Dear Pastors and Praying Friends, January 2009
We want to express our sincere appreciation for your faithful prayers and support for our family and ministry during 2008. It has been an exciting and fruitful year, which could not have been possible without your partnership. Thank you for standing with us and upholding us in prayer. We look forward to new ministry opportunities and growth in this new year

Ministry Update
In December we hosted a large evangelistic outreach through medical/dental/eye clinics in association with Pastor Jan Milton, Evangelist Tom Farrell and Operation Renewed Hope(ORH). God really answered prayer in a wonderful way. Through the ORH team of eight doctors andmany nurses and ancillary help, we were able to see
1000 patients at the various clinic sites. The Gospel was preached effectively and interpretedvery clearly through the power of the Holy Spirit, with many responding for salvation. Please see the following web site for further details and a slide show. Click on the section referring to Cambodia at: www.TeamORH.com.

As a result of this outreach in cooperation with ORH, we have planted two new churches on the Mekong River. Two mature men have been called to begin teaching in these new areas. Chang will be traveling to the southern Mekong River site and Dara at the midway Mekong River site. They have already started meeting for Sunday services. God has provided wonderful locations for both churches, and we give Him the glory for the great work that He has done. These works have not begun without opposition. Please pray especially for the work on the southern Mekong River site. The new believers in that area are being pressured by relatives (especially since the last Chinese New Year) to renounce their new faith. The village leader accepted Christ, but his wife is angry because she is the owner of the local brothel and is
also putting pressure on him to renounce his faith.

We have adopted Acts 4:31 as our theme verse for the churches this year. We have begun evening prayer meetings in Phnom Penh and on Friday afternoon in Svay Roloum. Please pray that believers will be faithful to these meetings.
Recently, we obtained an open door to preach the Gospel in a military station near the Basaac River. Operation Renewed Hope owns a boat in Cambodia to be used for their medical outreach on the Mekong. We obtained permission to dock the boat where the Prime Minister docks his boat. While there, I had an opportunity to witness to the pilot of the Prime Minister's boat and his assistant. They were both very open, and I was able to lead them to the Lord. Being the man in charge, he gave me permission to witness at the nearby military station.

In closing, many of you already know that my wife made a trip to the States because her mother had a growing abdominal aortic aneurysm and needed surgery. Her surgery was the week before Thanksgiving. Following that surgery, a week later her mother was hospitalized for ten days with an obstruction. Two weeks ago, she had a herniated umbilical repaired. These events, along with other circumstances, have resulted in the need for Anna's mother to move to a retirement facility. Anna has been in the States for a total of two months. As Anna is the only child, it will be difficult for her to return to Cambodia until her mother's house sells and she is
moved to a new facility. In addition to these responsibilities, Anna is still home schooling Jonathan and Nancilynn, who travelled with her. Please pray that her mother's house will sell quickly, and pray for us as a family during this difficult separation.

Sincerely for the harvest,

Tom, Anna, Jonathan, Nancilynn, Victoria, and Joseph Johnson
Tom and Anna Johnson