Thailand

Pictures coming soon!

We arrived last Sunday morning. Maria met her friend at the airport and stayed with her for two days. We checked into our hotel and tried to get some sleep. Jet lag is crazy!

Check out Chiang Mai, Thailand on the web some time. It’s a great place to be as a tourist or for work. There’s lots to see and do…besides renting a motorbike for about $30 a day and riding beyond the north side of town in the mountains! Especially, if you first stop at Dunk'in-Donuts on the way up the mountain!

Our family LOVES Thai food. In 2005 when we were in Kittanning, PA…a small rural community about an hour north east of Pittsburgh, at their county fair there was a Thai food stall! It was GREAT! Asia has come to us in the US.

Oh, about our trip over here: I think the Lord was telling me, “It’s not about us:”

• In the monsoon rains we traveled to Mumbai over a 4 hour trip and the bus we were in with 8 others leaked…we got wet on the inside!

• In Mumbai, it took us the longest we’ve ever had to go from check-in to get to the departure gate.

• The transfer from our arrival to another flight was less than smooth

• While leaving Pune, the electricity went out in our apartment complex so Maria and Joseph helped take our luggage down 5 stories to the waiting bus.

I’m reminded that the reason why we are on the flipside has nothing to do with personal gain or pleasure. Sure, we have jobs to do and goals to reach but it ultimately is about the Lord and His agenda – Knowing Him and making Him known.

I humbly bow in his presence.

PS
The rash is almost gone!