Finally…. Another Blog is posted
The lot fell to me to write this next blog. I admit, I was meant to get it done last week… but not being a natural writer, inspiration is hard to come by! I was even so slow at getting this up, that I've been pipped at the post by another, more prompt fieldworker, very quick on their reporting of Day's baptism. I'm glad there are others more on the ball than myself :).
What has happened since our last update? Well, there are always things going on at the BEC… the daily ebb and flow of students coming in and going out is what our lives revolve around. In general, our student population remains pretty stable. We have our “regular”attendees who rarely miss a class, and those who turn up when they are not too busy. The schedule changes weekly – we lose some students and gain some students.
At the moment, many of our classes have moved to the dormitories and it looks as if we may get more regular attendance from them by making this change. As a general rule, the dorm students are keen, but very busy individuals, often trying to fit university study and work into their days, so not having to make an extra trip to the BEC may make our classes with them more regular. Most of them study with us either early in the morning, or around dinner time. David and Anna take the bulk of these lessons, on average travelling to the dorms twice a day for most of the week. The good news is that 4 of the dorm students (1 boy and 3 girls) are studying for baptism and 2 more non-dormers also, so we may God Willing see our little ecclesia growing in the next few months.
One other change to the dormitories has been the employment of Sister Kimsrean as an assistant dorm manager. Sister Kimsrean is an older sister, baptized last year as some may recall from the blogs, and will be a valuable addition to the management of the dorms, supporting brother Him and sister Theavy in their work. Managing 40 odd high school and university students is not a walk in the park!
Another major change that is taking place here in Cambodia is the big move of L-CDI. Due to financial reasons, the school has had to move further out of Phnom Penh (where land rent is cheaper) and the past few weeks has seen the body of students deconstruct the building and move bit by bit to what we have nicknamed “The Jungle”. Although it is further away than the old site, we are determined to continue teaching out there, with plans to build a little “cottage” designed for short overnight stays and room for teaching bible classes a little distance from the main school itself. This way, fieldworkers may be able to spend time both teaching English to the general student population as well as teaching bible classes in the evenings to those interested. A lot of our work here at BEC has been to teach the L-CDI “bikers”- a group of students who would cycle twice a week to BEC from the school. We do not mean to abandon these keen students and many others who might arise from the number of students coming through the school at different stages. The fields here are definitely “ripe for the harvest”. Hopefully though, the change in location will allow the school to survive in the long-term and even become semi-sustainable by means of growing some fresh produce from the land. For more information on L-CDI, visit
http://lcdi-cambodia.blogspot.com/
Two weeks ago, Shane Devries, Dan Ryan and Abby Van Heerden arrived ready and bursting for work, so the boys may be spending some time out at the LCDI site helping to re-construct the school and living off all the bananas and jackfruit that grow plentifully there! I’m sure we can bully them into posting a blog on their experiences after the fact!
Well, that is all from me. Sorry about the lack of up-to-date blogs of late – we will try harder in the future.
Please pray for our efforts in spreading the Truth here in Cambodia.
God bless,
Miriam
The lot fell to me to write this next blog. I admit, I was meant to get it done last week… but not being a natural writer, inspiration is hard to come by! I was even so slow at getting this up, that I've been pipped at the post by another, more prompt fieldworker, very quick on their reporting of Day's baptism. I'm glad there are others more on the ball than myself :).
What has happened since our last update? Well, there are always things going on at the BEC… the daily ebb and flow of students coming in and going out is what our lives revolve around. In general, our student population remains pretty stable. We have our “regular”attendees who rarely miss a class, and those who turn up when they are not too busy. The schedule changes weekly – we lose some students and gain some students.
At the moment, many of our classes have moved to the dormitories and it looks as if we may get more regular attendance from them by making this change. As a general rule, the dorm students are keen, but very busy individuals, often trying to fit university study and work into their days, so not having to make an extra trip to the BEC may make our classes with them more regular. Most of them study with us either early in the morning, or around dinner time. David and Anna take the bulk of these lessons, on average travelling to the dorms twice a day for most of the week. The good news is that 4 of the dorm students (1 boy and 3 girls) are studying for baptism and 2 more non-dormers also, so we may God Willing see our little ecclesia growing in the next few months.
One other change to the dormitories has been the employment of Sister Kimsrean as an assistant dorm manager. Sister Kimsrean is an older sister, baptized last year as some may recall from the blogs, and will be a valuable addition to the management of the dorms, supporting brother Him and sister Theavy in their work. Managing 40 odd high school and university students is not a walk in the park!
Another major change that is taking place here in Cambodia is the big move of L-CDI. Due to financial reasons, the school has had to move further out of Phnom Penh (where land rent is cheaper) and the past few weeks has seen the body of students deconstruct the building and move bit by bit to what we have nicknamed “The Jungle”. Although it is further away than the old site, we are determined to continue teaching out there, with plans to build a little “cottage” designed for short overnight stays and room for teaching bible classes a little distance from the main school itself. This way, fieldworkers may be able to spend time both teaching English to the general student population as well as teaching bible classes in the evenings to those interested. A lot of our work here at BEC has been to teach the L-CDI “bikers”- a group of students who would cycle twice a week to BEC from the school. We do not mean to abandon these keen students and many others who might arise from the number of students coming through the school at different stages. The fields here are definitely “ripe for the harvest”. Hopefully though, the change in location will allow the school to survive in the long-term and even become semi-sustainable by means of growing some fresh produce from the land. For more information on L-CDI, visit
http://lcdi-cambodia.blogspot.com/
Two weeks ago, Shane Devries, Dan Ryan and Abby Van Heerden arrived ready and bursting for work, so the boys may be spending some time out at the LCDI site helping to re-construct the school and living off all the bananas and jackfruit that grow plentifully there! I’m sure we can bully them into posting a blog on their experiences after the fact!
Well, that is all from me. Sorry about the lack of up-to-date blogs of late – we will try harder in the future.
Please pray for our efforts in spreading the Truth here in Cambodia.
God bless,
Miriam
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