Rich and Ronda Dolan

Saturday night, we had our CBI Christmas Dinner.   These buffets have a pot with 2 kinds of broth and then a small grill on each table.  I think we had 5 of each for 17 people. Just so that you know, there is a definite process on how a buffet is to be eaten. First is the meat.  The Khmers don't usually eat a lot of meat, so it always surprises me at the tonnage of meat that they can consume if given the opportunity. Seafood, pork, beef, chicken, duck - and lots of it!  It is all raw that  you either grill it or boil at the table.   After MANY plates of various meats eaten by eat person, then they get stacks of vegetables. It is said that you eat the meat until you are full.  Then you eat vegetables to kind of settle it down.   Truly the amount of food they can eat is amazing.   After they get through the vegetables, then you get a plate of fruit.  After that is shaved ice with fruit and syrup for dessert. As you can ...

 Every November, during our Water Festival Holiday, we have a nation wide all-ages church camp.  This year it was November 14 - 17.   This is the main camp picture.  There were about 200 people attending. This is the group that came from Phnom Penh.   The theme this year was Duties and Responsibilities of the different groups who make up the church, like leaders, elders, youth, parents, etc.   A few more pictures from camp. Rich teaching his lesson to the entire group.  His topic was on the Duties and Responsibilities of Elders in the Church. This is the 'old ladies picture'.  That is what they called it.  As you can tell, I am substantially older than any of the other ladies in this picture! Just a picture of some of our group. The girl in front in the bright green shoes is Teang.  She is one of our students.  Please keep her in your prayers as she was in a motorcycle accident.  The doctor she saw wants to wait ...