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More students

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Here are 4 more of our students. Left to right: Penh is 19 years old and is the 4th of 7 children in his family. Sokgon is 22 years old and is the 2nd of 5 children. Peeap is 18 years old and is the oldest of 9 children. These 3 are all from the Battambang area on the south side of the top of Lake Tonle Sap. Serawhat is Sarawudt's brother (in the last group). Serawhat is the 2nd of 3 children and is 21 years old. All of the students just completed Phillipians and did a great job. The last 4 students will be introduced in the next blog. Much love, Ronda PS. I am not spelling their names correctly, but trying to spell them so you can pronounce them right.

Students - Part III

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Sarawudt is on the left and he is 23 years old. He is the 1st of 3 children in his family and I will introduce you to his brother in the next blog. He has been instrumental in teaching many people in his village. Lee, in the middle is 18 years old and is from Battambong. He is the 5th child of 6. When he first came to us, he was so quiet we could hardly get him to talk. He is a sweet guy and a good student. Nika is the 3rd of 4 children and is 27 years old. She is from Swy reeung province and is recently married to Chanty, one of our previous students. More students to come! Much love, Ronda

Students - Part II

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Here are 3 more of our students. We have 4 students that are girls and here is 3 of them. Dawlan is 20 years old and the 4th of 5 kids in her family. She is from Gen swy province. Pisay, the one in the middle, is 22 years old and the youngest of 8 children. She is from Speu province. And then Soknah is 19 years old and is the 4th of 5 children. Her brother is Try, who I introduced on the previous blog. Keep these in your prayers as well. All of our students are so sweet - I wish you all could meet them in person! Much love, Ronda

Let me introduce you to our students

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I want to introduce you to our students. Left to right: Try (pronounced Tree) - is 23 years old and the 3rd of 5 children. He is from the Gondal area. Sovann, in the middle, is 22 years old and is the oldest of 4 children. He is from the Takeo province. And Cheav, on the right, is 23 years old and is the 2nd of 5 children. He is from the Battambong area. He will graduate in December. Try and Cheav come to our house several times a week to study English with me to improve in that area. They already speak English quite well, but know it is useful when foreigners need translators. Please keep these sweet boys in your prayers. I'll introduce you to some more students on the next blog. Much love, Ronda

Class in the new school building

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We have had our first week of classes in the new school and it seems to work well. We are still making adjustments to the class as well as the rooms. The first picture is of Pahla, Pengsorn, and Wanate, 3 or our new students. The next 2 pictures is of the class. This is actually taken during chapel time in the morning. We are thrilled for the new facility and are so thankful to all of you who make this possible. We hope to put it to good use in God's work. It is rainy season now and has really been raining a lot. In fact, many roads into different areas of the country have been shut down due to flooding. However, that is good for the rice crops as they were beginning to die for lack of rain. And it cools things off for awhile as well. I love the rain here; it is just a little cool so quite nice to walk in. Much love, Ronda P.S. from Rich -- We're in an evangelism week this week. Monday was at Vuth's village (where we started the church in April or so). There were many p

I'm in 4th grade!!!

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I am finally in the 4th grade!! As of today, I started in my 4th grade book. OK. It's quite humbling that I am only now to a 4th grade level, and realistically, that is only true if I remembered everything (or most) of what I have been taught...which I don't. I am quite sure that most 4th graders sentence structure is better than mine. I probably talk more like a 1st grader. But, as long as I communicate, I guess that will have to do for now. I just attached a couple pictures that I thought you might like. We have now had 2 days in the new school and we think it will be great! Know we think of you often and with much love. Ronda