On February 27, 2002 Mr. Russell Hall of Roanoke, Virginia, Mr. James Willoughby of Cincinnati, Ohio and Mr. Jonathan Goss of Glen Lyn, Virginia left the USA and traveled to the Good Shepherd Mission orphanage in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Left-to-right, foreground: Jonathan Goss, Jim Willoughby, Russell Hall

In addition to working and Bible teaching at the orphanage, these three men assisted with aid relief to local nationals.

In early March 2002 Russell Hall wrote, via e-mail (with parenthetical statement added):
"The relief work is giving aid to villagers who were flooded out when the Mekong River flooded some time ago and they lost everything. This morning we left about nine and went in the direction of Kandal Province except we traveled only 25 miles in that direction. We gave rice, etc. to 100 families selected from 1800 villagers in three places. It was well organized by Nara and Narin (two brothers who labor at Good Shepherd Mission). I told the families that the gifts were in the Name of Jesus Christ and from Christians in America."

This group of Christians, pictured in front of Good Shepherd Mission, traveled from outlying areas and gathered for three days of Bible instruction and teaching in 2002. In January 2005, "The Gathering" took place for a second time at Good Shepherd Mission in Phnom Penh.