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it’s flooding in thailand
our first stop on the compassion sponsor tour – if you don’t count the hotel – was to a project in the nonthaburi province, just outside of bangkok. it’s an area that is flooded – it has been for weeks. … Continue reading
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murky, muddy, muck
we ventured home today. and not a moment to soon. i don’t say that because we were just dying to get to cleaning, i say it because as we were at sitting at the hotel we had a view of … Continue reading
Posted in family, flood, ookie, thailand
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do the kids have to make up flood days
it has flooded. people kept talking about it. saying it was imminent. or saying it wouldn’t reach us. we weren’t sure who to believe, but we knew who we wanted to believe. we did all the flood prep we knew to … Continue reading
Posted in family, flood, love all around, ookie, thailand
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one more year
we spent our morning at immigration – the powers that be have been gracious enough to grant us one more year. woo hoo.
Posted in me me me, thailand
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on the eight day – samoeng, chaing mai province
i honestly have no idea how close to our scheduled time we were in the vans and on the road. but, if i were gonna guess, i’d guess we were a little late. and then we were a little nauseous. … Continue reading
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on the seventh day – chiang rai
today we returned to chiang rai. and, once again, we left pretty close to the time our itinerary said we should. sort of. we got to the village a little after church was supposed to start. at least they kept … Continue reading
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on the afternoon of the sixth day – chiang rai
we were still in chaing rai. we pick up just after lunch. a very good lunch. prepared by the very capable hands of some of the project volunteers. we are now headed off for the real work. still fun work, … Continue reading
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on the morning of the sixth day – chiang rai
we (me and the crew on the compassion international sponsor tour) were up and out almost as early as the itinerary said we should be. go us. we headed to chiang rai and it took us… 2 hours. today was … Continue reading
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on the fifth day – fun day
i know, i skipped days 3 & 4. here they are in a nutshell. on the third day we traveled. from pattaya to bangkok by bus and then from bangkok to chiang mai by plane. on the fourth day we … Continue reading
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on the second day – prachinburi
day two had us loading up into vans and heading to a compassion international project located in the prachinburi province of eastern thailand. it was about a two hour drive (we quickly learned that loading up into the vans would … Continue reading
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