Here are a few blips about what we are doing.
Next month Brent is going to start working at Rajaphat University teaching English. What a great way to be a part of the community and meet students and leaders of this community. His language study will continue, but we feel that it is time to move into a phase of establishing more relationships.
Julie and kids finish school next month. Julie continues to enjoy teaching and will be the coordinator of the elementary next year for the Family Learning Center. She is so gifted in what she does for our kids and others through her teaching. She is literally pouring her life into this community (our kids, Thai kids, missionary kids, international kids). She continues to study language and will continue this summer.
Ben and Kate are excited to be out of school for a while. They have developed some good relationships with neighborhood kids and that provides fun and more Thai language practice. Mama Ann and Papa Jack (Julie’s parents) will come for a few weeks this summer. That will be a great time. I think we may do some landscaping and get as much work outta Papa Jack as we can (which, if you know him, is quite a bit).
Jak continues to amaze us with his feats of energy. If it is there, he will climb it: top bunk, kitchen stools, back of the couch, front gate, and dad’s back. He is so much fun to have around right now with his lexicon of English and Thai words. Yesterday he figured out how to lock himself in his room. When this happens, you start by asking him nicely to open the door, then order him to open the door, and finally jimmy the lock because you know he locked the door on purpose in order to have his own private exploratory time in his room.
We take a trip to Kuala Lampur and Singapore next week for two reasons. Our good friend from Ft. Worth, Kenny Kon (he is Singaporean) is getting married and we get the joy of experiencing the festivities with him on this side of the world in KL. Then we take a bus trip to Singapore where we will visit the Toh family (they have kinda adopted us and given us family on this side of the world). We will also be able to get a visa in Singapore so we can stay in Thailand and start work next month. Singapore is one of the closest countries where we can go to and get the visa I need for teaching in Thailand.
In July, Jamey Miller will visit and bring along Yancy and Lanette Smith. Jamey is the leader of our church plant organization SLNI. He will come to bring encouragement and counsel. Yancey and Lynette, members of our church in Ft. Worth, come along for they have been and will be great support for our team. We are excited they are coming.
Please pray for these three things:
1. Pray that Brent’s teaching at Rajaphat will be full of life and that through this we will all (including Ben and Kate) be able to develop relationships with students and young professionals who have open hearts. Pray that this would be a great joy to us all. Please pray for a strong speaking voice for Brent as he is still struggling with his voice.
2. Pray for continued language vocabulary development and ability to hear the language and speak it like a Thai.Pray that Jak’s adoption would be finalized. We keep running into slow processes. Pray that details will work with starting the adoption process with the U.S.
Next month Brent is going to start working at Rajaphat University teaching English. What a great way to be a part of the community and meet students and leaders of this community. His language study will continue, but we feel that it is time to move into a phase of establishing more relationships.
Julie and kids finish school next month. Julie continues to enjoy teaching and will be the coordinator of the elementary next year for the Family Learning Center. She is so gifted in what she does for our kids and others through her teaching. She is literally pouring her life into this community (our kids, Thai kids, missionary kids, international kids). She continues to study language and will continue this summer.
Ben and Kate are excited to be out of school for a while. They have developed some good relationships with neighborhood kids and that provides fun and more Thai language practice. Mama Ann and Papa Jack (Julie’s parents) will come for a few weeks this summer. That will be a great time. I think we may do some landscaping and get as much work outta Papa Jack as we can (which, if you know him, is quite a bit).
Jak continues to amaze us with his feats of energy. If it is there, he will climb it: top bunk, kitchen stools, back of the couch, front gate, and dad’s back. He is so much fun to have around right now with his lexicon of English and Thai words. Yesterday he figured out how to lock himself in his room. When this happens, you start by asking him nicely to open the door, then order him to open the door, and finally jimmy the lock because you know he locked the door on purpose in order to have his own private exploratory time in his room.
We take a trip to Kuala Lampur and Singapore next week for two reasons. Our good friend from Ft. Worth, Kenny Kon (he is Singaporean) is getting married and we get the joy of experiencing the festivities with him on this side of the world in KL. Then we take a bus trip to Singapore where we will visit the Toh family (they have kinda adopted us and given us family on this side of the world). We will also be able to get a visa in Singapore so we can stay in Thailand and start work next month. Singapore is one of the closest countries where we can go to and get the visa I need for teaching in Thailand.
In July, Jamey Miller will visit and bring along Yancy and Lanette Smith. Jamey is the leader of our church plant organization SLNI. He will come to bring encouragement and counsel. Yancey and Lynette, members of our church in Ft. Worth, come along for they have been and will be great support for our team. We are excited they are coming.
Please pray for these three things:
1. Pray that Brent’s teaching at Rajaphat will be full of life and that through this we will all (including Ben and Kate) be able to develop relationships with students and young professionals who have open hearts. Pray that this would be a great joy to us all. Please pray for a strong speaking voice for Brent as he is still struggling with his voice.
2. Pray for continued language vocabulary development and ability to hear the language and speak it like a Thai.Pray that Jak’s adoption would be finalized. We keep running into slow processes. Pray that details will work with starting the adoption process with the U.S.
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