Rich and Ronda Dolan

The Khmer (Cambodian) and Thai New Year is at the same time, April 14-16.  The church in Thailand has used this time for years for their nation wide church camp.  We have been privileged to attend several times. This was the first camp since covid and what a family homecoming it was!!!  It was so fun to be a part and to watch brothers and sisters from all over the country see each other for the first time in 3-4 years.  Rich taught 2 lessons.  One the first night and the other the last morning.  Bhee, one of the ministers at the Somprasong 4 congregation in Bangkok translated for him. They had 730-750 people in attendance.  The camp went from the morning of April 11th to the evening of the 14th.   The singing was incredible!  I tried to record some but it doesn't touch the volume and the beauty of the singing.  Just a taste of what the singing in heaven will be like. It is such a blessing to be close enough that we are able to "hop"...

March brought International Ladies Day.  Every year, the BEST Center hosts a seminar on that day.  We had a great crowd from all over Cambodia.  The theme was Maturing in Christ. March 11th, Rich and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary!!  We took a couple days and went to the coast.  We had a really nice weekend.  (It is the beach, after all!) This first picture is during one of the Thursday night meetings.  We had a split class.  (Obviously, this is just part of the circle of ladies.) Gimson, one of our students at CBI, taught the ladies class.  I was so proud of her!  She did a great job!  Typically, she is pretty quiet, so this was really a stretch for her.     Due to Covid, we hadn't been able to make any trips with our students for several years.  We have a big group of students who will graduate from CBI this year.   Friday, March 31st, we took the students and staff to the coast.  Unfo...