http://vondatothailand.org Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 29 May 2009 05:13:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently received a letter from one of my supporting churches stating that they had received a letter from me saying that I was going to be married in the near future and that the church wanted more information.  This came as quite a shock as I have no knowledge ... http://vondatothailand.org/?p=161 During the summer break (March - May) we went to two different villages for a 1-day Vacation Bible School.  The first day we went to the village of some of our church members.  Pu Yay Dee is one of our older church members and is the headman of his village.  ... http://vondatothailand.org/?p=143 For our family camp this year, we went to a scout camp about 3 hours from Surin.  The camp was really nice and there was a water park right across the road where we were able to go play in the free hours.  Everyone seemed to have a really good ... http://vondatothailand.org/?p=125 This year for Resurrection Sunday, we had several special activities.  On Saturday night, we had a special meal and then most of the church members slept at the church overnight.  On Sunday morning, we all went to a local park for a sunrise service.  We sang several songs, and had ... http://vondatothailand.org/?p=111 Living with two cats is never boring!  Here is a little glimpse into the lives of Rajah & Jasmine.  Like I've said before, Rajah is my head of homeland security (maybe self-appointed!) http://vondatothailand.org/?p=93 For the last several months, we have been going to different church members' homes for Wednesday night prayer meetings.  We have a meal together and then spend time in prayer.  It has been a blessing to get to know our church members better through these meetings. The last three pictures ... http://vondatothailand.org/?p=80 I came home after being gone for several days and was cleaning my house.  As I was sweeping my floor, I found some blood, but didn't think too much about it.  I figured that my cat had killed a bug.  I cleaned it up and continued sweeping.  As I got ... http://vondatothailand.org/?p=77 Oh, the joys of learning a new language and culture!! Recently, my Internet was down, so I had to go to the telephone company to request a repairman to come to my home to fix the problem. I was trying to communicate in Thai as much as possible. (One lady spoke ... http://vondatothailand.org/?p=49 We had a Christmas party at church for all our church family.  We had a wonderful time - the young people put on a play of the Christmas story and presented several special numbers.  I have a neighbor from Sweden named Leo, who also came to the Christmas party and ... http://vondatothailand.org/?p=48 In October, we took several of our young people to camp for a week.  We had a wonderful time of fellowship with other Christians from around Thailand.  Our teens took part in games, music competitions, Bible memory, and preaching sessions.  The teens made many good decisions for Christ and one ... http://vondatothailand.org/?p=43