Thailand Update

As I sit here in an interet cafe, I'll only attempt a breif sketch of our days in Thailand.

We arrived at our conference a little early to relax and see the city a little bit more. We have certainly enjoyed western foods--hamburgers, for example. At conference itself, it's been greatr to hear about what is going on around China and around the other Asian countries. Very encouraging! We both loved getting to speak in unbroken English--the skill of which you learn when an english teacher in a foreign country.

The president of the organization instituted a few "sabbath" days into the week long conference, to try preventing conference fatigue that can make you more tired AFTER a conferecne than before it. It was good, but since it was a new idea, some wrinkles will have to be worked out. He spoke about surrender and delight.

One of the most distincitve things that has happened to us while in THailand has been that Carrie's tooth fell out and consequently, 3 teeth have had to be replaced (long story). While we certainly don't have a spare $1000 lying around, it was a huge blessing that it happened in Thailand, where medical care is good and in the states, this producures would be 4-5K. In China, we don't know how this would work. We're not out of the woods yet though. Today at 1:00, we go back fore the final appt., but if the fake teeth don't match up, we're stuck. Alreay one set of teeth didn't work.

We'll be back at our school in 3 days. You can email us anytime. We look forward to hearing from you all.