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Village Pre-School Learning Centre in Rural Cambodia

Overview
Still reccovering from trhee decades of conflict, Cambodia remains one of the poorest nations inthe world, not only economically but also spiritually.

The Need
The Province Kamping Speu, 1.5 hours from Phnom Penh is a palce of tragedy for many young mothers whohave not alternative care for their children while workingin the flooded paddy fields. Toddlers are left to roam the wafer -thin edges of the the waterlooged paddy field unattended and unsupervised. Each year the raining season commences in July bringing with it flooding and a cycle of tragedy as many of these children fall into the water and drown.

MTI Cambodia is providing an answer in one such provincial town.. Kra Noung village in Kampong Speu province. A Pre-school Learning Centre is springing up in Kra Nhoung Village where Sonn a long time daughter of the village grew up. Sonn was 12 when the Khmer Rouge forced her family to separate. She become a Christian after this dark period in her life and after having worked for a partner Mission organization, she wants to now take the message of Gods love back to her many family members, relatives and village friends.
She also has a Dream that the other sons and daughters of the village, still young and needing nurturing and protecting, will survive the floods and live to take their place in Khmer society.
Sonn wants to create a haven, a place of refuge for the toddlers and many pre-school children who are at risk as their mothers tend the fields.
MTI Cambodia wants to make both dreams come true. Along with the Pre-school centre where young children will be freely welcomed, MTI workers will offer Parenting classes, child health lessons, education training,and Bible studies which will become a regular part of this Child Learning centre to help turn Kra Nhoung Village back into a joyful place, a Field of Harvest.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?
PRAY for an openness to the Gospel in this village, and the establishment of a local church.
GIVE financially toward the start-up and running cost of these projects.
GO volunteer and short-term opportunities are available to suppor the work of this project.

NEWS FROM DAN & SUZIE POTTER

Pictured above is our group (Left to Right) on our "Creative Day
Outing" as we were walking in the woods:
Jeremy (Malaysia), Corine (from Netherlands living in Chile with her
husband), Michal & Martina (Czech Republic = also married), (down in
front) Yerko (from Chile= married to Corine), Dan & Suzie (that's
us), Natasha (Russia), behind her is Ryan (from Minnesota), Timmy
(from N. Ireland but living in Germany), Barbara (Germany), and
Simone (Germany). We are missing Ricky from Marlette!

imagiNations '06 is going well, we are in our 5th week, with only one
to go. They all depart on November 1.
It seems in many ways like they just got here, but because of the
relationships and all, it also seems like we have been together for a
long while. Pray for all of us that we will end our time together
well, and that the impact they have had on each other and the
community will continue to grow fruit for the Kingdom of God!

Dan & I were away last week in Houston, Texas for our Germany and
International TeenStreet meetings. (During that time Chip Kirk, from
OM USA were here to imput into the imagiNations group how to Practice
the Presence of God). Our meetings honestly were difficult in many
ways. Lots of details to cover, many transitions in growth,
leadership and development. We are praying hard this month for God's
direct words and wisdom in the TeenStreet's to come. In November we
go to Mosbach, Germany for more Germany TeenStreet meetings with all
the Home office representatives, and the other European leaders. So
this is our time to pray about specifics and direction for us and
TeenStreet, especially the international TeenStreets. We need more
youth communicators to be trained, since it looks like we are moving
towards new TeenStreets starting up in the next year and a half in
Sudan, South Africa, and Australia. So, we need wisdom on the
transitions of program leadership especially in Germany, Uruguay,
Brasil, India, Czech Republic and Malaysia. Please continue to pray
for us! We are also in the midst of writing the the new program
theme: Contagious . . . "Infect Your Sphere".

Joshua and Josiah continue to grow (both in height . . . yeah . . .
and in their walk with Jesus!). Joshua is 16 and a Junior in school
(next year is his last year in school, hard to believe). He has been
very involved in his soccer team this year. They just played their
last game this past Monday. It was good, but he is looking forward
to more free time and getting started again with teaching guitar and
hanging with his friends. He continues to help me out with leading
worship in both Going Deeper on Sunday nights and in church with the
Praise Team on Sunday mornings. Josiah is in 8th grade (the oldest
in the middle school). He is doing well in his studies and is a PAL
(a specially chosen leadership group who help out with things in the
school). He just had his first "DJ Schmoke" opportunity in DJ ing
the last Middle School dance (he is the one on the left below in his
Dad's purple velvet jacket - that he used to do his magic shows in).
The principal was happy he was doing it because it meant that he
didn't have to check the song list he would be playing. He also said
he knew it was a good dance (you can tell by the number of people
hanging out in the gym - there were only 3). Josiah is also playing
soccer on the 7th & 8th grade traveling team, even though the weather
is getting colder, we continue to support him and his team in this.

WALK HIS TRAIL

Dear TeenStreet Explorer

OM Malaysia and Footstool players present Walk His Trail, a theatrical adaptation of the inspiring and compelling true story of young missionaries Jim Elliot, Pete Fleming, Ed McCully, Nate Saint and Roger Youderian, who were martyred in the jungles of Ecuador in 1956 while trying to reach the Waodani (“Auca”) Indians with the gospel. Adapted, produced and directed by Colin Kirton, and performed by Ann Choo, Ee Soon Wei, Dorothy Lee, Dennis Pook, Siaw Mei Li, Jonathan Tan, Desmond Teoh, Geraldine Teoh, Adrene Wong and Wong Mun Wai.God to raise a new generation of missionaries from Malaysia.
Pray for safety, protection, good health, strength and journey mercies for the
Footstool players as they perform.
Pray that the seeds sown into the hearts of people will take root and grow.
Pray that non-Christians in the audience will respond to God.
We had good times in Penang, Seremban and Malacca in the past few weeks. We met
many people inspired by the lives of the five men. See you at the remaining performances.

8pm Sat 7 & 8pm Sun 8 Oct
Full Gospel Tabernacle Subang Jaya
8pm Sat 14 & 8pm 15 Oct
Wesley Methodist Church Klang
8pm Sat 28 & 5pm Sun 29 Oct
Canning Garden Methodist Church, Ipoh
8pm Sat 4 & 8pm Sun 5 Nov
The Life Chapel, Petaling Jaya

TEENSTREET COACH TRAINING DATES

CALLING ALL COACHES TO ATTEND THE TeenStreet Coach Training. Be a life coach for Life :-)

Coach Training
Date: 11 November Time: 10am – 5 pm
Date: 2 December Time: 10am – 5 pm
Venue: Gereja Methodist Subang Jaya, Unit no. W-1-3 Business Park West Wing, Subang Square, Jalan SS15/4G, 47500 Subang Jaya.

Coach Orientation
9th Dec at 1pm @ TeenStreet. This is compulsory for ALL M&M Leaders, Coaches, and Service Team.

For more details email teenstreet@my.om.org

TEENSTREET 2006 PACKING LIST

BRING SLEEPING BAG OR PILLOW CASE, BED SHEET & BLANKET
Mosquito repellent
Sunblock for afternoon sports
Slippers, Sandals, Running shoes
Towel Socks, Clean underwear, plenty of tshirts and appropriate clothing - check the ‘CLS’
Sports attire & Sports equipment that you’d want to use (eg.tennis racquet)
One piece swim suit (there is a pool but accessibility depends on availability of a lifeguard)
TNT.Race Card/s & Money
Medicines (if you are on prescription)
Toiletries
Water bottle
Bible, Note Book, Pens & Pencils
Small amount of money (TeenStreet Café, Bookshop & at some workshops the material is provided for a nominal fee – Bead Workshop )

Pls note that you will be sharing the room with 3-4 others. So if you bring cameras, disc mans, MP3 players, mobiles you will be responsible for your own belongings.

INVITATION TO TEENSTREET PRAYER NIGHT

Dear TeenStreet Explorer and Coach,

I am sending you our latest news update and hope you will uphold TeenStreet in prayer.

We would also like to invite you to an evening of prayer for TeenStreet.
Realizing that we don't depend on good planning, dedicated leaders & an exciting program BUT it is God whom we need to depend on for TeenStreet to be truly fruitful. We want to corporately go before God to give thanks for all he is doing and will do in TeenStreet. Please come and join us.

Half-Night of Prayer for TeenStreet
Sunday, 19 November 2006, 8.00-10.00pm
Cornerstone Baptist church, Petaling Jaya Light supper will be served at the end.

Regards
Pari

Parimalam Balasubramaniam

TeenStreet Malaysia Director
Website:www.om.org & www.teenstreet.om.org or www.teenstreetmalaysia.blogspot.com


TeenStreet Malaysia
PRAYER LETTER
OMM09/10/2006
PRIVATE CIRCULATION
PETALING JAYA, 09 Oct, 2006:
Tel: 60-03-78035303
Fax: 60-03-78035456
Email: teenstreet@my.om.org
Website: www.teenstreet.om.org

Daily prayer guide for TeenStreet
TeenStreet Malaysia 2006 is fast approaching! As preparations intensify, we are encouraged to see God already at work in ways that we do not expect. TeenStreet is God’s! Let’s continually praise our sovereign Lord and express our dependence on Him in every way.
MONDAY
PRAISE God
• For the registration of 54 male and 77 female Teens, 24 Service Team people and 12 Coaches.
Pray for PEOPLE
• Good health for Dan and Suzie Potter.
• More Teens to register – we have space for additional 120 males and 120 females.
TUESDAY
PRAISE God
• For sponsorship of RM6,000, a grant from the US of USD1000 and a personal gift of RM1,600, all for TeenStreet Malaysia 2006.
Pray for PROGRAM
• More workshop speakers and specialized workshops for Coaches. Set-up crew is urgently needed.
Set-up crew will assist in setting up the décor, props, etc.
• As TNT.Race cards are mailed out this month, pray that Teens will have a fruitful time raising funds for Cambodia. This year the funds from the TNT.Race go to a children’s centre in Cambodia.
WEDNESDAY
PRAISE God
• OM’s SportsLink reports that someone anonymous has decided to give a gift to TeenStreet Malaysia, exclusively for sports equipment, SportsLink T-Shirts for Sports Coordinators, and leaders’ training.
Pray for TEENS
• Pray that God will pave the way for many Teens to come to TeenStreet Malaysia 2006 and prepare their hearts to be challenged by this year’s theme, Metamorphosis: The Heart of Change.
• Pray that Teens from TeenStreet Malaysia 2005 will still remember the commitments they made last year, that they are continuing to “Love God, Love People”.
THURSDAY
PRAISE God
• For providing 2 people for the Fountain Team and 2 people for Prayer Team.
Pray for PEOPLE
• We need at least 30 Service Team people, 23 male and 23 female Coaches, at least 1 – 2 more female Ministry & Management personnel, 2 more Prayer Team people and 2 more men for the Fountain Team (counseling), 1 photographer,
1 video man, 1 lifeguard, and a worship band to play on 10 December.
FRIDAY
PRAISE God
• For providing 23 Bible College students from the US who will run some workshops.
Pray for PROGRAM
• Assistance is needed for site design and appropriate audio-visual equipment.
SATURDAY
PRAISE God
• For providing creative workshop ideas and workshop leaders.
Pray for PEOPLE
• Pray for God’s leading and equipping for upcoming meetings among Ministry & Management people
(16 October) and Service Team people as they plan sports and the TNT.Race.
SUNDAY
• Pray for preparations for Leaders Training sessions scheduled for 11 November and 2 December.
Continue to praise God for who He is and what He will do to accomplish His perfect purposes for TeenStreet Malaysia 2006!

PRAYER TEAM at TeenStreet
Prayer makes a difference in the program and events of the TeenStreet week and in the lives of individuals.
Prayer Team people will be available onsite throughout the TeenStreet congress to pray for various requests. These range from the general schedule of the day, the part of the program that is happening at the moment, the theme of the day and how it relates to the Teens, specific issues that are brought to their attention, commitments made by Teens, prayer support in connection to counseling, Teens who come with their requests, specific prayers for Coaches, Service Team, other leaders and staff about their life and/or ministry, and other issues that arise. At TeenStreet Malaysia 2006, we need 5 people to staff the Prayer Team.
Email your contact details to teenstreet@my.om.org before 30 October to find out more.

NOTE: TEENSTREET REGISTRATION EXTENDED TO 30 OCTOBER 2006. Email or call for more details.