Rich and Ronda Dolan

Soporn helps me in the house.  And, she decided that she would rather get married than to continue to help me.  Can you imagine?? Anyway, EARLY Monday morning (I am talking 6am), Rich and I hop on the motorcycle (I am riding sidesaddled since I am in a long Khmer style skirt) and take off for Soporn's wedding. We arrived after much traffic, dirt, potholes, and one wrong turn.  This is what the front of the area looked like.  Her house is toward the other end.  When they have a wedding, they block off their neighbor's houses with a tent for the event - usually for an entire day. Once all the family members and close friends arrive, we all line up in a processional that starts down the street, and we walk back, in pairs, to the wedding place. This is the groom and his parents in the front .  If you spot Rich, you can see that the photographer put us just behind the groomsmen, in front of the grandmothers.  We tried to move to the back, but they wouldn't let us.  T

 On Sunday, we were thrilled to be able to add 2 more to our family in Phnom Penh. Cheanrea and Seakcheng are 2 of our new students at the preaching school. This is Cheanrea and Rich before his baptism.  And Seakcheng is a new person! Please keep them as well as our other student in your prayers.  Also, please pray for our graduates and their families as they teach God's Word to those around them. Much love, Ronda

 We were blessed during the month of December to have Rich's mom, Glenda and his grandmother, Billie Howell, here with us.  Then, on Dec 20th, our son, Reuben and his wife Emily came. So here are some of the sights that they saw while they were here. This is the traffic by the temple near our house.  There was a wedding on the other side so it was blocked, making everyone go around this way.  This picture was taken on the other side of the river from Phnom Penh.  These are fishing boats as well as the houses for the fisherman.  Just behind me is a huge 5 star hotel that they are building.  Such a contrast of lifestyles. This was December 27th at the airport when Rich's mom and Grandmother were leaving.  (Obviously, these pictures aren't in order).  And yes, that is the Dairy Queen behind us.  They only have some ice cream and hot dogs, but we still enjoy it. As is our custom, we spent Christmas at the coast.  This is one of the beautiful sunsets God allowed us