Harley's in Thailand

Sorry we haven't written for awhile.  Our days start early, end late and are very full.  I will try to catch you up with what we have been doing in Thailand.  Tim brought an ultra violet light water filtration unit to install at the GROW home. So Tim worked on that also fixing the kitchen faucet since the water was down to dribbles.  That made Beam very happy.  We did have to get a new faucet for them though.

We decided to take the GROW kids to the zoo and aquarium.  None if them had ever been to the aquarium and two had never been to the zoo.  I tell you, it was more fun watching the kids watch the animals than it was for us to watch the animals.  Their faces were priceless specially in the underwater tunnel where the fish and sting rays swam over us. When we came to the place where you could reach into the water and touch the sharks and sting rays, the GROW kids weren't too sure about that.  But after some encouragement from our kids, they were able to do it. Again, priceless expressions on their faces.

Faa and I were able to do some shopping for GROW, so we will have many new things when we return.I have some really neat bamboo placemets and silk pillow covers and so much more. At one market as we were leaving, Faa saw tyhe mother of one of the girls at GROW.  She was selling scarves.  Faa had been trying to reach her but unable, so it was good we ran into her.  Faa explained to me that she had to pay her cousin 40Baht every day for a car she was using.  Some days she didn't make that selling her things.  So of course, I bought some things from her, 100Baht worth.  She was so happy. Sorry the picture is on Faa's camera. It was great to be able to help her out too.  And who would have imagined God using my ability and desire to shop as a ministry.  So cool!

Tutu wanted to spend the day yesterday introducing us to some of the exotic animals here.  SO we took some time yesterday to do that.  First we went to see the elephants.  That was amazing.  We watched them play soccer, basketball, paint and more.  We also took a ride. Val and I were on one elephant.  Val said she was ok with it until the trainer got off leaving us on it along. But we all returned safely.  Next we went to the tiger camp.  My favorite animal in the world!  I couldn't believe that I was actually petting a real tiger.  We were able to see the baby tigers 2-4 months old and a very large tiger.  Zac was too young to come into the big tiger pen, so he had to stay out.  Cool picture I took of Zac, it looks like he is the one in the cage and the tiger not. Tutu really wanted us to see the snake show.  We had tried to get out of that one, but we are glad we went. Other than getting real close with those things and being a little freaked out when the trainer swung the snake our way, it was a lot of fun!

 On Tuesday, we met two men Faa is considering for the GROW board in Thailand.  We had a great meeting with them with good questions on both sides.  There are some amazing people here doing amazing things! Last night, Faa took us to some property she is considering for GROW.  We walked the property as we listened to her dream and vision for GROW.  We prayed over the land too.

Today, we head out to get a few things for our kids at Grace Place: Thailand, then we head up to see them for a few days. We will also visit more possible property for GROW as well as Faa's village. Can't wait to see the kids though.  We hear they are excited to see us too!

Well I am sure I missed something, but you can always ask us about it when we get back! Love everybody!