So after cleaning all the mud off the floor and walls we got to painting. the little Girl behind me is sri-mow, she is our niece. The three of us did all the painting (Channy, Sri-Mow and me)
My lovely wife did the corners while I hit the big areas.
That old dry erase board was so coverd in old dried marker and dirt, I probably spent over a half hour rubbing it down with alchool. I praying that I can still wright on it.
So my Khemi father, Channy and I all chipped in to get some temporary desks until enough money comes in to get some real student desks.
This is the before picture that I showed you earlier.... this picture does not do justice to the stench or the enormous amount of mosquitoes flying around.
And this would be the after. Sorry I wish I knew how to upload a bus infront of the picture that would drive away but I don't :). We still need to decorate it to make it look like a classroom but we have made some serious progress. Please let me know any ideas for decorating you have. We want the students to feel like they are walking into America when they walk into the class. So one thing we are going to do is put up a big American flag above the white board and write Welcome to America. We are also thinking pictures of family, friends and American landmarks. Again please do email me if you have any suggestions.
A Picture of "Pah" preaching on his first Sunday back.
First Church leadership meeting. All in Khemi, so I had to really focus to keep up with what everyone was saying
The fish from the Mekong river get get bigger every year. (my nephew Isaac)
So just two days after painting the classroom it started to rain hard. I can't remember if i mentioned this already or not but when it rains hard the church parking lot floods. Then when it is full the classrooms will all flood. So I went out and started to hurl water into the chruch baptismal (to the left of me) the only place big enough to store that much water.
after hurling that water for more than an hour I wanted to see if me pecks got any bigger....nope
Some kids playing soccer next to where our cell group (church in a house) meets.
I just had to put this picture in because my wife was looking especially gorgeous that day. My wife went with some other missionaries to a province near the city to visit a church.
This is the street where we go for cell group (church in a house). I cant wait to see it in September because the entire area floods during the rainy season (thus the houses on stilts). about 8ft water. people have to use small boats to get to and from there houses.
This is the (church in a house) or cell group as we call it. We meet in this house every Wednesday. This is a poorer part of town, most of the houses are made of miscellaneous pieces of metal and some wood.
Cell group. this is inside the house of the picture above.
My wife rock'n out, leading worship on the guitar. I wish you could hear "How great is our God" or "Mighty to save" sung in Khemi. I tell the Cambodians the reason I am learning Khemi is so when I go to heavan I will be able to sing also; because in heavan they don't sing in English they sing in Khemi :)
So after cleaning all the mud off the floor and walls we got to painting. the little Girl behind me is sri-mow, she is our niece. The three of us did all the painting (Channy, Sri-Mow and me)
My lovely wife did the corners while I hit the big areas.
That old dry erase board was so coverd in old dried marker and dirt, I probably spent over a half hour rubbing it down with alchool. I praying that I can still wright on it.
So my Khemi father, Channy and I all chipped in to get some temporary desks until enough money comes in to get some real student desks.
This is the before picture that I showed you earlier.... this picture does not do justice to the stench or the enormous amount of mosquitoes flying around.
And this would be the after. Sorry I wish I knew how to upload a bus infront of the picture that would drive away but I don't :). We still need to decorate it to make it look like a classroom but we have made some serious progress. Please let me know any ideas for decorating you have. We want the students to feel like they are walking into America when they walk into the class. So one thing we are going to do is put up a big American flag above the white board and write Welcome to America. We are also thinking pictures of family, friends and American landmarks. Again please do email me if you have any suggestions.
A Picture of "Pah" preaching on his first Sunday back.
First Church leadership meeting. All in Khemi, so I had to really focus to keep up with what everyone was saying
The fish from the Mekong river get get bigger every year. (my nephew Isaac)
So just two days after painting the classroom it started to rain hard. I can't remember if i mentioned this already or not but when it rains hard the church parking lot floods. Then when it is full the classrooms will all flood. So I went out and started to hurl water into the chruch baptismal (to the left of me) the only place big enough to store that much water.
after hurling that water for more than an hour I wanted to see if me pecks got any bigger....nope
Some kids playing soccer next to where our cell group (church in a house) meets.
I just had to put this picture in because my wife was looking especially gorgeous that day. My wife went with some other missionaries to a province near the city to visit a church.
This is the street where we go for cell group (church in a house). I cant wait to see it in September because the entire area floods during the rainy season (thus the houses on stilts). about 8ft water. people have to use small boats to get to and from there houses.
This is the (church in a house) or cell group as we call it. We meet in this house every Wednesday. This is a poorer part of town, most of the houses are made of miscellaneous pieces of metal and some wood.
Cell group. this is inside the house of the picture above.
My wife rock'n out, leading worship on the guitar. I wish you could hear "How great is our God" or "Mighty to save" sung in Khemi. I tell the Cambodians the reason I am learning Khemi is so when I go to heavan I will be able to sing also; because in heavan they don't sing in English they sing in Khemi :)
