Rich and Ronda Dolan

Just a few glimpses of the Cambodian countryside and the people that live and work there. It is such a blessing to be able to live here and be a part of this country and culture. Much love, Ronda PS. More on the next blog

I thought you might like to see some of the beautiful scenery in the Kirirom area. We have had a good rainy season which means that the rice fields are a beautiful bright green this time of year. In the next blog I will put up more pictures of the countryside where we drove. (I have trouble getting the blog to load if I put on more than 3 pictures, so...you will have to wait for the next blog) Enjoy! Ronda

Due to the holiday here, we had time off both from language school and CBI school, so we were able to spend a day going to a couple villages. One of the village is a place where Sophea, one of our graduates and his wife Srayneeung work. They oversee the orphanage there; Sophea is also the preacher at the church that meets there. The first picture is of the boys at the orphanage. The baby smiling holding onto the pillow is Reuben, Sophea and Srayneeung's son. He is their first child and is 4 1/2 months old. We were also able to go to the village where Sothea and his wife work. The other baby is their son. He is 5 months old; and he is their oldest child. It was nice to be able to get out off the city and see some of our graduates and their families. Thank you all for your prayers on our behalf as well as our students and graduates. We are excited about the future of the church here in Cambodia. Much love, Ronda

Last Saturday, the University congregation took a little trip to Kirirom. There is a large waterfall there as well as the area we went to that has a stream to play in. We left at 7 am and arrived around 10 am. There were 45 people that went. Once we got everything and everyone across the little bridges and to the shelter, we had a devotional. The first picture is Veashna, one of our CBI graduates, giving the first talk. We sang, prayed and Veashna, Kim and Try (all our graduates of CBI) gave short talks. After the devotional, we ate lunch and then spent time just enjoying the area...playing in the cold cold water or hiking around. It was a nice fun trip for all who went. The other pictures are of the group during the devotional time as well as a group playing in the water. The area is a beautiful place. We were reminded of the immense blessing that God has given us, both by His creation of beautiful places and beautiful people. Much love, Ronda