Community Health and Agricultural Development

(Click on CHAD Cambodia Link in left column for the complete newsletter)

CHAD is a program of the Methodist Mission in Cambodia (MMC). Our vision is for MMC churches to be engaging communities to experience wholeness of life - physically, socially and spiritually - as they witness to the transforming power of living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Our goal is to improve health and well-being of individuals, families and rural communities where the Methodist Mission in Cambodia works.

Merry Christmas friends!

This is not a traditional holiday season in Cambodia, but I have been
enjoying a few gatherings around Phnom Penh in preparation for
Christmas including lessons and carols last night.

It is however, the rice harvesting season. Tomorrow I will head up to
Kampong Thom, a region that was hit hard by the storms this season and
lost much of its crop for this year. The Methodist Church is
involved, together with many others, to continue to distribute rice to
those affected. Alongside this, the CHAD program continues to work
for increased food-security through the formation of cooperative rice
banks. I will get to celebrate with the formation of two new groups
in the Kampong Thom region.

My hope is renewed by the promise of Emmanuel, that God is and will be
with us as we work with each other.

peace, Katherine

P.S.
There is an attached newsletter I failed to send earlier and another
story at http://chad-cambodia.blogspot.com about our excitement with
the leadership of the Social Concerns Committee.
--
Katherine T. Parker