Rich and Ronda Dolan

 I thought you might enjoy the sign outside of a new place to eat.  And, no, Rich and I haven't eaten there.  When you come, we can take you to try it out. I forgot in the last blog to tell you how our trip started off.  A mess of mistakes and miscommunication.   First, our ride to the airport was to pick us up at 2:15p.m.  Rich had to go to the school and give a quiz first, (started at 1:30pm), so he knew he was going to be in a hurry.  He got home at 2pm...and our ride pulled up 15 minutes early.  So, Rich's suitcase was downstairs so he gathered up a couple things and we were off.   We get to the airport, Piset (our ride) let us off and he was gone.  Rich felt his pocket...no passport.  We tried to call Piset back quickly but someone else had his phone.  We ended up calling my sister, Julie, and asked her to run to our house, get the passport and then bring it to us at the airport.  She was leaving for the US the next day, so had tons to do, but she quickly got the pa

Rich and I were invited to teach at a family retreat in Thailand organized by the Watcharaporn church in Bangkok. This pictures is some of the people that attended.  We didn't take the picture until the last day and some people had already left.  But there was probably 30-40 couples.   The place we went to was Kanchanaburi, Thailand.  It is the location of the Bridge over the River Kwai, that was famous during WWII, and the story that the movie by the same name was based on. I thought you might enjoy some of the town's light pole decorations.  Besides these 2 different versions of fish, I also noticed that one some of the small poles, there was just one fish.  This is the view from the dining area off the river. Rich taught 4 times to all the adults. He taught on:   - the importance of strong marriages   - 6 things that strong families have in common   - 5 main things that children need from their parents   - having a balance between family time and chu

Rich and I were able to attend the Asia Mission Forum last week in Bangkok, Thailand.  The Asia Mission Forum is a few days each year that missionaries, as well as some locals, get together for encouragement, prayer, study God's Word, singing, fellowship.  We are grateful to those of you who give us the funds to be able to attend. This year, Larry Henderson and Kelly Davidson were the keynote speakers.  Both of these men I have know for years as they grew up in Thailand and then returned to Thailand as missionaries with their families.  I was thrilled to be able to visit with them and catch up a bit. This year, much of the time was concentrated on prayer; particularly, prayer for the cities.  It is always nice to see old friends and make new friends and worship our God together. This Friday, Rich and I will go back to Thailand for the weekend.  The Watcharaporn congregation puts on a Family Retreat that we will be teaching at.  Rich will teach 4 lessons and then I have 2 la