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6 New Students

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 I wanted to let you know that we received 6 new students from Battambang province at the school yesterday.  (There is another one but he was sick so didn't come now) They have all taken their 12th grade exit exam but haven't received the results.  Rich thought it would be good for them to come for this short 2 week class to get a feel for the school.  At CBI, they have to read a lot more and the studying is more intense than what they do in high school.  If their motivation is only to come to Phnom Penh because the big city is 'cool', they likely won't stick it out.   Starting September 15th, the school will be on break for 2 weeks for the Pchum Benh Holiday.  So they will be with us for 2 weeks and then go home for 2 weeks.  We hope they will all choose to come back and study with us. All of these new students come from Sokun and Soklee's village or area.  Some of them are already Christians which is exciting!  It is great to see ...
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Ladies Night with Baby Shower and the beach

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July 26th, we had another Ladies Night.  This one was especially fun because it included a baby shower.   Seyha (dad) and Kimlin (mom)'s baby was due soon, so we wanted to have a small shower for her. It was perfectly timed as their sweet baby boy was born the next day!!   She is now in the village with Seyha's family so that they can help her with the baby. (Her mom is not living.) And prayers were answered; Seyha has been out of  work for some time.  We found out tonight that he has a new job and starts tomorrow.  Thanks so much for God for His blessings. This is the group of us. We started the night by singing praises to God.   It is so sweet to hear them sing praise to the God that they didn't even know a few years ago.  Please keep them all in your prayers for strength and that their faith might grow strong in the Lord. A week ago, a group from the Church of Christ in the Capitol, Phnom Penh (long name - I just say the Cap...
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Back home in Cambodia.

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We are back home in Cambodia now.  We had a wonderful trip to the US! But, before we left, we spent the last weekend in a village with Borey, one of our graduates, and his wife, Phaney and their children.  He started this congregation by  himself.  After awhile, he converted his mom.  But for a long time, he didn't have any other people responding.   Now you can see that they have a thriving congregation due to his perseverance. There are several Christians in Phnom Penh now that came from this village.  They now live in the city and are an encouragement to the church here. This was the Bible class on Sunday, May 25th. This is some of the teenagers that hung around with us that Borey teaches. Please keep Borey and Phaney in your prayers as they continue to work.   Not in this picture is their new baby daughter that wasn't even a month old. His sons that are standing with us in the picture are Ratanak and Noah.  Their daughter's name...
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CBI Graduation - May 16, 2025

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On Wednesday and Thursday, the 14th and 15th, we had Graduates Meetings.  We spent the morning studying with graduates and current students on the Cost of Following Christ.   Wednesday afternoon, they played a Bible game.  And Wednesday night, they meet with the class at the Phnom Penh Church of Christ. Thursday night, we ate pizza and played Uno.  They enjoy all getting together and getting to visit and play and just have fun fellowship. Friday night, we had 2 of our students graduate from CBI.  Both had older siblings who already graduated. Phalim is from Battambang.  Both he and his older sister came because of Sokun and Soklee, our graduates that work in their village.   Sroy is from Kompong Cham province.  Her older sister, Srang is one of our graduates.   Sroy's family couldn't attend as Srang is due with her first baby very soon. Rich always has a CBI graduate give the talk.  He asks the graduates who has touched th...
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Another brother in Christ!!

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 CBI started back again this morning after the Khmer New Year break.   We are so excited that one of the first things we got to do was witness another soul coming to the Lord. Nite started at CBI in December 2023.  I wish you all could meet him.  He has a great smile and is a good student.  A really good kid. He actually started back to Phnom Penh on Saturday, but was in a moto (motorcycle) wreck not far from his village.  He is fine, but his moto isn't.  He had to turn around, take care of his moto, and was able to make it back on Sunday night.  We praise God that he wasn't hurt in the accident. Nite also had the chapel talk this morning on Ephesians 1.   He told me that his parents know nothing about Jesus and that when he was home, he talked to them about his decision to be baptized. Please keep Nite in your prayers.  May he be a faithful servant of the Lord all his life. Rich is now teaching basic Greek to our 6 older stude...
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More rejoicing!!!! Two more brothers in Christ!

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Two more of our CBI students were baptized tonight!!   They just finished studying the book of Matthew and they have been thinking about all they have been studying for awhile.  Tonight they decided to be baptized. Eang is in the white shirt and Bahn is in the black shirt.   Bahn started at CBI in December 2023.  He has encourage several others to come to CBI from his hometown.   He just taught in chapel this morning.  He was teaching about the apostle Paul.  Part of that talk was on Paul's conversion.   When we arrived at the school, he was telling about why he decided to be baptized and what he had learned about God's Word that made an impact on him. Eang started at CBI in June 2024.  He is a good student.  He is very quiet.  In fact, his name means 'shy'.  (I am just now getting to the point that he will talk to me without ducking his head.) We rejoice with him and his decision. Please keep all our studen...
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Rejoice with us!!!

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Praise God!!  Aleab decided to dedicate his life to the Lord. Aleab is the nephew of Navy.  We are so excited for his decision.  He has been at CBI for over 2 years now.   His brother is Lymeng, another one of our students. Aleab was raised in Battambang by his grandmother.  Lymeng spent many years at CBI, being raised by Navy. Please keep Aleab in your prayers.  Pray that he will grow in his faith and serve the Lord all his life. As we do almost every month, we had a Ladies Night on March 29th.   They play the funniest games. This one, they were playing soccer (in the house, so mildly).  But they had to wear these blinders on their face so they could only see just a small area of the floor. The other game was a relay.  They had to hit the balloon up, put on a Tshirt and take it off, all the while hitting the balloon to keep it off the floor.   Then they would hand the Tshirt to the next person who did the same.  The ...
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