Mission Partner in Cambodia Gives Update on Future Ministry

Adrienne is a NZCMS Mission Partner, serving as a com­munity children’s worker in the rural village area in Bat­tam­bang, Cam­bodia. She helps with lit­er­acy and a com­ple­ment­ary program to the local school extend­ing the children’s education.

It’s with sadness that I inform you that I have just com­pleted my last day at The Handa Academy (T.H.A). The prin­cipals of the four local gov­ern­ment schools that our stu­dents attend have asked if T.H.A. would provide more tuition in Khmer lan­guage and Maths to try and stop our stu­dents from drop­ping out of school. As edu­ca­tion is a way to break the poverty cycle, these are some of the sub­jects that T.H.A. will include in the new school year, start­ing in Decem­ber 2024. For the month of Novem­ber, the stu­dents will have one month’s break while the staff start the recruit­ment process for new students.

I have been so blessed to have worked at T.H.A. since 2019 and have loved being the crafts teacher as well as getting to spend quality time with the stu­dents in the Learn­ing Centre. Thank you Jesus for the oppor­tun­ity to serve you cre­at­ively and prac­tic­ally in Bat­tam­bang at T.H.A.

The staff gave me a lovely after­noon tea send-off and the stu­dents blessed me with draw­ings and written notes. I’ve learnt that my Khmer reading is now better than Google Translate!

At this stage, I will have some time to rest and catch up with family, friends and sup­port­ers. I will be based in Whangamata but vis­it­ing Taur­anga. Please pray for my time in NZ, for some good rest, relax­a­tion and refresh­ment, with family and friends. Pray for a car to use, for my debrief­ing with NZCMS and for the sched­ule of speak­ing at and spend­ing time with my sup­port­ing churches and indi­vidual supporters.

Many bless­ings
Adrienne Worth