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God blessed us so greatly again.  Amy Thrailkill Britton and her husband, Damon and son, Jackson came to see us!  Also that same evening, our 2nd son, Randall and his wife, Kassie and girls, Kenley and Ryah also arrived!!! What fun! They all were a terrific encouragement to us and gave us a sweet refreshing period. On very next day after arriving in Cambodia, Randall taught Wednesday night Bible class at the Phnom Penh congregation.   We took them to Toul Sleng, the high school turned prison camp during the Pol Pot Regime from 1974-1979. This picture is taken at the Killing Fields, south of Phnom Penh, where they mass buried thousands of people.  There is this tower there where the skulls and bones that they have unearthed, are displayed. (I tried to pick the calmer pictures.) The Brittons were on a vacation in Vietnam and decided to come see us for a few days.  We had a wonderful time! They did do some things that they didn't care for. This is Damon and Ri...
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Marriage Seminar in Singapore

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 May 1st and 2nd, Rich and I traveled to Singapore to do a marriage seminar for the Lavendar Church of Christ.  The Lavendar congregation supports several of our graduates in the village who are preaching. They told us that there hasn't been a seminar like this before in Singapore.  But they also wanted the group to be small, so they limited it to couples with children 12 years old or less.   As May 1st was a holiday, one of the other congregations had a Men's Retreat, so that took out couples from their congregation.   We taught on the Bible passages as well as Biblical examples.  Then we also talked about communication, conflict and the importance of knowing the needs of your spouse.  We had lecture time, split men and women's sessions, and then a couple of times, we had each couple meet together to talk.  We didn't have very many (some were hesitant because they had never heard of this), but we received good feedback. And, since we we...
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Thailand Church Camp Chaam

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We were blessed to be able to attend the church camp in Thailand at Chaam.   I went early as I had a doctor's appointment in Bangkok.  My sweet friend, Ting, was in the hospital, so I was able to go visit her and her husband, Bhiti.  Tdon, another Christian man from upcountry was also going to visit her so I hopped a ride with him. Ting is one of the sweetest, gentlest, beautiful Christian young women you could ever meet.  She was my translator when I was teaching the women's classes at camp.  Her father-in-law was one of the elders in the Soi Somprasong congregation before moving to Chiang Mai.   Please keep her in your prayers as she has been unable to eat or drink anything since the beginning of April.  She has an emergency surgery last Saturday but is still recovering from that surgery and they haven't tried any liquid or food yet.    Camp Chaam started on April 11th and ran until the morning of the 15th.   The theme w...
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New Student, New Students teaching, Holiday coming

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First I want to introduce you to our new student.  His name is Vatana and he is from Battambang province and the village where are graduates Sokun and Soklee are working. Sokun called Rich and said he had a boy who just wants to be a preacher.  He is only 16 years old. So now we have two students with the name Vatana and also one named Ratana.  Not confusing at all! He is really sweet.  He is struggling a bit like they all do because studying at CBI is much harder than their schools.  But he is hanging in there! Some of our newer students have begun giving the chapel talks.   This is Piset. Sokmony.  He goes by Mony. This is Rotha.   (Obviously, Rich and I sit on the side, so the pictures aren't great.  But I didn't want to embarrass them by getting up and taking a picture head on.) This is Ratana. He has really taken Vatana II under his wing since Vatana has been at the school.  It is appreciated. And this is Seyha. ...
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Valentines Day and back in Phnom Penh

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On Valentines Day, some of the couples from the Capitol Church of Christ took a trip to Sray Ambel.   We had a wonderful devotional and day of fellowship and fun.  They grilled seafood for lunch that was delicious. Basically we had a great time together, enjoying the beauty of God's creation at the sea, not to mention enjoying being out of the concrete and busyness of the city. The weather was great.  The ocean is always refreshing!  A wonderful day with our Christian brothers and sisters. Just some sights around town. On March 2nd, I was walking to the post office to mail birthday postcards and this group came down the street. The police even blocked off traffic for them. There were probably 6-7 trucks as well as people walking beside. It is part of the Chinese New Year.  Rich saw some more yesterday even. There are 3 New Years celebrated here:  January 1st for International New Years; Chinese New Year, that is based on the Lunar calendar so changes, ...
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