Cambodia Visitors

This past week Dave and Maryanne came from Thailand to Cambodia for an International Pastors Conference. This was held in PP and so I had the opportunity to spend some time with them. They took me out to eat (what a nice treat) and we talked and talked. I went with the group as they did some touring of the city to spend more time with them. They left on Friday so I went to the airport to see them off and we had ice cream. I thank God to be able to spend time with these good friends-what a blessing.

Khmer New Year

Khmer New Year is the 15th of this month. Many Cambodians travel to the province where they have relatives to spend the week there. I have the week off from my university class as well as from tutoring. I am not sure what I will be doing - Rachael and I may just hang out at the house most of the time. Some of my Khmer friends are not going to the province so I hope to be able to spend some time with them. On the 15th I will avoid going to Wat Phnom because I hear that they through powder and water - we would call this paste! Does not sound too fun to me. I guess for those in the city it is a big thing to watch tv because they show traditional celebrations of Khmer New Year on the tv.

Language Eval 2

I had my second language evaluation today. I had to hold two converstions in Khmer lasting around 5 minutes each. I had to tell a 5 minute story and recite 2 verses of scripture. I also had to read a selected paragraph as well as do dictation of that paragraph. I wrote two papers in Khmer and turned them in at the eval too.
I have received good feedback from this evaluation. I am continuing to improve in the language especially in my speaking ability, but they said I was doing well in every thing. There are some grammar issues that I need to work on, but I think that they will be worked on at the university class because that is the main focus of the 3rd level which I just began.
Thank you for your continued prayers that I would be come fluent in the Khmer language.