Rich and Ronda Dolan

 We were blessed to be able to go to Thailand for their church camp.  It is for Thai Christians of any age. There were over 500 attending this year. The camp is held in Chaam, Thailand.  It is a fantastic time to enjoy God's beautiful creation, see friends, have some terrific singing, and hear God's Word taught.  It is truly an uplifting time.  We know a lot of time goes into the preparation of camp.  The Soi Somprasong 4 congregation in Bangkok organized the camp each year.  They put in a lot of planning and go down a week early to get everything in place.   This is a picture of Prasit and Praguy, with their sons and daughter-in-laws.  Prasit is one of the elders at Soi 4.  This entire family is very active in the congregation there, and are just a wonderful family.  When the Thais get together, they can really sing!  One of the things I miss most about not being in Thailand is the singing.  I know that God is pleased! The theme of the camp this year was L

 OK.  Ignore the dorky picture.  I was trying to show you the size of our mangoes.  I did have one mango the other day that weighed almost a kilo (2.2 lbs).  Forgot to take a picture before cutting it up. April is the hottest month of the year.  But, to make up for it (at least some of it), it is MANGO SEASON!  We have terrific mangoes! Of course, more important is the work that is going on here.  Dale Lundy finished teaching Isaiah, Rich finished Acts and I finished the Romans class a week ago.  Then last week,, Rich taught Christian Ethics all day long. Now, it is Khmer New Year time.  It is technically April 14-16, but it is a big holiday here and most people will take at least a week off.  It is a holiday where the city empties out because most everyone goes back to their villages.  For celebrating Khmer (pronounced k-my) New Year, our students decided to have a party on Friday night starting at 5pm. At 12:30 noon on Friday, after Rich got home from giving their fina