We arrived safely in Chiang Mai on Saturday morning around 11 am. Our flight to Bangkok was not as grueling as
usual for some reason. We were both able
to sleep some and that helped. We
over-nighted in Bangkok and then flew on to Chiang Mai Saturday morning. Our trip started a little shaky as I had my
back act up as I put on my socks on Friday morning before we left home. It was the first real trouble I have had with
it for about a month. We recognized that
as opposition and prayed about it. It
did not get worse and by the time we
were in Minneapolis it was fine, praise The Lord! I have had a few times of nagging pain but
nothing really troublesome at all.
Please pray with us that my back does not give me any more issues on our trip.
It is so good to be here in Chiang Mai with our dear
friends the Callahans. They are such
dear sweet servants of the Lord and it is a pleasure to work with
them. They are a huge help in our
understanding of the Lahu culture and ways.
We begin the training tomorrow at 1 pm, giving some of the men a chance
to arrive from remote villages. We are
excited about the possibilities that our training will bring to this group and
to Lahu people all over SE Asia.
Our accommodations are very good especially since they
have air conditioning, which we need because they actually have summer
here. Unlike the Midwest with its cool
Spring, the temps here are in the low nineties with humidity to boot. We slept well last night from 8:30 pm (we could
not stay awake any longer) to 2:30 am.
Such it is with Jet lag. Our goal
is to sleep from 9:30 pm to 4 am tonight.
One of the many things we enjoy about being here is the
food. It is wonderful and really
cheap. Lunch was about a dollar apiece
and tonight we ate at a roadside stand for about 75 cents. We had Pad Thai, and it was delicious. I told Edie that when I
take her out for Thai food I really take her out, all the way to Chiang Mai.
Al
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