About the trip

Welcome to the Cambodia blog. I'm travelling in the country for 10 days as a guest of the Tearfund partner 'Cambodia Hope Organisation' in Poi Pet. Our party of 6 includes Revd Jono Pierce, rector of St Finnian's and representative of the Bishops' Appeal Fund. We're visiting a number of projects and when connections allow, I'm posting my thoughts and reactions right here. I'm tweeting too at http://twitter.com/bishopharold

Monday 22 November 2010

Tragedy in Phnom Penh

I have just been rung at 5.15am Cambodian time, by my daughter, to say that they are worried about the team because of the news of a tragedy at the Water Festival in Phnom Penh. It seems that 400 people or more have been killed by the collapse of a bridge. Please pray for the many who are injured. We are more than 300 kilometeres from Phnom Penh, and are perfectly safe. You may have read of our enjoyment of the Water Festival festivities in Poipet. It is a major holiday with boat races, and flowers and candles placed on rivers, and absolutely beautiful. Probably millions attend on different sites.

Please use this as a call to prayer for the people of this land, who have suffered so much over the years, as we will do as a team in a few hours when dawn comes.

The night is nearly over. The dawn is almost here. Romans 13.12
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  1. Jez Bayes22 November 2010 at 15:41

    Isaiah 61
    The Good News of Salvation
    1 “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me,
    Because the LORD has anointed Me
    To preach good tidings to the poor;
    He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
    To proclaim liberty to the captives,
    And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
    2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,
    And the day of vengeance of our God;
    To comfort all who mourn,
    3 To console those who mourn in Zion,
    To give them beauty for ashes,
    The oil of joy for mourning,
    The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
    That they may be called trees of righteousness,
    The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.”

    JB/Nq

    http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+61:1-3&version=NKJV

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