Greg Fleming here teaching; Randall, Kassie and Kenley here playing!

This was Greg Fleming's 3rd trip to Cambodia.  This trip, he taught the book of Matthew.  He is the preacher at the North A & Tennessee Church of Christ in Midland, TX.
I did not get a picture of him teaching at the school.  These are pictures of him preaching at the University Church of Christ.  Buntheon is the translator here; Veasna translated for him at the school.
 We have known Greg and Cindy for many years and it is always nice to get to visit with sweet friends.  (Cindy has a new grandbaby, so she decided to play with grandbabies this time...and who can blame her!  Maybe next trip.

At the end of Greg's trip, he got overlooked some because...
Randall, our 2nd son, and his wife, Kassie and our sweet granddaughter, Kenley came!!!  They got here on Sunday, Sept. 6th.  Since Kassie is pregnant, we decided to forego the trip to Siem Reap and hiking all over the temples this trip.
Instead we headed to the coast for part of the time that they were here.  Kenley LOVES the ocean and it wore her out! She loved jumping when the waves came and watching the crabs scurry into their holes.

 Here we are waiting for supper on the beach.
 I cannot tell you how great it is to spend time with our kids and granddaughter!!!  (And Kassie is included as one of our kids).  It was so fun to have them here with us.

Kenley is a wonderful eater.  So, in this picture, she is helping her Thaw (Khmer for grandpa) eat breakfast.  She charmed all the workers where we stayed.
 We were blessed by several beautiful days as well as some spectacular sunsets.
Like I said, Kenley loved the water and wanted to be in it all the time.  As it is rainy season, the waves were pretty strong most of the time.  We had to watch her or she would go out too far and get hit in the face by a wave.  She would just sputter and go on.
Of course, she quickly found out that if we held her, she could go out further.

 More beautiful sunsets, courtesy of God Almighty.
The last couple days it rained a lot.  So when it was too windy and rainy, we had a nice eating area that we could hang out in.  Kenley found some mats that were just perfect for her to sit on.
 These last 2 pictures aren't good but they are sweet.  Kenley did a great job of saying 'hello' to everyone.

This is Rebekah, Channy's daughter, that Kenley is giving a hug to.
And on the beach, she was quick to find kids to play with.  Some of the times, it was because they had better or bigger toys, but it all worked out.

Now they are gone and the house is quiet.  We wish they could have stayed longer, but were thrilled that they got to come.

We have a couple days before our next guest comes.  Right now, Rich is teaching Scientific Christian Evidences in the morning and Greek in the afternoon.

Please keep us and the work here in your prayers.  Please pray that we have the wisdom to do as God would have us do; and pray for our students, graduates, and Christians here to have courage and grow stronger in their faith.

Much love,
Ronda

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