Week 2

We have been here in Northern Thailand now for two weeks and already so much has happened. We have reunited with old friends, spent some time with friends from the States, and said goodbye to our new friends we brought with us from the Philippines. It has been a busy two weeks that is to be sure. We have been purchasing the needed items for our home, that the Lord was so gracious to provide for, we purchased a transportation, refrigerator, washing machine, some misc. dishes and housewares, and beds for all of us. There are a few items that we are still lacking but they are not really necessary for daily living, things like storage containers for our clothes and dishes, cushions for our furniture, etc. Thank you to all who heard the Lord and listened when it came to helping finance these things. We also had the opportunity to travel with Pastor Eric, and his wife M.J. to see the Fletchers off at the airport in Chaing Mai for their travel home. It was a real blessing to have them here to assist in the move and get a feel for our daily lives. Chaing Mai is the closest big city with all the shops and stores of a big city, I think the real highlight for us was Burger King!
The kids have started school and it is going rather smoothly, considering we are starting a new school year and new curriculum, Joey started 7th grade, Jacob 5th, Tyler 3rd, and Marissa 1st, we also have Eric and Mj's two girls joining in the schooling this year. Tonight was our first official Thai language class, rather interesting, some of the sounds we need to make in order to say these words is rather foreign to say the least. The actual language seems to be pretty straight forward, word placement and sentence structure that sort of thing, it is all about tone, pronunciation, and vocabulary. Thai has five tones so each word can have five different meanings depending on the way you say it, but as time goes and the Holy Spirit does His thing we will get this worked out. Thanks again for you financial support and your prayers. Please continue to lift us up in prayer.

Here are some of the areas of prayer:
Finances/ monthly support
Language
Schooling
Ministry opportunities
English teaching outreach
Adaptation
Steadfastness in the Word.


God Bless.