Some of you may remember Chan - often referred to as "the skin lady". We worked with Chan for the past several years - really even before Pastor Sophan came to Sompovloun. When we first met Chan, she had such terrible skin disease that she had not been able to work for years and was too poor to go to the doctor.
Praying with ChanWe worked with her over the years in getting her medical care, providing moringa for her, and helped with her skin care. And she was also one of the first people that received a micro-loan and started raising pigs. She was very successful with that and for the first time was able to survive above bare subsistance. Her husband, an alcoholic that didn't work, died last year. Last September, our VBS team put in a garden for her as she had broken her wrist and couldn't get her garden planted.
Planting Chan's gardenWhen I was in Cambodia 3 weeks ago, Chan was very sick. We got her medical attention again. However, within a week, she died in the hospital in Battambang. Please pray for her youngest daughter, 15 year old Srey Laa, as well as the rest of the family. I'm not sure where Srey Laa will end up living as many of her siblings live and work in Thailand, but I pray that she will live in a place that she will have opportunity to grow in her faith.
We've seen God work miraculously in the lives of others who are sick. One lady with severe kidney disease, has come to Christ, and her kidney disease has almost disappeared! We praise God for that.
These people face countless issues in life with little help or relief. Please pray that they will learn to lean on the One who can comfort, heal, and save.....that God's Spirit would work and move among them and be their strength.
Thanks so much,
Gayle
