Rich and Ronda Dolan

We were especially blessed on Sunday to welcome in 2 new sisters. Lomang is the first one.  She is pictured here with her daughter, Cheewy and Kevin Carson.  Kevin is working with Partners in Progress.  Lomang's husband, Buntheon, used to work on the Ship of Life and that is how he became a Christian.  So he asked Kevin to baptize Lomang. Lomang is currently working as our cook at the school.  Last year, she tried to be a student, but it was too hard with a small child.  She cried when she told us that she was going back to her village while her husband finished up his training with the Tourist Department. After a few months, she and Cheewy moved back to Phnom Penh with her husband.  So after our cook left, we asked her if she would like to be our cook. Now, Lomang and Buntheon are living at the school so we get to see her everyday.  She joins us during chapel most days after she has been to the market.  This is her husband on t...

 We were incredibly blessed to be able to have Christmas with our kids and grandaugher in Seattle.  It is our first Christmas all together since we came to Cambodia in 2007. We are back home now, but I am going to subject you to family pictures that we took while we were stateside. As you can tell, everyone wanted their time with our cute granddaughter, Kenley. So, here you have Jason and Kenley looking in the mirror.  Reuben and Emily with Kenley.  Rebekah and Evan with Kenley. And then, Kenley with her actual parents, Randall and Kassie.  And then of course, we made sure that we got our turn as well. Kenley and Rich reading a book.  Rich and Kenley looking outside before we take family pictures. She is just too cute!  For any of you that know Randall well, you know that he chews on straws. Well, his sweet little daughter likes to chew on them as well.  Here she is sharing with Rich....