We presented at our 28th meeting last night, which was a biblestudy group at Cornerstone North. We don't have any other scheduled meetings to present at so it could have been our last (maybe apart from our commissioning service)!
On Friday morning, my dad left for Bangkok on business and he was only taking a small bag with him so he offered to take two boxes over for us. So the first of our things are now in Thailand waiting for us. What are in the boxes?
One of things we have in our boxes are four bicycle helmets which we bought this week. Our main form of transport during language study will be bicycles which we will have to buy in the first few days after we arrive. However, it can be difficult to get bicycle helmets as most cyclists don't where helmets.
"Mooooo" ... our son shouts out with his hands on his head, half way during our morning song in 'Jesus time', even though the song has nothing to do with animals.
Anyone have any idea what this plant is? It just starting growing when I buried some vegetable and fruit scraps in the garden to make compost. I'm hoping it will produce some nice fruit which I like. Please post your suggestions in the comments section. The first one with the right answer will receive this prize (see below).
This book, written by an Australian family working in Thailand will give you a glimpse of what our life might be like in the years to come.
An unavoidable consequence of going overseas as a missionary is that you have to sort through everything in your life into three piles. Store, Sell, Throw away. I (Rich) am going through all the letters which I wrote in my teenage and uni days. I used to be a prolific letter writer the bulk of which seemed to be written to girls (maybe they were better letter writers?). It is a very slow process. I have hundreds of letters. For those who've written to me more than a couple of times, I'm sorting these letters to give back to the persons who wrote them. I'm sure they'd be interested in what things occupied their minds over a decade ago.
These are the letters which haven't made it and are being thrown out. I'm recognising that you can't keep all your memories and you need to make room for the new memories which are being created in the moment.
We've just returned from holidays with some good friends who are also heading at the same time as us with OMF. We were having a great holiday when in the middle of the holiday our eldest son started complaining of pain in his mouth at lunch. We examined his mouth and saw a slight rash in the inside of his lips. When we saw a few spots on his wrist and feet we suspected hand, foot and mouth disease which was confirmed by a visit to the G.P. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is quite common and is considered a mild disease and our son is almost over the illness.
When I noticed this lettuce growing taller and taller, I thought that it was just a 'tall poppy' - a special lettuce which stood out amongst the average. However, then I noticed a lot of the other lettuces starting to sprout out too. It was not until my mother-in-law told me that they were 'seeding' that I realised what was actually happening. These lettuce were growing taller so that their seed could spread further. I praised God for his wonderful design to enable these lettuce to self-perpetuate.
As you can see my little garden is growing. On the far right is the tomato plant, and next to it is some spinach, both given to me by my neighbour. On the bottom centre I don't know what that is - it just started growing when buried some vegetable and fruit scraps to make compost. I bought strawberry seedings which you can see far left from Flower Power for $2 because our eldest son loves strawberries. In the pots I've planted some watermelon seeds, cherries and mangoes - don't have a clue how they will go. Keep you posted.
This book deals with the research into why missionaries quit the mission field. They are especially concerned what they call "preventable" reasons. For example the top preventable reason for missionary attrition is "lack of home support" at 6.2% of all missionary attrition.
I bought this Ozito CDG-200 12V cordless drill from Bunnings for $30 on Sunday. This is the first cordless drill that I have bought and I feel like a REAL man now! I bought it because the fence on one side of the house had half fallen down due to strong winds. I'd badgered the real estate agent for weeks to fix it with no success. So I bought the drill hoping to put the fence back in place with some screws but also to use it for when we need to dismantle the table and other furniture in coming months. 
Can-O-Worms - available at K-Mart
(click on the photo to zoom in on the worms and see them better)
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