Time flies. It really does. In less than 10 days, I’ll be headed back to CO. Hard to believe my time here is nearly up!
Since I wrote last, we finished painting, cleaning, and furnishing the new infant care home. Dara, the new caretaker for Su Su, will move in next week! Thanks for your prayers on Su Su in particular…her skin looks good after a good picking and lotion application, and she is cooing, smiling, and chattering like babies do. There is even a family that is (very early stages) considering the adoption of a special needs child that might provide her a permanent loving home, too, which would be a total answer to prayer. We’re not jumping up and down yet; there’s still some work to be done getting Su Su some paperwork so she can even be adopted, but since this is what we hope for her it’s hard for me to not get a little excited.
Thursday night at the dump was particularly cool. I don’t know exactly what it was, but everything seemed to be clicking well. Four kids rotated happily through the four badminton rackets that we brought (I used one until the fourth kid came along and wanted to play) with little to no conflict. About 20 other little kids went to town on a stack of coloring books that we bring every week. So many of them came to show me their pages when they were finished, it was pretty sweet. The medical people went about the houses, interviewing people for health checks and treated a few people for minor things. Also, this was the first time in a while that I either didn’t see more houses hiding among the trees or a house didn’t move or get built or torn down since the last time, so I don’t have to make any changes to my map this time! That’s super rare!
Today was a fun day – I went with a few other Compasio friends to a Christmas celebration in town put on by the schools. There was a parade (that I was in…didn’t really plan on that part) through town, and then a bunch of group games (tug of war, 3-legged race (with 7 people), a few others), music, food, and some light rain that didn’t last long.
Tonight, we had a small Christmas party of our own…more food (Mexican night at Rachel’s), Christmas music, a White Elephant gift exchange, and a movie (Elf). Fun people that I will miss a lot! Trying not to think about that too much for the moment.
Tomorrow morning, I leave early with a few friends to go visit a small village between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai called Doi Chang. It’s a community of coffee plantation workers where Sia grew up and I’m told it’s really beautiful. It’ll be great! So I’m on a road trip for the next 4-5 days, returning to email, facebook, hot water, and that sort of stuff sometime on the 21st or 22nd. Good times!
When I get back, it’ll be a pretty hectic pace getting ready for Christmas and getting ready to leave Thailand, so I’m not sure there will be another blog post. If you’re on facebook, that’s probably the best place to get updates.
Thank you!!
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