Rich and Ronda Dolan

We were blessed to be able to attend the church camp in Thailand at Chaam.   I went early as I had a doctor's appointment in Bangkok.  My sweet friend, Ting, was in the hospital, so I was able to go visit her and her husband, Bhiti.  Tdon, another Christian man from upcountry was also going to visit her so I hopped a ride with him. Ting is one of the sweetest, gentlest, beautiful Christian young women you could ever meet.  She was my translator when I was teaching the women's classes at camp.  Her father-in-law was one of the elders in the Soi Somprasong congregation before moving to Chiang Mai.   Please keep her in your prayers as she has been unable to eat or drink anything since the beginning of April.  She has an emergency surgery last Saturday but is still recovering from that surgery and they haven't tried any liquid or food yet.    Camp Chaam started on April 11th and ran until the morning of the 15th.   The theme w...

First I want to introduce you to our new student.  His name is Vatana and he is from Battambang province and the village where are graduates Sokun and Soklee are working. Sokun called Rich and said he had a boy who just wants to be a preacher.  He is only 16 years old. So now we have two students with the name Vatana and also one named Ratana.  Not confusing at all! He is really sweet.  He is struggling a bit like they all do because studying at CBI is much harder than their schools.  But he is hanging in there! Some of our newer students have begun giving the chapel talks.   This is Piset. Sokmony.  He goes by Mony. This is Rotha.   (Obviously, Rich and I sit on the side, so the pictures aren't great.  But I didn't want to embarrass them by getting up and taking a picture head on.) This is Ratana. He has really taken Vatana II under his wing since Vatana has been at the school.  It is appreciated. And this is Seyha. ...