CBI's 17th Graduation - April 2016

SeakChang, Sophea and Rich Dolan 



CBI's Graduation in April saw Pha SeakChang and Yon Sophea complete their course work and training.  SeakChang has been a great student with a good heart. She is always smiling and encouraging others. Sophea has been a leader from the start. He's a little older than some of our students and has a maturity about him.




These two pictures are of Aet (current CBI student) leading singing and of Dale Lundy, who gave the commencement address. Aet started at CBI about a year ago and has become a Christian while here. Dale has taught several times at CBI.  Veasna is translating for him.


Here are the graduates with the teachers who are currently here. I told them we represent all the instructors who have taught them. Those include:  Greg Fleming, Scott Keele, Bob Jackson, Loren Hollingsworth, James Glasscock, Dale Lundy, Ray Hull, Tim Brumfield, John Breeden, David Burton, Tray Kim Try, Dennis Welch, Tol Veasna, Dan Wilson, and me.

Thanks to so many of you who make things like this possible. 

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Hi my name is Jonathan Jackson. I have been following your blog as a part of my World Christian class taught by Gary Jackson at Harding University and have a couple of quick questions for a paper I am writing. If you have the time to respond, I would really appreciate it. The first is what influenced you to go to Cambodia specifically over other countries? Did you have some sort of prior connection? The second is what is your goal ultimately? Is it more focused on church planting, developing existing churches, or something else? Thank you so much and I have really enjoyed reading your blog this past semester. Have a blessed day.

Jonathan Jackson
jjackson4@harding.edu
April 17, 2016 at 12:23 AM
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