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CELEBRATING WITH VALENTINE THEME

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Every Friday Tom and I divert from English study to do something fun.  Since Valentine Day in the US was on Friday, what an opportunity.  Valentine Day is not celebrated in Cambodia.  We bought Oreo and some white sandwich cookies about the size  of Oreos.  Some decorator frosting was mixed us and colored ready to decorate cookies for the evening meal.  Each of our groups participated as well as the 3 new students who study English with Dara since we cannot visit with them very well yet.  We watched a video about decorating with zipper bags by cutting a small opening in a corner.    We were concerned how this was going to work, but it was great.  The corner is reinforced with tape and none of them burst.  The students were quite creative and seemed to enjoy the new experience.  The Youtube video was in English with English captions as well.  Some new words were learned as well as some new skills. We told them th...
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WORSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP TIMES

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 Bible Study and Worship are a very important part of the BEST CENTER.  After all BEST stands for "Bible, Education, Study, Training" Center.  All of the students have Bible Classes 2 hours per day with their Khmer teachers.  They study through the entire Bible during their 4 years at the Center and go home with Notebooks that they can use later.   Each Thursday evening the christians in the area are invited to dinner together followed by a singing period.  Once per month they turn part of that into prayer time together in groups.  On Sunday evening there is a worship time together with class study, followed by worship time with communion, singing and a Bible lesson. Sundays mornings we worship at the Phnom Penh Congregation about a half mile from the BEST Center and meet other Christians.    While the University Education is important to the students at the BEST CENTER, their Bible study is high on the priority list.  There i...
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THE ISLAND TRIP

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Guests from the US were invited to join Julie and Rhonda on an excursion to Rabbit Island just off the coast of Cambodia.  Tom and Helen felt happy that we were included as we joined a niece (Sierra) and two of her friends (all nurses at Mayo Clinic).  The island has been a favorite of Julie for some time.  This boat is a 'long tail' boat which means the long pipe with a propeller is lowered into the water behind to boat for movement.  Kep (pronounced Gip with a long I) is where we boarded the boat for about a 20 minute ride on a beautiful Thursday morning.  Kep is known for its crab catches.  We did not spend much time there as we headed for our restful destination after a dusty, bumpy ride in our vehicle, leaving Phnom Penh at 5 AM.  Since the traffic in Phnom Penh is terrible as people head for work, we wanted to get an early start and have more time for R & R. R & R is great, but sometimes getting there is not so pleasant....
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