Thailand!!

Hello all!

For starters, ignore that date thing at the top, the time really is 6pm, Wednesday. 16 hours ahead of you guys. It will be fun when we try to call.

We are safely here, after having discovered that the Pacific is really big. I know that sounds obvious, but you gain a different perspective after seeing nothing but ocean for 12 hours.

This was bizarre: our plane left LA at 2 am Monday morning, was in the air for 12 hours, and arrived at DAWN in Taiwan. Dawn on Tuesday. How's that for science confusing things?

Well, Thailand is beautiful. The weather isn't too bad, not very hot but sticky. The country reminds us of Belize or Tropical Mexico; lots of poverty right next to wealth. The main difference between those places and here is the visible presence of Buddhism everywhere. There are temples on every corner it seems and little spirit houses (shrines) on nearly every property.

ZOE is taking very good care of us, we have just confirmed that we will be staying in a detached room at the Boy's Home (which is a 10 minute drive from the Girl's home) and we will be buying a motorcycle for our transportation, then selling it or leaving it for ZOE when we go home.

I'm trying to post pictures, but it isn't working at the moment, so maybe we'll get a few up on the next try.

Tomorrow we will be joining a short term team from a San Fernando Valley church as they go minister to a Hill tribe. We hope to send another update soon!! Much love to all!