Rich and Ronda Dolan

I thought that I would fill you in on our week.  Right now, Rich is teaching Greek to some of our older students in the afternoons.  So, in the mornings, he studies and then twice a week, he goes to language school. This last week, Sunday through Tuesday was just normal.  However, on Wednesday, when we got up early to go to the stadium to work out, we came downstairs to the entire bottom floor of our house underwater.  Ugh!  Water was spraying.  Since we live in Cambodia, and therefore can't drink the water, we have a water filter machine that pipes water into the machine and filters it for us.  Well, sometime in the night, the tubing that gets the water into the machine broke off, so all night, the water was just spraying.   Luckily, all our floors are tile, so no harm there.  And the front doors (gateway) don't have a lip on them, so we could swoosh the water straight out.  So early Wednesday morning, for 30 minutes or more, ...

I thought you might enjoying seeing some of the sights on the highway.  This is one of our major highways. These are just minivans.  We did see one with a moto in the back, like this one, but a guy was sitting on it while riding in the car.  I didn't get any pictures of the insides of these vans, since I didn't want it to be too obvious that I was taking pictures, but in all of these, there were at least 5-6 people per seat , plus extras in the back, hanging out the doors, and on top.  This motorcycle was hauling a cart with 4 of these big water vats.  And these motorcycles are small, like 60 cc.  It is amazing to me how many hours they can ride like this.  In this van, there was 6 people behind the back seat, plus bags.  In the back of the pickup is a couple boys that I had fun waving at.  And yes, this van is going down the highway.  They are so packed in these things!  I think there was over 40 people in this van...

 This is a picture of all of us.  What an excellent time we had to spend together.  To study, talk, share, work and laugh together. Sokun, who I already talked about in the last blog, was kind of the MC for the morning devotional time.  It is always great to get to see him.  I just thought these boys looked sweet.  They were on the 2nd row, singing along with everyone.  They are from the congregation in Siem Reap.  This is Rong.  He led a prayer this morning.   I wanted to tell you that the first time he did a chapel talk at CBI, I thought he was going to throw up.  He kept gulping for air and I really thought that he was going to be sick. Now, here he is, standing in front of over 100 people.  So much growth on his part.  The best part of the day was welcoming in a new brother.  Khemrin is one of our students at CBI.  We are so excited to get to be a part of this new birth and to watch him grow...

 The 2nd day of camp was our first full day. This is Sokun, one of our graduates, and his son.  Sokun, as well as several of our other graduates, like in the Battambang area.  They are doing a great job leading the church in their village.  And, at 6:30 in the morning, Sharon Welch and I were cleaning the bathrooms.  It was our group's turn. I meant to get a picture of the guys and girls shower area, but didn't.  For the girls shower area, there was a tarp wrapped around 4 wooden poles, about 4 foot square.  Inside was 2 plastic tubs, like the one in this picture, that were filled with water.  And of course you had your dipper, so that you could splash water on yourself, wash up, and then rinse off.  On this day, I taught the married women.  My topic was Husband/Wife Relationships. The next day, I taught the unmarried ladies.  My topic for them was Importance of Choosing a Good Husband, and then Appreciation/Affection/ a...

 I am interrupting the camp posts because one of our students was baptized. Makara started at CBI in July 2014. So he had been studying the Bible everyday for over 3 months.  So we were excited when he told us he wanted to be baptized.  Vanna, our last graduate, is who baptized him.  The old Makara dies and is buried. Meet the new Makara!  We are thrilled to have him as a new brother. So, this morning, he gave his first chapel talk. Please keep him in your prayers.