Rich and Ronda Dolan

On Thursday morning, Dec. 30th we drove to Battambang Province for the New Years Fellowhip.   Several of our students are from Battambang Province, but from different villages. We stopped at Jenthra's house for lunch on the way. These 2 pictures are at her house. Not all of our students could come as some had university classes that they couldn't miss. (Just a note, on the way home, we stopped at 5 of our students houses to drop them off for a couple days with their families.  It ended up taking 10 hours to get home.  It is 250 kilometers/155 miles.  The roads were pretty much terrible and our A/C in the truck went out.  So lots of dirt and dust.  Thankfully, it wasn't too hot. The shower at home felt really nice!) Then at supper time, we drove on to Sokun's house in another village in Battambang Province.  Sokun graduated from CBI ten years ago and he and Soklee do a great job in their village. Sokun is very active in the community and has been a...

We hope that you all had wonderful holidays!   Of course, Thanksgiving isn't a holiday here and we had school like normal.  But that evening, the BEST Center, the dorm my sister runs, had a Thanksgiving Fellowship.  As we are just beginning to meet back together, this was very exciting.   The meal - hot dogs on white bread with corn on the cob and fruit.   We sang afterward and this is part of the group.  I have a friend in Ohio who, for the 2nd year, sent money for our students and staff to have a Christmas meal. It is very much appreciated!  We went to a BBQ place.  Not like our BBQ at all.  They have big tubs of raw meat of all kinds plus vegetables.  On the tables are both grills and boiling pots of water.  It is a buffet and you go get what you want and grill it or boil it yourself.  Our students love it! For dessert, there is fruit. These are pictures of our students having a terrific meal and fun evening. ...