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| Thailand Greetings |
Hey Everybody. Wow, we had a great time with the kids this week. We headed up to Grace Place: Thailand on Thursday. We spent the afternoon and evening playing with the kids and having a great time. They greeted us as we pulled up. They were all in a line waving American flags. They are so cute.
Lots of hugs awaited us and we were happy to give those out to each child over and over again. One of the first things we did after arriving was go over to Tutu's parents' house to see the pig that they just slaughtered for our dinner. As we watched them weigh each piece, Val commented that it wasn't as bad as she thought it was going to be. Yes, we are so far removed from this type of lifestyle where we need to kill our own food. But it is still a reality here. Don't worry, I didn't include any pictures of that.
On Friday, Faa joined us to take us to her village. This trip was such a joy as we had the opportunity to get to know her more by seeing where she grew up and how she lived and what she overcame. Here sister -in-law prepared us an Akha lunch. We had to laugh though because there were several dishes that she didn't know the English word for, so she just called it a green vegetable. There were several of those! You know, same same but different. Same green color, different plant. She then took us around her village, to her church, to where her parents are buried, to the land she bought to eventually build a place where she can come and bring the children to see their parents. We also saw the Christian orphanage where she went to live after her mother died. Then we took a hike up into the "Unseen Thailand" to a beautiful waterfall. It was a very hot hike, but the mist off of the waterfall was delightful.
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| Worshipping God with all you got |
On that night was spent in worship with our kids at Grace Place. Nathan played guitar for the kids. Then after worship, Zac had all the boys get up with him and imitate some crazy funny dance moves to some really fun music. They girls laughed and laughed, and the boys had so much fun. Then it was Val and the girls' turn. She had some other fun dance moves that the girls followed. Ok, they will never forget us now. We shared a few words with the kids, brought greetings from all of their sponsors, then headed for bed.
The next morning, we headed out to be the kids as early as we could. They were already waiting for us. We played for awhile, teaching them some new games we brought. Then we gave everyone small gifts. They were so excited. Then we filled some water balloons and the kids had their first ever water balloon fight. We also took turns dumping buckets of water on them which was just as fun. They loved it!
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Praying for you as you continuing blessing our children and their caregivers. May they overflow with blessing in the Lord from your visit.
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