Nelson Family Mission Update: September Gone!

We are now into our second month, and time is flying by. This last month has been interesting with many things happening as you could imagine, getting settled and meeting people. I hope you are all following weekly. Since our last post there have been some new events. Pastor Eric has been in the refugee camp, at the Bible college teaching there with Jead, a fellow missionary here, and Bem a short term missionary from the Philippines, he has now returned. Sarah and I are still teaching English in the near by Karen church, that we also attend. Mj started a women's study also that her and Sarah and Jead will be helping with, this was the first week, Sarah was not feeling well. As you may remember I was invited to the radio station with Tar, I was able to attend one Saturday evening and we played two Christian songs on the radio. It was pretty cool, Mj was flipping through the radio stations and heard Christian songs, that is how she found the station. Christian music is not played on the radio here.
Sarah and I have had the opportunity to go on two "dates", one was her and I and the other was with a group of people, both were quite nice. We went out to coffee shopping and dessert alone, and enjoyed a meal together with Pastor Eric, Mj, Bem, and Tar.
Starting today we, Eric and I, will start a prayer meeting and some training. Thai lessons are still trying but we are coming along rather well. We have learned most of the tones and have about 100 words in our vocabulary including numbers and colors. We are still trying to put them into sentences, although we do have several of them down pretty good. It is kinda cool listening to people speak around us and being able to pick up some, not much but some is better than none a month ago.
Last week I was able to travel to Chaing Mai, which is about 120 miles away, and purchase some things that we needed, hot water heater, and some clothes storage items. It has been really nice to take warm showers. It is also the first time the kids have really had somewhere to put their clothes, since leaving America. They did have a bookshelf in one house and one shelf in the other, but that is hardly somewhere to put their clothes. It was so neat when the kids got up, we arrived home about two a.m., to see how excited something like dressers got them. What a blessing to appreciate something so small and be able to recognize God for the gift He had given them.
We would like you to join us in prayer for a vehicle, car, truck, or van. We have the one scooter which is working for now, it takes two trips to get us all anywhere, which is fine, but we will need something more suitable to our family as time goes on. We have been looking around and have found some at a decent price, so please join us in prayer for the Lord to meet this need.
Teaching English is really being used by the Lord here to open up the door for ministry, we have been invited to teach in many different areas, and are planning to use them as the Lord confirms His will in each. On this note, this month, 15th and 16th there is a Sr. English camp through the English school that Sarah will be teaching at. This will be for students 25+. Sarah, Mj, Jead, and I will all be helping with this, please keep these dates in prayer.

Here are some recent photos:(top to bottom) Marissa eating a fried meal worm, Joey, Jacob, and Princess ready for bed, Tyler and I at a retirement party Namdib school, squid and beef on bbq Sarah and I dinner date, Tar, Sarah and I dinner date, Mj, Eric, Tar, and I dinner date, Tyler's dresser and space, and last our new water heater.