was a great host.
I preached at the first service on Friday night and then again at the last service on Sunday night. Kris and Tab preached as well and had awesome messages for the youth and the women of the church.

Kris also preached at a Burmese refugee church and man could those guys play country tunes for the Lord!

In every place we would pray for the sick and prophecy over people, it was a lot of fun!

Here are some pictures of our trip and a few of ministry in Poipet!
Blessings
JR

People of the Faith!!

In case some of you were wondering, (thanks Mom and Grandma!) yeah I am still alive and well in Cambodia!!! I haven't written in months so I am so sorry about that!
Pray all of you are well and blessed! I will keep this baby short and to the point so you wont get half way through it and hit the old delete!! ( God knows we've all done it!!)

Hi-lites from the last few months-

1) Christmas Party (December) - 250 people attended, amazing re-inactment of the Christmas story by the kids, good food (Praise God!), 25 young people got saved!

2) Encounter Conference -Poipet (January) - Was a 3 day Victory Church Conference hosted by our Poipet church, a total of 450 people attended, 8 missionaries from Thailand came to help out and preach, was a huge encouragement to our church and the body of Christ in Poipet! ( Richard Krahn came to visit as well and was a huge blessing!)

3) Taught on the Pastoral Epistles at VBCI in Thailand for 2 weeks.(February) Think I learned more than the students and had a blast relating the topic to what God is doing in Cambodia. Low-lite- Marking!! (Sorry Pastor Kenn!)

4) Attended the EFC Annual Conference in Phnom Phen and recieved our Membership Certificate!! ( Feb-March) Was a great conf.. My assistant pastors caught new vision and great connections were made with other Christian leaders in the nation.

5) Moved into a new Building!! (March) Actually moved into 2 new buildings but am currently just in one! Long Story!) 4 storey building, 7 bedrooms, 4 large meeting areas, Kitchen, 3 balconies, un-countable washrooms!!! 50 Metres from the Thai/ Khmer Border on the main road!! Thank you Lord!!

6) MEI team led by Z and Booy came to Poipt for 2 weeks!! (March) Was a dream come true to host a team from my old Highschool! Ministered to our 6 homechurches, Aids Clinic, played vball and soccer with local guys, picked up garbage!, visited Siem Reap ect! Saw 13 people saved and baptised 30 people ( including 4 MEI Students!)

I'm looking forward to the arrival of Andrew and Katrina Stock who will be interning with me for 8 months. They are doing their internship through CBC in Abbotsford and I am so excited to see what God is going to do through them. Is an answer to prayer to have them come!!

I'll hit fast forward and just say I am coming home this summer after a 2 year absence and am pumped about seeing all of you!!

Thanks for your finances for real, your prayers and love getting messages and mail from you all!!
Love you
JR #33

Were Official!

Victory Churches of Cambodia is now registered with the Evangelical Fellowship of Cambodia! They are a middle man between Christian Organizations and the Government in this nation! This is huge for us as Victory Churches and means we dont have to hide our existence anymore but can put some signs out and make some noise for Jesus! God is so Good!
We have also just found an ideal place to house our Ministry on the Main road of Poipet! Hopefully we shall be moving in within the next few weeks!
Bless all of you and thanks for your support!
JR