Khmer (Cambodian) New Year Time!

 OK.  Ignore the dorky picture.  I was trying to show you the size of our mangoes.  I did have one mango the other day that weighed almost a kilo (2.2 lbs).  Forgot to take a picture before cutting it up.

April is the hottest month of the year.  But, to make up for it (at least some of it), it is MANGO SEASON!  We have terrific mangoes!

Of course, more important is the work that is going on here.  Dale Lundy finished teaching Isaiah, Rich finished Acts and I finished the Romans class a week ago.  Then last week,, Rich taught Christian Ethics all day long.

Now, it is Khmer New Year time.  It is technically April 14-16, but it is a big holiday here and most people will take at least a week off.  It is a holiday where the city empties out because most everyone goes back to their villages.

 For celebrating Khmer (pronounced k-my) New Year, our students decided to have a party on Friday night starting at 5pm. At 12:30 noon on Friday, after Rich got home from giving their final in Christian Ethics, he told me that we had been invited to a party at the school at 5pm....and if we would bring sandwiches, that would be great....oh! And if we could bring that Bunco game too, that would be really fun.  So, that changed my plans for my Friday afternoon and evening.  Instead of what I was planning, I got to go to the store for sandwich things and Bunco prizes; make the sandwiches; fix the prizes; make sure I had all the things needed to play Bunco; and then get to the school at 5pm.

We did have a really good party!  It was fun!  This is obviously the food table.  On top of the sandwiches, they had pizza, and then all kinds of meat (beef, chicken feet, oysters, shrimp, quid, etc)to grill.

 Here is the chicken feet and oysters on this grill.
 And this is another picture of the others meat that they were grilling.

The way this is done is everyone gets their chopsticks and just stands by the table.  You put what you want on the grill, cook it to how you want and then eat it.  No need for plates!  Less washing!


This is just a funny picture.  You have Starbucks...we have Starcups!  I pass this quite often walking down the street and have wanted to get a picture without being too obvious.

By the way, we do now have a Starbucks in the new mall.  We have only been to that mall 4 times since it opening in 4 or 5 years.  Why bother to go there, when I can get to Starcups much quicker!

Tomorrow (Tues, the 11th), Rich and I will be flying to Thailand to teach in their church camp.  We will be teaching each of the 3 mornings on :  Leaving a Legacy as a Husband/Wife; Leaving a Legacy as a Father/Mother; and Leaving a Legacy as a Grandfather/Grandmother and strong families.

We will come back to Cambodia on the 17th.  Classes start back on April 19th, with Veasna teaching on Evangelism and Rich teaching World Religions and then The Preacher's Work.

Keep us in your prayers; that we might have wisdom to guide these sweet souls.

Much love,  Ronda

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