Wednesday Update

The pictures I just posted are from Steve.
1. Ronnie and Mean (the little girl he talks about in his blog).
2. Jason and Michael on a moped - headed to the village.
3. The team at the end of the day on Wednesday.

Several people have been asking how many people are involved in the conferences. Greg said there are 50 at the pastors/leaders conference (15 of these pull out every morning to go to Steve's Water Purification class and then come back to the church conference after lunch) and he thinks there are 12 in the Hair Design School - which he said was a perfect number for them, because of space.
Everything is still going great. No one has been sick!
He said he has been very impressed with some of the things he's been learning about Sokhom and the orphanage. They are now raising chickens - so he said chickens are running around everywhere. He'll have a lot more to share with you when they return.
Ratany's mom and dad came with the team to Lveasar on Wednesday - which she was very excited about.
I'll end with a story he told me about when they arrived back at the village on Tuesday (their second day). Jason and Jennifer had just given verbal instructions on Monday - and their students had been very attentive and excited about what they were learning in the hair design school. Well, after the team let on Monday afternoon - some of the students got one of the boy orphans and decided to practice what they had verbally learned (they hadn't practiced on the manequins yet)on him. They gave him a haircut! When Jason and Jennifer arrived on Tuesday - it was very obvious what had happened...Greg said it was very bad, like butchered. I think Jason's words were his hair was "really jacked up"! Who knows, the little guy might start a new trend! :)
Keep praying for them - as I write this blog they are traveling back to Lveasar for their last day in the village.
It will be sad getting on the mopeds and watching everyone, especially the children, wave bye. After seeing the picture,I'm sure Ronnie will be leaving a piece of his heart there.
Kathy