Thailand pictures

Dr. Pob, our new friend and guide!

Visiting the "Rock Castle"

Nayeli climbing the lava mountain

Phanom Rung Castle (Rock Castle)

Great Buddha on top of lava mountain

Local clinic site

Dr. Jonathan hard at work

Just a few days left. Here are some photos from the past week. 

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Nayeli meets an elephant

Tonight we had a special treat. As we walked to dinner with our new friend, Dr. Apichart, and our good friend, Dr. Seekoaw, we met an elephant coming up the road, trained of course. We got to feed her sugar cane. She knew exactly how to behave. She reached for each of us with her trunk, it almost looked like she had a little finger, pointing at each of us in turn, asking for sugar cane. She even knew to give the empty bag to her trainer. Nayeli was horrified! She shrieked each time the elephant's trunk came near. Yelling over and over "snake, snake." Mommy obviously loved meeting the elephant, but I do not think Nayeli will be so excited the next time she sees elephants at the zoo. She loves the animals, but is very content if they stay behind the fence!    

             


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Korat zoo

We spent the first full day in Korat touring the hospital where we will be working and joining the medical students on home visits. Nayeli has been surprisingly shy, but finally has warmed up to a few people. Mostly people who offer her food.  

On Saturday we went to the Korat zoo with the medical students. We were told it is the largest zoo in Southeast Asia. It was beautiful with many plants and even some  iguanas and native deer running free through the zoo. We learned so many Thai names for animals. We enjoyed seeing the "Chang" - Elephant.

Nayeli is sleeping a little better, but wakes us up at 4 every morning. Praying this won't last all month. We are having some good conversations. Please pray for more opportunities for us to get to know our new Thai friends.  Tomorrow is our first full day of work. Please pray that we will be useful and a blessing to the staff at the nearby hospital.

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We made it...

Two flights and 24 hours after leaving Fort Worth, we have made it to Thailand. We learned three things. 1. We have a very good baby compared to other babies. 2. Even a good baby has meltdowns. (Nayeli's happened at 30000 feet after sleeping only 5 hours in 24 hours.) 3. The movie Lady and the Tramp can save exhausted parents with a child having a meltdown. (Nayeli watched it through 4 times.)    It was a very difficult trip, but The Lord provided for in many ways over the past few days. We are now at Suranaree University of Technology waiting for our first day of introductions with the faculty and students.  Please pray for us, that we will be good ambassadors for Christ over the next few days. Pray specifically for sleep. Nayeli is not sleeping at night and is having trouble taking naps during the day. We are all exhausted. Pray that we will treat each other with patience and kindness and draw our strength from The Lord.

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