RAIN!!!

Good evening,
All our Facebook friends have received some of this info already, but here is a more detailed explanation of yesterdays events; Around 6 p.m. yesterday Sept. 9th while we were waiting for our Thai language teacher to arrive at the Johansen's house it began to rain. And boy did it! It rained rather heavily for maybe one hour, however that was really all it took to. In that hour of rain, there where at least three landslides two blocking the road and one crushing a neighboring house. During this time parts of the downstairs were filled with mud. We were all safe during this time and spent it in prayer until the rain subsided. Unfortunately our language teacher was unable to make it as her mother in law was in the hospital .
We also had a meeting with an English school director after class and this went well also. Let me explain. Sarah has been assisting M.J. teach English at a local primary school, one of the teachers also owns an English school (like a tutor school) that helps teach English to the nationals. He invited Sarah to teach at this school. M.J. thought this would be a good way to get involved in the community and a way to build relationships for the gospel. This meeting was with the owner and the director discussing their needs and our availability.Pray for wisdom for us in this opportunity. Praise the Lord! This same teacher has something to do with a radio station, not sure as to the involvement but we have been asked if we would be interested in filling one or more of the slots. We are seriously praying this through as we work the details and get the permissions needed in order to be able to share God's word things of this nature. At this point it is only a prayer, but add it to the list of yours to be praying for, if it is the Lord's will it would be a great opportunity. By the end of this meeting the rain had stopped and we were able to head home. As we were loading up one of the emergency workers suggested that M.J. maybe find somewhere else to stay the night as the hillside was unstable. Cleanup crews worked all day in the area cleaning up the mess.
Sarah and I taught our first joint English class today at the Karen church we attend. This will be our Saturday ministry outreach. It was very neat to do it as husband and wife.
Here are some photos of the mud also one of the English class.