ANOTHER WEEK

Another week has come and gone, and we are blessed to be entering another Sabbath. It is blissfully peaceful as the night bugs sing, crickets chirp, and the children talk together as they color. This has been a great, yet sad week for us.We are enjoying being with the villagers again so much! It is fun to get to know new people the hard way…with a huge language barrier in between us. But, it is more rewarding when you finally are able to get your point across! We get a lot of communicating done without one word spoken. To see the children’s faces light up when they see us is worth all the bugs, heat and lack of conveniences combined.So why was our week sad too? Well, I suppose it is a bit selfish to be sad, but Travis left for his first visit home in 3 ½ years. He will be gone for two terribly long months. I bet you think that he will be resting up and eating a lot, right? Well…not exactly. I am sure he will eat a great plenty, which will be good for him, but resting? No way! He went back for the sole purpose of helping Andrew to build a couple of houses. So, I get the feeling that he will come back here to rest. I have no clue as to how we will survive without him since we all depend on him so much. The girls already pray daily that he will come back safely.Jason has been trying valiantly to take up the slack that Travis left. That means that we rarely get to see him! He has been driving here and there doing this and that and the other thing. He brought Numpoong home for her school vacation today, but had to leave again a few minutes later to get his motor bike in to the repair shop to be fixed before sundown. (The bike is old, and the engine is just plain shot) Next week he must do a visa run and attend the graduation for Travis’ school so that all the teachers can get paid on time. The week after that, we might get to see him again! I am so grateful for my boys.I took over our little home school since Jason was not available to be teacher right now. I really don’t like teaching, so I did not think that I would ever want to do it again, but I am finding that it can be quite fun. The girls are both doing really well, and learning so much. We got them an English curriculum, hoping that they could do it, and we have found that they can. They have learned a lot of English in the last few years. This week their favorite thing was learning manners. (The American way) I can see how much they comprehend by how polite they have suddenly become during the day.Last week we hunted and hunted until we found our dream location for our new school. Now, we have to sit back and pray while the officials decide if we can get it. Sometimes it is hard for me to be patient; I never was good at waiting. But, I am sure that even this wait is getting me more ready for heaven. Roy has been improving his time by getting the necessary documents ready for the Thai government. It is a lot of work, but it is good to be able to really think things through and prepare for the day when this school will be a reality.It seems like I always say this…but please keep praying for this project. Our lives, and this project depend entirely upon God, so the more prayers ascending in our behalf the better!