Cambodian

Harvest jul 2018

Next steps
for the
Wells family

We have now been in the United States for but that we will continue our Cambodian translation remotely
one complete year. This is the longest that we’ve ever from the United States. The Lord has graciously opened an
lived in this country as a family, and by God’s grace, it has opportunity for us to live in Moscow, Idaho, where we have
truly been a time of healing and restoration. We fully realize close friends and family. Our plan now is to make a two-year
that this past year in the States would not have been possible commitment to continue our ministry remotely, with trips
without the generous and faithful support from all of you, to Cambodia as needed. Our prayer is that during these two
and we are truly overwhelmed by the love that has been years the Lord will grant complete healing and also enable
poured out on us, whether in financial support, prayers, or us to continue producing Christ-centered resources for the
providing our practical needs. Cambodian Church.
We originally returned to the U.S. a year This past year, Nathan has been working remotely
ago, because our family was in an unhealthy place and we with the Action Cambodia team producing biblical resources
felt that removing ourselves from the external stressors of in the Khmer language. The Cambodian Christian blog
life in Cambodia would enable us to focus on healing. In (PlovPit.com) that was launched just over two years ago, has
May 2016, Christiana experienced a stroke-like incident that become incredibly popular and is on track to have 120,000
resulted in a dramatic decrease in her ability to handle stress. visitors this year alone. We are also excited to announce
Simultaneously, we had entered a more difficult season of that The Jesus Storybook Bible has been completed and will
ministry, which impacted all of us. soon be published. So many of you gave generously to this
Through the advice of our church and our project and we are looking forward to how God will use it to
missions agency, we returned to the U.S. with the goal of minister to children and families in Cambodia. Additionally,
pursuing answers regarding Christiana’s health, as well as the first Bible atlas in the Khmer language is almost ready for
focusing on overall healing for our entire family. During this publishing. Working remotely this year has enabled Nathan
year, we have been able to pursue counseling and medical to be even more productive than years past and we are
advice, and all of us, especially Christiana, have greatly excited to produce many additional resources in the coming
improved since when we arrived one year ago. In December, years.
Paton’s tonsils and adenoids were removed and he has not We will return to Cambodia for the month of
experienced a febrile seizure since then. And though John August to make arrangements for our transition back to the
still has the same itchy rash that he contracted in Cambodia U.S., and then move to Idaho in early September.
last May, doctors feel that it is viral-related and that his We’d greatly appreciate your prayers and
body will eventually heal on its own. We have seen many continued support as we enter this new and exciting chapter
answers to prayer regarding our family’s health, and we are in our ministry, as co-laborers together for the Gospel of
so thankful for all of you who have been so diligently praying Jesus Christ.
on our behalf.
What’s the next step for the Wells Family? Because He lives,
While there has been much improvement, we have come to
the conclusion that we are not ready to return to Cambodia,
Ava, Paton and John

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