George and Hilda Carmen

George and Hilda Carmen came at the end of December. George began teaching at CBI on January 2nd. He taught Philippians and is now teaching the Epistles of John. George was over the Sunset Schools in Asia when we first came, and we were thrilled that their health was such that they could come back.

They will be leaving on January 30th to return to the United States. Along with the benefit of the students getting George's teaching and experience, it allowed Rich to have a break from teaching so he can do some administrative work as well as prepare to teach Psalms next month.

Hopefully, I will remember to take my camera to get a picture of them for you later.

Much love,

Ronda

Happy 50th Birthdays to us!

I am WAY behind on my blogs, so I will try to catch you up on all the happenings soon.

First off, as many of you know, our kids bought us Open Water Scuba lessons. Most of my family dives, but because of my epilepsy, I couldn't do it before. SO...for our 50th birthdays, we went and played for 2 days off of the coast of Cambodia.
This first picture is us, all geared up, before our 3rd dive. It was great! I need to figure out someway that I have to do it again!

The 2nd picture is the boat that we lived on for 2 days. We were very fortunate as it was just us, a Danish girl, and our instructor along with 3 crew. So it was quiet and relaxing.

The last picture I took off the top of the boat after the first day of diving. God sure made our world, both above and below the water, beautiful for us to enjoy. I hope you take the opportunity to enjoy what God created.

Much love, Ronda

Faces in Krang Dong

Here are just some of the children in the village we were in on Christmas Day.

Sothun, Sothea's son, in the first picture was having the best time pouring dirt on his truck...until his mom made him get out of the dirt and dusted him off. She ruined all the fun!

The 2nd picture is of a little girl. As soon as I took her picture and showed her on my camera, she broke out into a huge grin. But of course, she didn't smile WHILE I was taking the picture.
I just wanted you to see some of the sweet faces of the Cambodian people that we are priviledged to see.

Much love, Ronda

Christmas at Krang Dong

We went to Krang Dong on Christmas Day. It is a village where, Sothea, one of our graduates and his family live.

The pictures are out of order...sorry!

Picture #1 is after our worship service, we all ate lunch together. This is a couple groups of the kids eating.

Picture #2 is just a group of the kids before we started services. It is fun to go back and see how much they have grown since we first started going out there a couple years ago.

Picture #3 was taken during the worship service. Unfortunately, most of the adults are sitting against the house on the far side of the picture, so you can't see them well.
We had a nice day and hope we encouraged them. Pray for these sweet people.

Much love,

Ronda

New Students - Huana and Piset

This is the last of our new students.

Huana, on the left, is 20 years old and is the 3rd of 4 children.

Piset is 20 years old as well and is the 4th of 5 children.

None of our new students come from Christian families. So, in the near future, what they learn in school will be tested to see if they truly believe.

Please pray for all of our sweet students. I wish you all could meet them. They are wonderful!

Much love,

Ronda

New Students - Rodta and Rajana

On the left is Rodta. He is 18 years old and the youngest of 3 in his family. He is pretty quiet so far.

Rajana is 21 years old and is the 7th of 8 children.

They both seem to be doing well in their studies and we are enjoying getting to know them.

Please pray for all of our students and they study and put into practice what they have learned.

Much love,

Ronda

New students - LiHeang and Kakada

These are 2 of our new students.

Kakada, the one on the right has been at the school since August. He is a good student and was just baptized a couple weeks ago. He is 21 years old.

LiHeang is also 21 years old. He is the 2nd of 3 children in his family and from a province close to Phnom Penh. He is related to one of our girl students.

They are so funny. I tried to get them to smile big, but...it didn't work. Usually they have these wonderful big smiles on their faces. I guess you will just have to come visit to see for yourself!

Much love, Ronda