Broken Arrow Church of Christ

Hi Friends:

I wanted to catch you up on our new school year and other things happening here.

First, we returned 10 students and added 7 new students.  Here is a little info on our current student body:

 1. Chheav - great student with a good h eart, graduates in Dec.
 2. Sovann - good student, been here one year.
 3. Try ("Tree") - good student, graduates in June of 2010.
 4. Pisey (Pe-say) - girl student, been here one year
 5. Neoun - great student, former Budhist monk, about 30 years old, been here one year
 6. Sokna - girl student, Try's sister, started in April
 7. Nika - girl student, started in January, just married Chanty, a recent graduate
 8. SereyVuth or Vuth - great student, been here almost a year. 
     We started a church in his home village.  It is really doing well.
 9. Soklee or Lee - good student, most improved
10. Sokgoon - new student, former keyboardist in a denominational church
11. Penh - started in April, seems to be doing okay
12. Peap - new student, not a Christian yet
13. Dawlahn - new girl student
14. SereyWaht or Waht - new student, Vuth's brother, not a Christian yet
15. Phen Soan or Soan - just started last week, not a Christian yet
16. Pahla - new student
17. Waynat (second "a" is long) - new student
18. Sopak – started in October

** We also have 3 part time students – they usually can come only in the mornings. 

Next, after several months of trying circumstances, including 3 months without working electricity on the second floor, we moved out of our former school location to another place.  The new location is bigger, better and, of course, costs more.  But, with the added number of students, it was the right thing to do. We moved on August 29th.

As for the classes:
1. Tawn taught Historical Christian Evidences from the books that were translated into Khmer.  It has been much easier for the students to have a study guide in their own language.
2. Dennis taught “The Teachings of Jesus” from Matthew. (The students had to memorize the entire Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7.) 
3. Greg Fleming (from Midland, Tx) taught Philippians for two weeks and 1st, 2nd & 3rd John for two weeks.
4. In the mornings, Dale Lundy taught “The Life of Christ” from Mark. 

It is really nice to have mature Christian men to teach and have an influence on our students.  You may have noticed also, that I've not been teaching so far this fall.  I needed to be ready in case some of the teachers could not come, but mainly I have been preparing for upcoming classes and studying Khmer.  I hope to teach John in the Khmer language in February!

Last week, we had another Evangelism Week.  The students and Tawn went to one village on Monday, to Sothea’s village on Tuesday, to Vuth’s village on Wednesday and to another village on Thursday.  Plans for Friday fell through, so they enjoyed the time off.

Now, Dale will be teaching “The Cross of Christ” in the morning and afternoons for nine days.  

Of our graduates, Sothea is still working with the church in the new location.  Khim is working with Partners in Progress’ (PIP) Nutrition Program and helping lead at the church that meets at the PIP  House.  Vesna is continuing his vocational training and is helping lead at the church at the PIP House.  Chanty is doing vocational training.  Sophea is preaching for the church at TNT.
 
Rich