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 a month before determining if/when to do surgery on her ankle. So she is now back in her village waiting. (This happened after camp)
Rich's group on dishwashing duty. (He is the only white guy in the picture!)
This is my class. My lessons was for the ladies from 23 to 29 years old on the responsibilities of parents in the church.
And then a couple picture of the entire group when we met together. It is so encouraging to see how much the church has grown here! And it is encouraging for the Christians to get to meet together.
On the last night, after everything else, a couple that were married 7 months before asked to meet with all the marriage couples for advice (and snacks). There were 8 couples. When we all met together, Rich and I were "given the floor" because of our experience.
Come to find out that only ONE of the others (the "old experienced married couples") was even BORN when Rich and I got MARRIED!!!! (And she was only one year old.) That is how young the church is here. Ha!
As I mentioned, the church camp concluded the morning of November 17th.
On the 18th, Rich and I hopped a plane for the US to meet with all our kids and grands for Thanksgiving. Our sweet kids sent us money to help with the cost of our tickets and we all met in Virginia at Reuben and Emily's house.
Of course, I have tons of pictures but will only post a few. It was AWESOME for us to be able to be with all our kids at once. So much fun!!!
These are our 10 grandchildren in order. We got these soccer jerseys made here in Cambodia and brought them. These are precious precious gifts from God! And we so enjoyed getting to spend time with them!
And the backside!
And here is our crew!!!! Aren't they great??!!! God has blessed us so greatly and these are some of the best blessings!
You are also a blessing to us! Thank you for allowing us to be your feet in Cambodia. Thank you for your love, prayers, support, and encouragement. Thank you for being a part of our lives.
Now that we are back, Rich is teaching Evangelism to our older students while Khemrin is continuing to teach the newer students on Old Testament History. While we were in the US, Khemrin taught II Corinthians to all the students.
Please continue to keep the school and the Christians here in your prayers.
Much love,
Ronda
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