WEEK FIVE

This has been a busy week. We continue to have good reading sessions with our students. Some have dropped out; some have just started. This really makes the parable of the sower real. Many are asking good questions about the Bible, Jesus and His teachings. Pern continues to meet with the Christians here.

Tuesday we had a Valentine party. Gary and Joanne gave some advice on how to remain married for 50 years. Eveyone enjoyed making valentines and eating those little candy hearts with English words on them. We brought those with us.

We were invited to go with Patynia and other Christians to Chiang Mai for the weekend. We flew up Friday morning and came back Sunday evening. Chiang Mai is in the Mountains. Thai's are proud of their mountains. They are very beautiful. The tallest is about 3,000 ft! It was a little cooler there. We met with the Christians for worship. There were 54 present. They fixed dinner for us. We ate pork on a stick (one of our favorites), chitlins, lots of veggies and rice. Desert was chunks of cooked pumpkin and sticky rice.

We are starting our last week in Bangkok. Our readers want to spend time with us, members here want to spend time with us, and we need to catch up on some final reports and plan our Farwell party. We are staying busy!