So you think you are safe under an umbrella out of the sun? Susan and I spent most of the morning and early afternoon just kickin it on the beach today. I even put sun screen on, but ohhhh man, I got roasted by the reflected UV off the water and sand. Both of us are somewhat in pain now...
It is hard to comprehend the differences between where I am now and where I have been the past two weeks.
We will leave to fly back to Bangkok tomorrow and stay at the Arun Residence hotel. Hopefully we won't miss our flight this time. We missed the flight coming here to Phuket because I had looked at the arrival time (not the departure time) when we left. GRRRRRR that cost me some money!
We will join up with some of the crew I have served with there. Debbie Vik and Nit will be with us on Saturday. Nit is going to help us with the Chatachuk Market and Debbie is taking a group from WA to a dinner at a skyrise there in Bangkok. We've been invited to join her and the other team.
Pray for Remember Nhu and Stephanie who is a young woman that has felt God's call to the Mission field here in Thailand. She works 1/2 time with Remember Nhu and the rest with Debbie.
Ballance becomes increasingly important in life the older I get. Trying to understand what it is that God would have you and I do with our time and resources is a challenge. The way some of the people live that I have served recently, the financial struggle that the missionaries work under here (they have cut the number of missionaries in the field because of the loss in funding through the Great Commission Fund) compared to the hotel I have stayed in this past three days seems almost vulgar to me. I know I am supporting the livelyhood of those who now serve me, but... ballance. (Susan and I have covered the cost of her travel and our hotel after the Medical Clinics were complete.)
Thanks again to my PPT and all of you who have supported this trip with your prayers and finances.
Looking forward to coming home, but not just yet :-)
In "His" grip in Phuket (Phatong Beach, Thailand),
Dale
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So glad you guys are there. These people will forever be in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteWell I can imagine since you two have never seen the sun, that you are both lobster red! OUCH! Do they sell aloe there?
ReplyDeleteIn regards to what you said... I had thought about that before... How it would be vacationing somewhere after you had just been to some of the most remote and poor areas in that same place. But you know what? You and mom really deserve a vacation for yourselves (other than camping) so I hope you can soak up every moment!
PS. I hope you find the camera lens (mom knows what I mean).
Love you guys, ENJOY IT!