Rich and Ronda Dolan

Before I get into our Christmas happenings, I just to tell you something I have been thinking about. Several times now, when one of our students have been giving their chapel talks, they would say "I don't remember exactly where this verse is, but..." and then go on to say what the verse says.  And that is great!  But what is really wonderful is to hear several of the students (who didn't know their books of the Bible a year ago) tell them where the verse it is.  To hear them just immediately be able to give scripture like that is amazing!  Such a blessing to watch their growth! I took this picture on Tuesday.  We have split chapel on Tuesday, where the girls and I have our chapel upstairs and the boys downstairs.  We are currently waiting for the boys to be finished.  I noticed that these 3 were just squatting on the floor in the kitchen.  What you can't see is that there is a stack of chairs to the left.  They thought it was funny that I took the picture, but I

We rejoice at the news that 6 additional souls have been saved in Battambang province.  This is at the same village of the last baptisms that I told you about.  Sokun and Soklee do a great job working for the church there and being an active part in the community. Wednesday morning, we found out that Vannak, one of the teachers at the preaching school in Siem Reap, had died.   This is the front of the church building/school.  My sister, Julie and I along with Khemrin and Dara went up to Siem Reap.   Vannak was 45 years old.  He became a Christian, attended and graduated from the Bear Valley school in Siem Reap and then became one of their 3 teachers there. His wife, Sophouen (pronounced So-poo-un) is the school cook.  They have 3 children.  The boys are 19 and 18 and their daughter is 14. He lived his life as an excellent Christian man and example.  He will be missed here.  However, we rejoice that he is getting to see His Lord face to face.   Wednesday afternoon at 4pm, we had a servi

In the previous blog, I showed you our girl students.  So here are the guys. Bunly, Kimchhouy, and Khern (pronounced Khooen) These are our 2 newest students.  They have just started. Touy and Phalin For these 2, their next class is Basics of the New Testament taught by Khemrin. The rest of our guys are: Bunthai, who only lacks a couple classes to graduate; Phanit, Sokna and Somnang They are pretty great!  Today the all took their final in Rich's class on the Resurrection. All the students except the two newest ones will be studying I Corinthians with Rich next. We got the great news from our graduates Sokun and Soklee that there were 5 new baptisms in their village. If you remember, this is the village that was flooded and the church was able to provide many with food and provisions during this time.  Sokun and Soklee used this time to touch so many lives.  We are so grateful that these ladies have declared Jesus as their Lord and King.   Please keep them in your prayers that their