Another Week Draws to a Close

Well, it has not been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon. Besides the Seng Moon Aung sickness, we have had a couple of situations with students' friends and families that have kept it from being boring. today was disinfect everything day so nobody else gets MRSA.

Here at the top, let me say that Ah Moon is better today. She ate heartily and is in better spirits. Still in the hospital, of course, on the special antibiotics that they use on MRSA. Thank you all for your prayers. I will update here on the blog.

Myo Zaw and "Auntie" Tumar arrived safely and are settled in here at the farmhouse in the bedroom next to me. Since Myo Zaw knows no English, we have an extra challenge in teaching him. Tumar knows some English, and we have translators set up to help them both.

What a beautiful moon we have here in Thailand! Of course, we had conjunction on Monday with the eclipse, then we had the new moon on Wednesday. It was gorgeous. I think we miss something by living with calculated calendars. Yeah, we can schedule our lives in advance, but we lose touch somewhat with the universe and its Creator. :(

Tonight, the moon is still a crescent, and it is near Venus. Stunning sight, as it was last month. They will be in close proximity for another day or so, and then we will not see them together in the evening again until 2010. It has been beautiful I will miss them.

I have been here almost 9 weeks. We have had one day of light on-and-off rain. Every other day just perfect. Today, like yesterday, and the day before, etc, featured a crisp, cool night followed by a crystal clear and low humidity day in the 80's. I could get used to this...in fact I am. It will get miserably hot and more humid in a month or 2, after I am home :)

Some have asked for a picture of Leon, so here you are. He is the one with the beard. The man on the calendar is the King. His picture is everywhere in this country. He is what keeps this country stable. Pray for him. He and the Queen are *very good* to Legacy- they know us well and make it possible for us to do the Work we do here in Asia.










"Auntie" Tumar, as the Burmese students call her, and Myo Zaw, with Seng Mai and Hkawn Din. The Burmese students are very fond of, and close to, Tumar and Myo Zaw, who are a center of hospitality and help in Rangoon. Most, if not all, of the students spend time with them on their way over here at one time or another. They are a bit like grandparents to Surachai and Ah Moon as well.

Elainea is off her crutches!!







Thanks fo your prayers for her, as well. Please continue to remember her, as she still has some pain and swelling when she does too much. There is still a steel plate in there that will come out in a couple of years.

My rosemary chicken dinner last Sunday. Very good, and I did not need the jaws of life to chew it like with the steaks I got here. Those who know me know what is in the glass.










At the woods behind the temple nearby they have lots of bees. I guess they sell honey somewhere. The tents I showed you when I first got here are gone. Maybe it was a monk-style "jamboree" I don't know.








Here's something we do not see at home. Two seats at every island staffed with 2 gas station attendants. I know that some of you are too young to remember gas station attendants, but they used to be the norm, only we didn't usually have seats, or so many. One of the benefits of incredibly cheap labor.

I spend basically all my time working on my classes and sermons (which are like classes, too). I will begin to describe some of what I am covering and why on my other blog, for those who are interested.