Catching up

We had the opportunity of going to this national park for a senior missionary conference.  It was a great time to be away from all the hustle and bustle.  There are 9 missionary couples in the Thailand Bangkok Mission.  2 couples serve in Laos and one couple in Myanmar.  One couple serves in Eastern Thailand, 4 couples in the service center in Bangkok, and us in northwestern Thailand.  We stayed in a very nice hotel

This is a view of the grounds and some of the buildings that you can stay in.  It has an old English theme.  We stayed here for 2 days.  It was good to receive counsel from President Johnson and to discuss what everyone is doing and how they are doing it.  We do not get to see these couples very often.  Maybe once every few months.



























This is a view from inside the national park looking towards the valley that we stayed in.  It is very lush and green.  It is the rainy season so we are getting plenty of water right now.  We were able to go on a night safari one of the nights.  It was nice to get in the back of a pickup and go out with a spot light to see what animals could be found.  We saw a lot of deer and quite a few other animals that are hard to explain because I have never seen them before.  They were the size of raccoons and large cats.  There were elephants but they do not come out at night.

        Taking it easy in the park.  This is a bench to take a rest on the way to the waterfall.  Looks like Sister Barlow is give out in this one!

                                                                

14 July 2016

The work is going great.  It is the rainy season.  Here in Chiang Mai it is comfortable.  The surroundings are very green.  The rice is growing and the fruit is plentiful.



We have had some opportunities to go to different parts of Thailand to take care of mission business.  Recently we went to the eastern part of Thailand to reorganize a branch.  The mission president and the first counselor were at a District conference in Bangkok and the president asked me to go and take care of the reorganization.  What an experience.  It sure strengthens your testimony as to who is in charge of His work.  It was a great experience for the District president to go through this process.  It was his first time to be on the other side of the desk asking the questions.

These are some rice fields on the way to the branch that we reorganized

This is the city that we went to in eastern Thailand

This is what some of the roads looked like after a rain storm one morning.  The drainage system is not the best and when you have a massive rain storm, it just does not handle that amount of water.




This was a painting in an art museum that we went to in Khao Yai.  It had a label something to do with facebook.  It is very appropriate for Thailand.  Everyone is on a device of some kind.

 Chillin' at the waterfall

This is us swinging in the cabbage field on top of the mountain

In the gardens of the Summer Palace

At the art museum

We have been blessed to be here.  We have had our struggles but the good out weighs the bad.  We have had many opportunities to help teach and see the work grow here.  We have taught people from Iran and people from China.  We love it here!!!!