Merry Christmas!

Well, it's been 80 degrees in the mornings and our kids have broken out their hoodies and thick blankets. Honestly, it does seem quite cool - even to us, but Angie and I wouldn't exactly agree with our kids when they say, "It's freezing!!!"

This time of year is great since the weather is cool, the breezes are blowing and the weather is very comfortable. We've also had the Christmas music playing for a while, our small Christmas tree is up and most of the presents are bought already. We even have Angie's mom here visiting us from the US. That is such a huge blessing in and of itself. But inevitably, during the holidays, our thoughts are with the man y people who we love and are not with us this year. As we stop and take time with our family and friends, we will certainly be thinking about you and thanking God for the blessings that you are to our lives.

But, as we celebrate Christmas in Cambodia, this is the time of year when we are excited for what is going to happen in our Christmas outreaches. This year, our church is having a combined Sunday morning service on Christmas Day and in the evening, there will be a large banquet at a local banquet facility. It's shaping up to be a wonderful time for the church to celebrate Jesus' birth together. And it's an excellent time to invite unsaved friends and relatives in order to introduce them to our Savior.

This weekend is going to be very important for our church and life-changing for those people who will come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Please join us in praying for them and all the events that will be happening this weekend.

And may God's blessings be on all of you as you celebrate Jesus' birth this weekend!

Merry Christmas!

Jason & Angie Prosser

Who Turned Out the Lights?

Yup, our electrical wire is in there somewhere!

For our first four years in Cambodia, we lived in the upstairs apartment in a townhouse-style house. We had our own entrance, but one of the things about this house was that there were frequent power outages. It got so bad one year, that the electricity company gave us a schedule of when the electricity was going to be off in our neighborhood. It was either out for a few hours in the morning and a few hours in the evening, or on alternating days, it was out for the entire middle of the day - at least with the schedule, we knew what to expect. 

Since we moved to our villa (stand-alone house) our electricity was much more regular, although, it was quite weak. We also bought a machine that tried to regulate the electricity in order to preserve our major appliances. On the machine, it has a gauge that told us how much electricity was coming into our houses. The normal amount is 220v, but the gauge regularly read around 150v to 160v. 

Then, one afternoon a couple of months ago, our electricity went out completely for an hour or two. When it came back on, the fans spun faster and the lights shone brighter. We talked to some of our neighbors and the electricity company upgraded our electricity! And sure enough, our electricity gauge read a steady 220v. 

Recently, one night around midnight, our electricity suddenly went out. I checked all the appropriate breakers and I noticed that our neighbors had electricity. I couldn’t figure out what the problem was. Fortunately, the children went back to sleep. The next morning, I talked to some of our neighbors and there was one other neighbor who had their electricity out. We found out that the reason was because some thieves had snipped the electrical wires down the road and stolen our wire! They took it to sell the copper to a recycler and ours just happened to be low enough to the ground that they were able to reach up and cut it. Fortunately, our landlord came and repaired it that morning, but it just left us wondering, “I wonder if the thieves got electrocuted?”

Along for the Ride

Hello everyone! I hope you are all well. J

July was a packed and amazing month for us. We had several special seminars and ended the month with a week of prophetic meetings. We had 5 straight days of meetings that happened morning, noon and night. Each one of our staff and volunteers had the opportunity to be ministered to by a prophetic ministry team. It was a powerful time where we heard the Lord calling and reaffirming His call over many people’s lives, including our own. I had the opportunity to play the keyboard in one of the rooms (we had three meetings happening simultaneously in different rooms) every morning and afternoon and a few of the evenings. I was amazed at not only the way that God moved, but also that my back was not more sore after sitting on the piano bench for 4-7 hours per day! J

The Lord really reaffirmed to our family that we are in the right place at the right time. Without asking for it, I think I received about 6 personal prophetic words in the 7 days, and almost every single one of them (all by different people) was about worship and writing songs. I’ve been feeling this coming, so it didn’t surprise me, but it’s always so good to hear it said by someone else. It was also comforting to hear that I don’t need to strive and that the Lord will provide the words. They’re His songs anyway, I’m just glad to get to come along for the ride. J

At the end of the prophetic week, during the Sunday morning worship service, I started to hear a song of the Lord rising in my spirit, and I heard it in both English and Khmer. I knew it was from Him, but my heart started pounding and my stomach started fluttering. It seems like no matter how many times I’ve led worship or spoken from the pulpit, the nervousness is an ever-faithful companion. Anyway, I began to argue with myself about going up when the Holy Spirit said, “Hey! You’ve been teaching the worship leaders how to listen to My voice and have been challenging them to sing the song of the Lord, but you’re not willing to do it??”. Ugh. There’s nothing like the Holy Spirit’s faithful conviction to get your feet moving. So up I went, and even with my clumsy Khmer, God moved powerfully on people’s hearts. The guest speaker carried it even further, and we got to see hearts refreshed and lives touched that day. I was so glad to, once again, be along for the ride.

There’s so much more I could tell you! God is doing beautiful things here in Cambodia.

Thank you so much for your prayers and support!!

Kids' Korner

Justus was in a wedding recently.

Well, it’s time for another Kids’ Korner, so we’re going to share a little bit about our oldest son and what has been happening in his life in the past little while.

Back in March, we chose to put Caleb and Justus in our church’s Cambodian school. We did this for a variety of reasons, but the main one being that we wanted them to learn to speak Khmer. Angie and I have never actively taught our children Khmer, but we have wanted them to learn from someone who spoke without an English accent. J We know what it is like to hear people speak broken English, and we know that our Khmer is nowhere near being perfect, therefore, we don’t want our children to learn Khmer (or broken Khmer) from us.

The kids in a Tuk tuk

Ever since we put our two boys in the Christian school, their Khmer (especially Caleb’s) has grown in leaps and bounds. They study in 100% Khmer every morning for four days a week. In fact, they just finished the school year and Caleb graduated to the next grade starting in the fall. He is more confident talking to people and playing with kids. He uses his Khmer every day now. We are so thrilled by that.

A little while ago, I was asked to preach at one of our village churches, so Caleb came with me on my motorcycle. When we got there, there were several young boys who had a soccer ball, and Caleb immediately over to them, started speaking in Khmer and asking them if they wanted to play with him. It makes us so happy to see him overcoming his insecurity and fear just by being able to talk to these kids.

Caleb dressed as a ninja.

Now, one of Caleb’s favorite things to do is to invite the neighborhood kids over to our house to play soccer in our yard. It can get a little wild and crazy sometimes, but that’s the way that kids are. He is making friends, sharing his toys and has even given away some of his old toys to the young children. They always have a great time playing together and it is a joy to see Caleb playing and speaking and making friends all through using Khmer.