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First Thanksgiving in Thailand
The boys were really helpful in getting ready for Thanksgiving. Our Thanksgiving celebration went off without a hitch! This is Lance writing this time around. I know many folks in the States weren’t able to celebrate Thanksgiving as usual, but since there have been so few Covid cases here in Chiang Mai we’re not on…
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Planning Christmas and Thanksgiving
Hurray for the holidays! I love planning to celebrate, well, anything really, so I get excited for all the plans this time of year. These coming holidays are intrinsically family-centered and family is hugely important to me. I was raised with a strong heritage of family togetherness, and I can’t imagine not having any family…
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Updates and Plans
It doesn’t happen often because of the time difference, but the boys enjoy playing games and talking with their cousins over Zoom. We are so thankful for technology to keep them connected with family. Whew! Like the rest of the year has, September just flew by for us. Lots of things are happening though so…
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Home Church and Help Needed
We have found a church to call home here! As public places start to open again, churches are starting to meet in person. We were prepared for a time of searching, but by God’s grace, He directed us to a local fellowship right away. We are so excited to have a group of people to…
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Hospitality Nights
What in the world happened to May? Last I knew I was still somewhere in the vicinity of May and now I’m at the end of July. How in the world did that happen? Nonetheless, obviously it did. July has been so full of activity apparently I didn’t even have time to register it was…
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Visas Renewed!
We were able to visit some temple ruins this month. They date back to 1250. This is a rather disjointed blog post. You’ve been forewarned. I hope you don’t mind. We got our visas renewed! Apparently, we were the first people from our school to need their student visas renewed since the American consulate closed.…
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Language Classes Have Started
It was Josiah’s 13th birthday this month. I told him he wasn’t allowed to turn 13 but he told me it’s not his fault it’s God’s fault. So, you will be happy to know (at least, we’re happy to know) that the temperature is usually in the 90s now instead of over 100°. Much appreciated.…
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Settling In
Thankfully we have been able to buy some things online. First, I have to say, it is HOT this month! I’m not one for all caps, but you have to understand the extremity of the situation. It was 106° the other day! (I’m also not one for a bunch of exclamation points but seriously, 106°…
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Made It In
Arrived in Chiang Mai! We’re here! By now I’m sure you’ve assumed that. A few days after our arrival Thailand started closing its borders to the neighboring countries and now we’ve heard they’re closed to everyone except diplomats and their families, those with work visas and Thai nationals. We’ve also heard they’ve instituted a curfew…
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Complications
We have tickets, we have a date of departure (March 14th) and we are frantically trying to get everything done before we leave! I am of the firm opinion that no matter how early you start getting ready to go to the other side of the world (in either direction) you will still be rushing…