EMM Friends and Our Pastor's Graduation

One of the highlights of this past week was spending time with Dave Harnish and Jimm Derksen, EMM staff workers from Salunga, PA who were visiting parts of Asia. It was good to see these two again and we were greatly encouraged by our times of fellowship and an encouraging time of prayer before they took off this past Thursday.

Though we don't have any pictures of Dave, here's a picture of Jimm in our house, sipping a fresh "duk doan" (coconut water).












Another highlight from this week for me was going to Phnom Penh Bible school for it's 14th annual graduation ceremony. Here is the school's auditorium.








The speaker for the event reminded the graduating class and all those attending the ceremony that though there are many kinds of leaders in our world, Christian leaders must seek, above all else, to be faithful Christ-like leaders.
The reason I went to the graduation was to support Pastor Dady. Dady, pictured here with his wife, son and daughter, is the pastor of Phnom Penh Mennonite church. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Christian Ministry. Join us in praying for Pastor Dady and his family. He is a dedicated, passionate young man juggling responsibilities of family, university studies (he's continuing to study English), and part-time work with the church.




-Ryan