Last 3 days in Chiang Rai

We are finally getting the chance to update our blog on the last few days in Chiang Rai! We moved to the girls house where Amy, Sunni and May live, and Amy graciously gave up her bedroom for us to stay in. However there was no Internet connection so that is our excuse for not blogging in a few days. On Wednesday morning after the kids spent the night we made them an American breakfast of eggs, bacon and pancakes and then taught the kids some english and played cards. Soon after we loaded everyone up into Ryan's 4-door(yes that is 8 people in 5 seats) and experienced our first kow soy gai(yellow curry with noodles).

Thursday- went to Doi Tung which was the Princess Mother's house and garden. The garden was beautiful and spent time with Da and Ori our new friends from Baan Athitaan Church.

Friday - We had the opportunity to go to Jindas village which was such a wonderful experience . We walked around and saw the church and Jinda's father's and sister's homes. After, we picked up the kids at school for the last time. Arlang prepared dinner and we had laab with pork. The pork included the meat as well as some intestine. Experiences! As we headed to town for the last time, we piled 3 of us onto the motorbike and our tire blew out.

Our skilled driver, Ryan, was able to keep us from falling but little did we know that he had shot up a quick prayer thinking we were about to experience a bad crash. Thank you God!

Arlang came and saved the day, and we headed to town.

In the morning, we hung out with everyone for the last time. We whipped out the silly string and ran around with the kids covering each other in the string and interesting fragrance. It was hard to say goodbye, but our new family gathered in a circle and we were blessed with prayer. Although we knew we had many more adventures to come, we didn't want to leave Chiang Rai and some of the most wonderful people we have ever known.

Now, we are in Chiang Mai waiting to start our work with VCDF. Talk soon!