Hot Springs March 2014

Sunday morning already.

Arrived at Hot Springs late Friday night after what felt like a harder than usual trip, physically.  Everything went smoothly, and the Team (Dave Driver, Heidi Bramer and Megan Ogilvie) traveled well together (no surprise given they're all ventran Hot Springers :).  But physically, I think I was feeling all the accumulation of events over the past few weeks prior to this trip.

First day was mostly about settling in and acclimatizing.  We're in the low 30's C which, considering the bitter winter we've just left behind is most welcome, but also something of a shock to the system.  Very little is expected of us these first days, and that's a good thing.

Today is Sunday, already, and there will be much more going on here.  First they'll be morning devotions/worship with the kids.  Then breakfast.  Then a whole morning of big and wonderful things as the people of Hot Springs Church gather to worship together.  I'm preaching, and have pictures of the snow to show, which fascinates our Thai friends any time, but this year...they'll be so impressed :).

We'll have lunch and then head into town to do our money exchange and supplies trip into Chiang Mai.  Then back for a rest, supper, and evening devotions when we'll finally give out the Sponsors' packets.

Couldn't do it last night because the power was out for a few hours after a wonderful thunderstorm cleared the air.

Internet hook up is not quite as easy this year.  We are staying at a guest house next door to Hot Springs, and while it is very clean and lovely, and has been used by Team members in previous trips, we actually don't have a home base as it were, right at Hot Springs proper.  There's always something new to work with each trip, it seems, which is great.  Keeps us on our toes.

I'm not able to connect yet to the Thailand Team blog, so hopefully I'll be able to do links and such and keep everyone informed that way.  After today we may even have some pictures to send along.

Thank you a thousand times to everyone who always makes these trips possible.  All your support and help and love means the world to us ... here halfway around it.

More later.  I promise.