Learning Thai

Late Wednesday night we met Dan at the airport. He was there to pick up Raul - a young man from Costa Rica who is joining our team here. We were there to pick up Anita (Candice's younger sister). I'm sure that Candice will be posting more about that - along with pictures - now that her camera batteries are recharged.

Raul will be living in Bang Phli (near Dan) and will start language school next week. We met him yesterday and I had the hardest time coming up with anything to say in Spanish. My brain only wants to translate into Thai (which on one hand, is a good sign!) Raul only speaks a little English, so it will be interesting to find ways of communicating in a mixture of English, Spanish and Thai. I'm sure that he would appreciate your prayers during these first days (and week and months) of difficult transition. We are very excited about working with a multi-cultural team and are looking forward to the arrival of more workers from Nicaragua and Ecuador - hopefully in early 2008.

-Tom