Graduate meetings

 We had some of graduates come back for a time of study and fellowship on Jan 5th and 6th.

The study was on Colossians chapter 1.  This is a picture of Colossians 1 in my Khmer Bible.
 Rong, one of our graduates from last year, taught on Colossians 1:  1-12
 Veasna, who teaches and translates at the school, taught on Colossians 1:13-14
 Sokun taught on Colossians 1:15-17.  However, I forgot to get a picture of him.  He works in Battambang province.

This is Kimsruv. He works in his home village with his brother, who is also a graduate.  His youngest brother is in school now. He taught Colossians 1:18-23
 And then, Nuon, taught on the last verses of Colossians 1.  Nuon is working in Pursat province.  It is a new settlement that the government established.

We enjoyed a lot of singing.  One of the things that the graduates miss being out in villages is the singing.  So we spent about 45 minutes each morning singing.
 These next pictures are of lunch the 2nd day.

The first day, we had stuffed fried frog with rice.  It was really good.  We also had a soup.

Then on the 2nd day, we had fried chicken with rice.  It is fun to get together and listen to all of the kids visiting and having a great time together.

In the afternoons, Rich had the graduates get up and talk about their work; the good things, the problems, etc.  It is encouraging for the graduates to get input from others.  But also it's good for our current students listen to what the work is really like on a day to day basis.




The afternoon of the 2nd day Rich also had them play some games.  Here, each of them has a sheet of verses that they have to write where they are found.  The contest was to see who could get them all right the fastest.  One of our students got all but one of them quickly, but couldn't find the last one!

Friday evening, we had a night of pizza and sandwiches and played bunco.  It's always great to have them back.  We are so proud of the work that they are doing in their different locations.  Please keep them all in your prayers.

Our friends from Broken Arrow, Jerry Lundy and Scott Keele are here now to teach.  Next blog will be about them.  Hopefully I'll get a couple pictures.

Much love,
Ronda

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