Rich and Ronda Dolan

In the middle of October, we were able to go to Thailand to their Winter Camp.  They had this camp at the same time as a major holiday, Pchum Bunh, in Cambodia, so we were out of school.  This year, the camp was in the north, east of Chiang Mai near the Myanmar border. The Watcharaporn congregation in Bangkok is the host of this camp every year and the congregations near the location of the camp assist.    Watcharaporn has a Bible training school like we have here.  Their staff and students (some of who are from Laos) did all the cooking and cleaning of the kitchen area and dishes.  There were 275 adults as well as children at this camp, so they worked hard and did a great job. Rich was the keynote speaker.  The theme of the camp was "Learning from the Past".  Rich taught 4 nights on the book of Ruth.  He emphasized a different person in the story of Ruth for the 1st 3 nights; Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz; and what we can learn from them to apply to our lives. Then on the 4th night,

 As every month, we had a Ladies Night hosted by the Capital Church of Christ.  We eat together, listen to one of our sisters share a short message and then we play a game.   Your donations to the Dolan Fund at the BA Church of Christ makes this possible. This is my class of ladies at the Capital Church of Christ.  I taught 2 lessons on Philippians in September. Princeton Palmer from the Sunset International Bible Institute finally (due to the Covid years) got to make it for a visit.  He oversees all the Sunset school in Southeast Asia.  We have talked to him on the computer, but this was the first time we have met.  We had a really nice couple days with Princeton and look forward to his next visit. Rich took the picture, so these are our students with myself and Khemrin on the left side and Princeton on the right. Rich finished teaching Greek to our older students.  He also finished teaching 3 of our older students the book of Revelation.   Today, he started teaching Christian Ethics

Can you believe that today is the last day of our 16th year in Cambodia!!  To give our Broken Arrow friends some perspective, we were in Broken Arrow for 17 years.  It certainly has gone by fast. We cannot even begin to express to all of you how much you have meant to us for all these years.  To know that we had your love, prayers and support constantly has been refreshing and uplifting to us.  We realize that this is your work, and we just get to do the fun part and be the people on the ground. How amazing is our Almighty God that has allowed us to be here and do this work for 16 years.   We look forward to many more years, if that is His plan. Right now, Rich is trying to get 11 of our students finished with their courses by the end of January.  Due primarily to covid, the schedule is a mess!  When covid started, some of our kids were called home by their parents out of fear.  But we had 8 or 9 that were at the school, so Rich and Khemrin continued to teach.  Then, as time went on, s

 As many of you know, we don't do things like most people.  Ha!  On our 33rd wedding anniversary, 7 years ago, I asked Rich is we could go to Ronda, Spain for our 40th anniversary.  He said that sounded good.  We sent to the kids and told them that in 7 years, we are going to Spain.  They are welcome to come, but they had to pay their own way.   So, our 7 years of saving and planning paid off big time!  We had the absolute best trip!  The only thing that would have made it better is if Jason and his family could have also been there.  Randall had to miss the first week for work as well. So, Spain!  We played on beaches and in the ocean, saw castles, towers, cathedrals, mountains, national parks, arabian baths, roman bridges, mosques, ancient city walls, bullfighting rings and caves.  We hiked, played in the pool, rode in vans, buses, trains, ferries, cable cars and on camels.  We wondered all around little roads in many little towns and cities all over southern Spain, sometimes on

After getting back from the church camp in Thailand, Rich started teaching the book of Jeremiah to our older students.  Khemrin taught Christian Evidences #1 to our newer students. This is a picture of our April birthday. They are Somnang, Lymang, Eliab, Khemrin with Nahkin, and Samai.   The women of the Capital Church of Christ had another Women's night.  I didn't get a picture of the entire group.  But they love their goofy games. May 8th and 9th, we had graduates' meetings.  We had 12 graduates come back to study, sing, eat and play together.   Rich taught on May the 8th on the topic of Eternal Life. Khemrin taught on the 9th on Preaching the Gospel. The night of May the 9th, my thooughtful husband let me fly to Alaska and spend a couple weeks with my parents.  To make it better, the last week, our daughter, Rebekah and her kids, Jack and Caroline, came up for a few days.  Just a sweet time for me.  Below are a few pictures of that trip. Rich is now teaching a course on