Rich and Ronda Dolan

Friday we went to Channy and Ki's wedding. Channy studies with us in the mornings at the school. The wedding was at the church building. On Saturday, they did the Khmer type wedding in the village, that last all day. All 3 bridesmaids and 3 groomsmen are students of ours. We wish Channy and Ki well in their marriage. Ronda

About 30 of us from Phnom Penh went to Krang Dong, the village where Sothea and his wife are living and working. There were about 50 adults and children from the village that met with us, talked with us and worshiped with us. After worshiping together, we ate lunch together before returning to Phnom Penh. In the first picture, you will notice Sothea's wife in the white shirt and purple skirt - very pregnant. She had their baby the next day! So Sothea is the proud father of a little boy. These pictures is of meal preparation, cooking the curry and then Lynn and Timothy playing with some of the village children. We always enjoy the time we get to spend in the villages. The Cambodians are very family oriented and hospitable. Ronda

Here are a few pictures of the devotional part of the get together. We always enjoy singing together. The Khmers especially enjoy singing "Holy Khmer" (that's the official translation) songs. Those are songs that are truly Khmer melodies, not English songs that have been translated. Sorry these are not great pictures, but I hope you get the idea. Much love, Ronda

We had a meal and devotional with our students at Dennis and Sharon Welch's house. As usual, it was a wonderful time of fun, laughter, talking, eating, singing and praying. Of course, in the last picture, you will see Sovann, Lee and Sokgoon teaching the proper etiquette for eating sandwiches! We really have a great group of students! Much love, Ronda

We were blessed to have Ron and Shirley Downey here with us for a few weeks. Ron oversees the Sunset Preaching Schools in Asia. He is teaching Acts to our students while they are here. This was his 2nd trip to Cambodia. Fortunately, his wife, Shirley got to come as well. While Ron is teaching our preaching students, Shirley is teaching English using the WEI material. As you can see from the pictures of Ron and Shirley in front of Angkor Wat, we did manage to make a run to Siem Reap and take in a little site seeing. We are grateful for the time that they are here and having the opportunity for us to get to know them better. We appreciate their sharing their many talents and Christian love with us and the Cambodians that they came into contact with here. They will be leaving on Wednesday, May 12th to return to their home in California.

I know that sounds like a concert, but it's not. You may remember that 1 1/2 years ago, while preaching, I said in Khmer that we would study about "another Jesus" instead of "another time about Jesus". A few months ago, I switched the word for "kingdom" with the word for "hell". Imagine, just for instance, that you were teaching Hebrews in the Khmer language. Also, imagine that you may not be very good at the language, but you try hard. (Several years ago, when asked about my teaching ability, one of my sons said, "No, dad's not very good, but he tries hard." I think he was kidding.) Anyway, also imagine that it had been a long week, it was the afternoon class when everyone is sleepy & it was very hot. Then, imagine that word of mercy is "Ma- thah " with a long "a" on the first syllable and that the word for red, hot, chili peppers in " Mah - tha ", with a long "a" in the last syll...