Back to routine.

We are back to our routine now. Rich is teaching Church growth in the mornings until noon, then comes home for lunch and rest and leave at 1:30 to go back to the school to teach Job/Prov/Ecclesiates. He gets done there at 3:30 and heads to language school for his class from 4-5pm. He gets home in time to eat dinner and study for tomorrow.
In language school now, we are using different teachers (I go to class at 3pm) but we are both starting to study the book of John. You have no idea how nice it is in English that we use the same words for everyone. Here, God, Jesus, HS, gods, royalty to things on a little higher plain than the rest of us folks, so they use different words. For example: the regular word for 'to come' is 'mok' but when God comes it is ýeeang'. The regular word for 'to give' is ówie' but for God it is 'brahdteean'. And so studying the Bible makes you feel like you don't know any vocabulary since so much of it is different.
Friday night we are having the students and members from the Phnom Penh congregation as well as the members from the Partners In Progress congregation for a singing time. So we are looking forward to a great evening. Come see us and sing with us! Much love, Ronda

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lestle said…
Enjoyed your message. Hope all is well with you all. Do you get to see Julie much or not. All is well here great weather and all. The wedding was beautiful. The three little flower girls stole the show. Harvey and Heide were great coming down the stairs. There was about 155 there for the wedding. If you see Julie tell her hi and I love you all and pray daily for each of you. Lestle
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