Joel's Adventures

Scenes from Cambodia!

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July 24th @ THE REIMER'S IN ABBY!

2009-07-08T08:08:00.003-07:00

Friends!!!!
On July 24th I am having a THAI DINNER FUNDRAISER for the ministry in CAMBODIA!!
The Party will start at 6pm at 3718 NOOTKA ST, ABBOTSFORD (Behind Rotary Stadium off of Haida Rd.)
A Donation of 50 Dollars will get you a great Thai meal and fellowship with a time of sharing to follow.
A Donation of 100 Dollars or more will get you all of the above, PLUS a Genuine CAMBODIAN MASSAGE from Pastor Boosapual for 10 minutes!! It is a once in a life time opportunity!!
Looking forward to seeing all of you there!! ( If you can make it, please email or phone ahead of time so we know how much food to prepare. Ph # 604 855-7254/ email-joel_reimer@hotmail.com)
JR

The 'Boos' in Canada (and abroad!)

2009-07-01T20:13:00.004-07:00

Well I promised many of you that I would show you pictures of Boosapual in Canada, so here are a few!!
They guy is adapting to life in a 'modern' country extremely well!! I am slightly blown away by how well he is doing, honestly!! I thought he would be a lot like a dear caught in the headlights of an oncoming vehicle but he's doing great!
Today he had Tim Hortons for the first time and tonight we will take him to watch the Canada Day fireworks!! Should be fun!
For those of you who are interested, I am sharing at Transform Central in Abbotsford Saturday night (July 11th), and will be sharing at Living Waters in Fort Langley Sunday morning (July 12th).
On July 14th we are flying to Alberta to attend the Victory World Conference in Lethbridge. The Conference is happening from the 15th to the 19th and by the grace of God we are representing Victory Church's of Cambodia.
On the 19th I will be speaking at the Victory Church in Fort Macleod and then on the 21st will be sharing at the Victory Church in Three Hills.
Please be praying for God to use me to encourage the body of Christ at these different meetings! I really believe that God wants to use us to encourage people to do whatever they can to bring in the end time harvest and get involved in missions.
Blessings and I'm looking forward to seeing many of you this summer!
JR

Coming Home!!

2009-06-18T04:29:00.007-07:00

Hey friends!! Just wanted to let you all know that Boosapaul got his Canadian Visa, thank you Jesus!, so we will both be arriving in Vancouver on June, 26th! Boos is just pumped!! After getting his Visa and experiencing Bangkok last week for the first time, his faith is at an all-time high!!
We are excited to see everyone and to share about what the Lord is doing in Cambodia!
Blessings
JR

New Pictures!!

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MEI Team March 2009

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MEI Team March '09

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Nepal '09/ MEI Team ect.

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Nepal/ MEI Team '09

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Thank you Jesus!!

2009-03-31T04:10:00.002-07:00

God is so Good!! His Mercy endures Forever!!!
I have been on a whirlwind ride for quite a while now but for sure the last few months have been off the charts busy!! They have also been very fruitful months which I praise God for!

March 4th I headed out to Nepal with Kris Pagan and Aua Treeaynon to have a meeting with 50 Pastors in Eastern Nepal. We first arrived in Kathmandu, met our good Nepalese friend Prem, and then stayed at a Christian guest house that night, before heading out the next morning by Jeep. We drove for 4hrs over a mountain range on a hard-core road and after seeing some amazing sights we arrived in Hetuada.
The next day we had a meeting with all these 'independant' pastors and shared our vision with them about Church planting and serving God, not for what we can gain but for what we can give!
After 3hrs we let these leaders ask us questions and most of them brought up money and support!! It's like they hadn't been listening at all.
The next morning I preached in one Pastors church and had a great time ministering to his church members. Then we packed up our stuff and took the Jeep back over the mountain range to Kathmandu.
We spent a day buying souvenirs and getting some Video footage for Continuum. We also visited some Hindu temples that were totally demonic with all these Hindu 'Holy' men called 'Jogis'.

On March 9th I came back to Bangkok, met my good friend Paul Degagne on Khao San Road and hung out with him and Sonny of Ethnos Asia for a day. Was such a blessing to be around Wise men who love the Lord.

Then I took Paul to Poipet and met Ellie and Joanna who work with a ministry called A.R.C. I showed Paul and these girls around town and introduced them to different ministries as well as our Church. After Church on Sunday I drove to Phnom Phen to meet my parents, oldest sister Kim and the MEI Team!!
Toby Friesen and Doug Wiens came with me and then on March 16th we met the Team at the Airport!! It was quite the reunion for the Reimers!! Was an answer to prayer to have them on cambodian soil to serve the Lord!

So that day we went to the 'S-21' prison which was quite the eye opener.
After that sobering experience we went to the Russian Market and did some shopping and that evening went out for Pizza!!! (I tried to them ease them in slowly!)
The next day we did a school Assembly at Dean Weiss's school, Logos International. My sister Kim and I led worship which was a thrill for me cause she has such a great voice and sweet spirit!! The MEI team did a powerful drama to music and then after some testimonies my Dad shared a salvation message and around 16 teenagers gave their lives to Jesus! It was awesome!
That same morning we went to a Cambodian school and shared the Gospel with these primary school kids and got to pray for them.
That afternoon we visited Pastor Ros's school that reaches out to the Kids of Garbage dump people. The team painted Faces, blew bubbles, taught songs ect. and after we went to the actual garbage dump which was something to behold. It smelled so bad and hundreds of people were milling around looking for garbage that could be recycled.

The next day we all went to Siem Reap and had dinner at a cultural show that was pretty impressive and did some shopping. The MEI team got a good taste of Cambodian culture that night!

The next day the girls did some prep work and us guys helped clean up a job-site and visited a well known Christian authors place.

That afternoon we toured around Angkor Wat and took lots of pictures in the extreme heat of Cambodia!

The next day we headed to Poipet on the much improved highway and right away got settled in and then headed out to some house churches.
For the next week the MEI team visited all our house churches, shared testimonies, did dramas, taught Bible stories, did crafts and games with Kids, passed out water to cart pullers and blessed our church big time!

We saw 85 people born again and baptized 35 people while they were in Cambodia!! Praise God!! Ministering with my parents and sister for 2 weeks was a totall thrill as well!!

I am now in Thailand teaching at VBCI in Sriracha for 2 weeks on Leadership. Please be praying for me as I teach these future world changers!!
Blessings
JR

2009-02-11T04:40:00.001-08:00

More Pictures!

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Conference and Camping!!!

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Joom reeap Sooah!!
Just wanted to show you guys a few pictures of our recent Victory Conference
(Jan.15th-17th) where 300 Khmer people attended for 2 and a half days.
6 missionaries from Thailand came to preach at the Conference and all of them brought very timely words, all focusing on what a true disciple of Christ is like.
My two new Interns, Toby Friesen and Doug Wiens, did a phenomenal job of taking care of 70 kids every day, and my Khmer Pastors and helpers were truly amazing at ministering to every persons needs and in helping prepare everything.

Some other pictures are from a recent trip to a Khmer Rouge village where we had an evening meeting and where I was able to preach the Gospel to these 'back woods' people.
Besides drinking Coffee until late at night and looking at the stars (and almost freezing to death at night!!) it was a great time of ministry and just being in a new environment.

Bless you,
JR

Christmas Festivities 2008!!

2009-01-20T21:20:00.004-08:00

This update is long overdue!!! Have mercy all you faithful supporters!
Here are some pictures of our Christmas Party/ Outreach that we had on December 25th, (of ALL days I know!) 2008.
It was a great time of worship, dancing, dramas, preaching and of course, food!
We had a great turnout with 350 people attending and I believe many of our home church members and those who were invited were really encouraged and blessed.

Hope you enjoy the pictures!!
PS Will post an update soon of all that is happening of late in Poipet!
JR

Pictures from Youth Camp in Malaysia Dec. 2008

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Nov./Dec. 2008

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Nov./Dec. 2008

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Ministry and Malaysia!

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Friends and Family members!! How is everyone doing? I have been "Off the Radar" for a while but it seriously hasn't been on purpose! Sorry if that was a problem for any of you.
Sometimes the ministry gets pretty intense and I just dont have the time to check my email account! My bad, please have mercy on a brother!
The CLA team was just in town for 2 weeks and they were a tremendous blessing! Lacey Holcombe and Keela Keeping made up the team and they did everything from putting on a Womens Conference, to teaching English, preaching, teaching Sunday School, fixing my computer, making me laugh ect.!!
For the first week that they were in Poipet it was full on ministry on a daily business and despite the girls sufferring from jet-lag, they handled their new settings very well.
They visited many of our homegroups with me and my ministry team and ministered to our homegroup members in many ways, praise God!
They also went with me to 'Morrisay' where we have 13 homechurches. We had a meeting with many of the youth from those homegroups and I taught from 2 Timothy and encouraged them to preach the Word and make a difference for the Lord.
At Morrisay these girls had a true cross-cultural experience living in a traditional Khmer house, and eating genuine Khmer food while sitting cross legged on a wooden floor with 20 other people! It was great!

The 2nd week of their trip I took them to Siem Reap and Phnom Phen where they learned about the history and culture of Cambodia (and at the same time did quite a bit of shopping!) Donna Haas from my Bible School in Thailand also accompanied us on our trip across the country and she was an awesome blessing to me and the girls.

2 Weeks ago we saw over 20 people recieve the Lord in 'Gaw Brahm' and 2 young boys in particular were especially attentive and hungry for the truth while we preached the Gospel.

Also our Victory Church Vball team won a Christian Tournament in Siem Reap a month ago, we were pumped! We went down there with our players and another Church team in our truck! 23 people in total travelled 3 hours down the worst road in Cambodia! It was an adventure forsure! Many of the young men on our team were not even Christians but there was a meeting where the Gospel was shared during the tournament and we are believing for their Salvation.

A Philipino Team also came to visit us for 2 days recently and they shared in our church Service and visited the Aids Clinic.
A group of missionaries from Thailand also came recently for a Visa Run/Ministry trip and the also shared in our church and were a real blessing.

I am off to Malaysia on the 14th for Youth Conference so please be praying for me as I share with the Youth in Penang for a week. They are Chinese Youth and there should be over 200 of them at this conf. Pray for a powerful annointing to preach the truth and to see the broken hearted binded up and for these youth to go deeper wtih God!

Blessings
JR

War in the East!

2008-10-17T23:54:00.002-07:00

Guys! How is everyone doing?

I was going to wait a few more weeks before writing an update, but since things have gotten ‘interesting’ around here, I thought I would let you all know what is happening!!

Some of you might have heard about the recent tension between Thailand and Cambodia concerning an ancient temple and some land that is about 200 Kilometres north-east of Poipet.

Technically the land has belonged to Cambodia since 1962 but after it was named a ‘Historical Landmark ‘ by some world agency, Thailand has gotten interested and wants to claim the temple and land as its own.

Of course there has been internal conflict and underlying tension between the two countries for years so this recent upheaval is not entirely about this temple and the surrounding land.

Many Khmer people in Poipet have already fled to their hometowns for fear of the fighting spilling over here.

I have decided to continue on as normal and will preach the Gospel no matter what.
Joshua 1:9 commands us not to be afraid because the Lord God is with us, so I will trust in the Lord and am believing for a great harvest because of all the uncertainty.

I encourage you to please be praying for peace between these two countries and that this problem will be resolved quickly.

Besides the threat of War things here are going great.

Our English classes are growing and many of our students have been coming to Church lately.

Our little music school on Fridays has 6 new students and though last week I was teaching 8 students the drums and the guitar at practically the same time, I was pumped all these young guys were there and I could connect with them.

Two weeks ago we had 70 plus people attend our Church service in Poipet!
Our church on Sunday probably averages 35 people so myself and my leaders were totally encouraged!

Many of the people that came were Aids patients, street kids, beggars and young college aged people.

Teams from Abbotsford, the Philippines and CLA in Canada will be arriving in the next few weeks so we are excited to host these teams and help them play their role in the Great Commission in Cambodia.

Bless you guys,

Joel Reimer

Khmer Portraits

2008-10-17T23:38:00.005-07:00

Back in the Far East!

2008-09-09T01:23:00.003-07:00

Brothers and Sisters in Christ!

How are you all doing? How was everyones summer?
I pray you are all blessed and prospering!
I just arrived back in Asia on Sunday after being in Canada for over two months this summer.
I had an amazing summer catching up with many of you and spent some quality time with my family.
It was a time of getting refreshed and for taking a breather from the full-on ministry in Cambodia.
Compared to 3 months ago, when I had Typhoid Fever and was honestly struggling, I am feeling great and am ready to preach the Gospel and makes disciples in Cambodia once again!! Praise God!

This fall is going to be busy as myself, Andrew and Katrina Stock and my Khmer leaders take on the challenge of overseeing an additional 30 home churches in an area 3hrs away from Poipet.

Besides our regular outreach to the local Aids Clinic, our English School, the street kids outreach, the music school and our different Church ministries, a team from Christian Life Assembly in Langley, B.C will be coming in November. I am very excited about this as it is always an honor to host a team from my home church and to get westerners plugged into the great commission in Asia!!

Also this summer 10 young men contacted me about wanting to serve the Lord in Cambodia, in the next 10 months.
Please be praying for these guys as they prepare to leave behind everything they know and lay down their lives in a difficult setting. I beleive God wants to radically change these guys and use them to do great things for the Lord.

I am leaving Thailand for Cambodia tomorrow so please be praying that the Lord gives me strength, wisdom, an increased annointing and a healthy fear of the Lord for this new season!!
I am really believing for a massive harvest of souls this next year and that we are going to start seeing more of Gods power as we minister!

If you feel led to support the work that God is doing in Cambodia, you can make Cheques payable to:

'A and D World Missions'
Box 26010 Centre Village Mall
Lethbridge, Alberta
T1H 6H4
Canada

*******FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE SUPPORTERS*******
PLEASE WRITE ON THE MEMO LINE- 'CAMBODIA' (For Income Tax and practical purposes- Thanks!)
**Pre-Authorized Debit can be arranged with A and D World Missions**
( You can phone them at (403) 380-3349 or (403) 380-3352 or email adworld@telusplanet.net)

God Bless you guys and thanks so much for your support!

Joel Reimer
(www.joelreimer.blogspot.com)

Cascade Falls!

2008-08-19T08:52:00.004-07:00

Here are a few shots of Matt Brown and myself jumping off some cliffs in Mission, BC.
JR

Wakeboarding on the Pitt River!!

2008-08-18T12:23:00.003-07:00

God is so good and He has blessed me with great friends!
Last week two friends of mine from CLA took me boating on the Fraser River!! The scenery was amazing!! We cruised past all these saw-mills and tug-boats, stopped for lunch, and then wakeboarded in the Pitt River area! Besides the water being totally fridged I had a blast wakeboarding, knee-boarding and just hanging out with JM and Jane!
I have 2 more weeks in Canada before heading back to Cambodia so I am trying to chill, meet with friends and get a few things organized.
Please be praying that God would give me new vision and a greater annointing as I prepare to go back to Asia!
JR

Reimer Family Pictures!

2008-07-23T11:00:00.003-07:00

These are a few pictures of the Reimer Family! It's been two years since we have all been together so my parents thought it was a good time to get family pictures taken!! (Good call Folks!! They are wise beyond their years!) So yeah this is the modern day Reimer family!! Hope you enjoy the pictures!
JR