This sweet little girl waves at us almost every day when we walk to language school. She waves until we are out of sight. And she always has her 'pearls' on. Just wanted you to see her. She makes us smile. Much love, Ronda
Just got a sweet postcard in the mail...you win the prize for the 'farthest away' birthday wishes! Thank you so much! We are all doing great...Jaxson is in the 1st grade and is 7 1/2 and Cody is 3 1/2 (and acts just like his dad!!!!):) When Jaxson started school we felt a big pull to be more involved in our community and so we placed membership at the Downtown Bixby church of Christ last spring...it's been a huge blessing for our family but we do miss our friends from BA! David and I think about you often and know that you continue to be a big blessing to those around you just like you were when you were here! Thank you again for touching base with us...have a great 2009! Tamara Crull
May 1st and 2nd, Rich and I traveled to Singapore to do a marriage seminar for the Lavendar Church of Christ. The Lavendar congregation supports several of our graduates in the village who are preaching. They told us that there hasn't been a seminar like this before in Singapore. But they also wanted the group to be small, so they limited it to couples with children 12 years old or less. As May 1st was a holiday, one of the other congregations had a Men's Retreat, so that took out couples from their congregation. We taught on the Bible passages as well as Biblical examples. Then we also talked about communication, conflict and the importance of knowing the needs of your spouse. We had lecture time, split men and women's sessions, and then a couple of times, we had each couple meet together to talk. We didn't have very many (some were hesitant because they had never heard of this), but we received good feedback. And, since we we...
It has been awhile since I blogged. Sorry! To us, it seems we do the same thing all the time, so nothing exciting to blog about. Tomorrow is the last day at CBI before the Pchum Benh Holiday. Pchum Benh is one of the major holidays here (I would compare it to our Christmas). Most people go back to their villages and spend 3-7 days with their families. Rich will give his final in Daniel to our older students tomorrow, while Khemrin will give the final in I and II Thessalonians. James Glasscock will be here after the holiday and being teaching the Letters of John on October 20th. He will be here teaching until November 5th. Rich will then teach all the students the book of Philippians before we make our way to the US. My sister, Julie, runs a dorm here in Phnom Penh. She and her staff house college aged students from villages. They are assisted with their college tuition, and they pay a small monthly fee ...
As I told you, I would blog some of the pictures that Kassie and Amy took while they and their families were here. It is all 'normal' for us since we have been here so long, and I have trouble trying to figure out what to take pictures of. Here are the things that they thought were interesting. A lot of these were in Siem Reap where we went to Angkor Wat, Bayon Temple and Ta Prohm Temple. Showing how steep the original stairs were. Looking up those stairs The baths at Angkor Wat. There are 2 sets of these. Both sets have 4 baths, built in a square. The baths at the top are for the leaders, king, etc. The ones at the lower level were for the common people. One of the many carvings on the walls in Angkor Wat Ta Prohm Temple. The birds drop seeds onto the buildings and the roots begin to grow, making it look like the trees are growing out the top of the buildings. They have amazing roots. They wanted to leave this temple more the way it was o...
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