Life in Battambong

Some of those that greeted us our first night in BattamBong. The District President is in white shirt top left corner.
Sister Un (oo-n) a missionary that lives in our home is at far right.
The Sister Yeates, Elder Yeates, Sister Loy & Sister Un with the Ooup Family.
The Parents are Members and three of the Children. Four Adults are being taught.
Ro-daa Oo-up - who took the previous picture and is a member - age 16.
She cries at some of our visits to the her family during the lesson because she is happy her older brothers are being taught
and when she feels the spirit one can tell she has a tender heart because she cries.
Oo-up Sambaatt in blue we are assessing the situation. The dirt road is muddy and the car slide off the road and hit a tree. It is high centered and would have tipped over and gone into the pond with Sister Yeates and I as well as the Sisters were in the car with us. When the car hit the Tree it made a very loud noise and everyone in the village (phum) came running to see what it was. That was the most excitement they have had all this week. Brother Ooup got in the the pond up to his chest by the front drivers side of the car. One man got by the back door and three by the tree and they all lifted the car back on the road. I was looking at them after and everyone had a build like you can't believe. Make a guy want to go on a steady diet of rice. They all said to us that "Preahvoobadaa (Heavenly Father) planted that tree right they just for Lok tee for these many years so his car would not go into pond."
A few of many children from the phum trying to get a good look of the men in the village lifting Lok day's car out of the pond.
Branch 2 Young womens at Church on Sunday
Out in front of the Ooup home. The little boy in front is Leo. He calls Elder Yeates Lok Tee and is always showing him praying hands and then wants to shake hands. Next to him from left to right is Sambaatt (investigator father to Leo), his wife Root (Ro-ute) (also daughter - member and mother to Leo), Rit (son - investigator 19), Ram 12 (member) who just love Lok Tee and Lok yayi, behind him is Ooup the dad (member), Rodaa (daughter - member), Sister Un and then Kim the Mom (member); Ruin is holding his daughter Narie; next is his wife Khuen (both investigators), Sister Yeates and Sister Loy.
Chin Pary. Pary tutors Elder Yeates and cleans our home and goes to market with Sister Yeates to help her shop. She and her four sisters and at every church meeting for both branches. Pary is multi talented. She speaks English and play the piano and is the fore most piano teacher in the District having many students in both branches. A couple of her best students have lesson that are paid for by a member in the Sien Reap Branch.
The Baptismal font at the Church
Church is starting to let out and some of the members are going home. The complex here is the church building that we rent.