Green Light
We have received the green light to move!!!!
Greg got the call yesterday! The decision was made on our behalf to send us off, out of Chiang Mai and into the countryside to begin the work of language learning and relationship building among the Thai Lue people. Why? To be able to bring them the good news of the Gospel of Christ.
Celebrate with us!!!!
I snatched this map off our co-workers page, it gives a good visual of the locality we will be moving to. (Thanks Rob!)
We will be towards the bottom right of the shaded area
We anticipate the move to take place towards the end of August.
That gives us plenty of time to sort through our stuff and pack it up!
We recently helped some friends move here in the city, just about 10 minutes away from their old house. They had so much stuff! Yikes.
I do not want to move that much stuff. I know we have only been in this house for just over a two and a half years, but I know you all know how stuff accumulates. We are no exception. 
I showed some pictures of the new village here.
The Thai Lue people are very proud of their heritage and culture, and we are excited to begin to delve into it.
Of course they do not wear their fancy clothes every day, but this was a special weekend celebration and everyone was dressed to the nines.
Can’t wait to get my own beautiful Thai Lue outfit.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Congratulations! I never went that far north (I didn’t visit Chang Mai, either; just Bangkok and Ko Chang (Elephant Island).
When I was on Ko Chang, I had this wonderful shake made with pineapple. I’ve always wondered what else was in it. It was so delicious. If you ever have one of those and figure out how to make one, I would be most grateful
It was so refreshing.
June 29th, 2009 at 12:09 am
How EXCITING!
And yes, I know all too well how things accumulate…we spent two years getting rid of almost 30 years of STUFF
And we’re trying to be more thoughtful now about what we buy so we don’t fall into the same thing here.