The Interview

In a recent interview, Joelle shared with a "local" news reporter a sample of some newly learned words spoken in Khmer, the language of Cambodia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU2VfU9F3GI

I can't wait!

We are about 11 days away from going to Cambodia! I am so excited about going! It will be so much fun! I am the only one in the family that knows 28 Khmer words. I pretty much know a lot of the greetings and such. I am going to tell you some Khmer words, chumrepso is hello, chumreaplea is good-bye, thank you is aukun, soam is please, and soppsabai is how are you?

Cambodian Church in Wichita

Saturday June 6, 2009, my family and me and my cousins went to a Cambodian Baptist Church and all of us got to go and hear them speak in Khmer the whole time. They also cooked us Cambodian food and we all ate what we liked. There was a curry dish that was very delicious, it was a little bit red with some meat in it.

John 3:16

Hi, this is David. Joelle said I could occasionally post something on her blog.

This is a cross written in Khmer, the official language in Cambodia. A couple months ago, we were trying to find someone who could translate John 3:16 for us. It is the Bible verse we are using which ties into our retreat theme "God is Love". My dad contacted different places and finally came across Cambodia Planeview Baptist Church right in Wichita! He got the name and phone number of one of the church leaders. He was thrilled to hear about us going to his country and told my dad that he would translate it for us.

We are going to print this verse onto t-shirts so that all the people in each of the families going there can have one. It will also help spread the Word about God when they wear it in their home town.