Long time, no post

I'm not sure what happened to all my good intentions about keeping up with my blog...anyway, I'll give it another try! We enjoyed a wonderful visit with my Mother, and then plunged into our school schedule. Rissa is now a 10th grader, Shaina is in 9th grade and Isaac is in 7th.


Rissa was happy to get the part of Amy in the Fall Play, Little Women, and Isaac and Shaina were both very pleased to make it on the Under15 Basketball teams. So, they should all be quite busy these next couple of months.

They continue to enjoy hosting the youth on Friday nights and participating at church by helping with the preschool class and leading worship on youth Sundays.

Today, our hearts are burdened for this country that we live in and love--Thailand. As the political unrest escalates, we continue to pray for peace--both for peace politically, and also for peace in the hearts of the Thai people whom we love.

Here are some links about the situation--the first one is our school and the updated information about school activities. Today, the after school activities are cancelled, but as of right now, school is still opened tomorrow.

http://www.icsbangkok.com

These links are to the two major newspapers here in Bangkok. They are updated pretty regularly with the latest information.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/
http://www.bangkokpost.com/

This is an article that does a good job explaining this political crisis--it is a few days old, but gives background on what is happening:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/JH29Ae02.html

With the current situation on our hearts, I'll save updates and stories about our family for another time.