16 years!!!

Can you believe that today is the last day of our 16th year in Cambodia!!  To give our Broken Arrow friends some perspective, we were in Broken Arrow for 17 years.  It certainly has gone by fast.

We cannot even begin to express to all of you how much you have meant to us for all these years.  To know that we had your love, prayers and support constantly has been refreshing and uplifting to us.  We realize that this is your work, and we just get to do the fun part and be the people on the ground.

How amazing is our Almighty God that has allowed us to be here and do this work for 16 years.   We look forward to many more years, if that is His plan.

Right now, Rich is trying to get 11 of our students finished with their courses by the end of January.  Due primarily to covid, the schedule is a mess!  When covid started, some of our kids were called home by their parents out of fear.  But we had 8 or 9 that were at the school, so Rich and Khemrin continued to teach.  Then, as time went on, some would come back into Phnom Penh and others would go home to their villages and get stuck out there when the government closed the provincial borders.  So for a couple years, we had different pockets of students in and out.  

All of that leaves different students needing different classes.  Rich has been working diligently to make sure that everyone has a class to take and at the same time, making sure that they all get the classes they need for graduation.  That means that as of this week, Rich is teaching one class in the morning and then another class to a small group that missed a class, in the afternoon.

Please pray for Rich to have patience, stamina, wisdom and perseverance to get all these classes taught.  

Please also pray that these students remain faithful to the Lord after they leave the school.  For the first time, we do have a few among those graduating, that have not been baptized yet.  In talking with them, they all know what they need to do; they all believe in the Bible and Jesus; but they just won't take that last step.  I teach a couple of them English and we were talking the other day about this.  I do appreciate them counting the cost, and not just going through the motions because we think they should.  Please pray for their hearts and minds to be able to submit to God and His will.  

These are all such sweet kids!  I really wish there was some way this side of heaven for you all to get to know them.  Like I said, we get to do the fun part and be here and interact with them daily.

We love you all and thank God for you.  

Much love,

Ronda