CBI Student and Aggie Retreat

June 17th - 19th, we rented a bus and took our CBI students and the Aggies to Siem Reap.
We left Phnom Penh at 1pm, after the students had their final in Rich's class; and arrived in Siem Reap at about 7:30pm. We checked in the guesthouse and walked to one of the outdoor eating areas.
On Saturday morning, we went to a few of the temples in the Angkor Wat area. Even though it is free to the Khmers, they don't travel much and the only times they have been is when we stopped for about 1 hours in February when we were there for the lectureships.
The Aggies treated everyone to lunch at Pizza Company and then we went on to the Cambodian Cultural Village. They do about 10 different dramas showing the different cultures around the areas in Cambodia. John, one of the Aggies was selected to be in one of the dramas. Naturally, he was the hero and therefore was rewarded with the daughter of the chief. Our students really enjoyed watching him interact with the Khmer actors. None of our students had ever been to the Cultural Village so they were very excited.
The first picture is of us on the bus.
The 2nd picture is all of us as we are
starting to go into the Angkor Wat area. And then the last picture is several of our students in TaProm, the temple that was in the movie "Tomb Raider."
I think everyone enjoyed the weekend even though it rained (softly) nearly the entire afternoon. By the time we got back to the guesthouse to change and head back out for supper, some decided to just stay and go on to bed.
We met with the Church in Siem Reap on Sunday morning before coming back to Phnom Penh.
We are so appreciative to the Aggies as well as the church in Batesville for helping make this trip a success.
Much love, Ronda

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