Rich and Ronda Dolan

 Just bits of this past week. One day, on our walk to CBI from our house, we passed this lady.  We see this a lot but I usually either forget to take pictures or it is too busy. I told Rich that I think I would have to train my neck to carry that many brooms on my head.   This is our Lowe's.  This shop is in near our neighbor temple and it has everything!  It is probably 10 feet wide but it totally packed.  I have bought plumbing fittings, chain, lightbulbs, rugs, brooms, nuts, bolts, hose, etc.  Doris Morrison left Cambodia for the United States on Thursday night.  She has worked here for the better part of 15 years.  Before she left, there was a Going Away party at her house/school.    Rich and I hopped on the motorcycle to head out there.  I am really sorry you can't get the full effect, but this is the front of the light.  Since we weave in and out of the cars, it is all motorcycles at the front of...

On Monday, September 10th, we had a Women's night.  I made tortillas and they had their first taste of chicken fajitas.  Well, you can't win them all...so about 4pm it started raining and rained until after 6m.  Since most of the women come on motorcycles, that puts a big dent in attendance.  So instead of having about 25-30 ladies, we only had 15.  That is to be expected at times when you live in a tropical country and it is rainy season.   Our emphasis this time was on prayer.  We used different colors of index cards to remind the ladies to remember to praise God, confess to God, thank God and make request to God when you pray. On Friday afternoon, Rich and I along with 8 others in our car made the trip to Battambang.  There was also a van from the BEST Center that went as well.  Phanat and Chakriya have recently moved from Siem Reap to start a work in Battambang.  Battambang is a large city to the NW of Phnom Penh. ...

 Saturday morning was our first trash pick-up day. The University congregation is trying to be a presence in the community and reach out to our neighbors, make some new friends and relationship, and show our neighbors that the church is here to help them, serve them, and teach them about Jesus. One of the ways that was decided to do this was trash pick up.  The Khmers (Cambodians) have not been raised the commercials about "Keep America Clean" , "Don't Mess with Texas" and other slogans that we have.  So, they follow by example and what they see is to throw your trash in the street whenever you are done with it. We spent about 2 hours walking around in the neighborhood picking up trash and just being visible. We did have some people ask what we were doing and why and that gave us an opportunity to talk to them about us and who we serve as Christians.   These kids were excited about doing this and making a difference - even if it is a small one....