Today we (and by we I mean the amazing Imagine Thailand team...) are installing a brand new water filtration system at SAW boarding school here in Mae Sot. Though I am not currently present at the installation, we are going to have a celebration later on this afternoon when everything is finished. I'm pretty excited about seeing how all this goes down for two main reasons: #1. This is the main ministry that Imagine Thailand has their hand in as far as Mae Sot goes, and #2. Where there was previously an algae filled basin, there will now be clean drinking water! Yay!
In other news... Tonight is the first night of the international youth group I'm starting. It sounds like this is creating some buzz among MKs (missionary kids) in the area, so I'm looking forward to see who shows up tonight. And I'll be honest, I'm a little nervous to see who shows up too...! I just really want this to be a place the kids look forward to coming, a place of honesty and openness, a place of encouragement and challenge, a place of growth, a place that fights the apathy in the busy lives of MKs. Please please please pray for this!
If you could also pray for Dave & Courtney also... They've been sick for the last few weeks so they both went to the doctor this afternoon, and it turns out Dave has bronchitis. Things are insanely busy here with the installation today, and we also have a team from Canada (Discovery Tour = donors and supporters interested in seeing exactly what they are supporting in Thailand) coming next week. Pray for a speedy recovery, for time that is restful, and that they would both be absolutely renewed... Stat!
Thanks so much, family. Love you all!
OH... I forgot to mention in my last post that last weekend my roommate, Jee (a young Thai-Karen woman) was married! We all went to attend the wedding celebration! It was super interesting being at a Karen wedding - I loved it! I think I want to have a Karen wedding now...
Cool, Kat! I love hearing about all the stuff you're doing.
ReplyDeleteI have a wedding invite with your name on it sitting in my locker waiting for you!
oh yay! i'm so so excited! thanks :)
ReplyDeletesince you've boycotted all social networking, send me an email... i miss our little convos and jokes! kat_cardinal@hotmail.com
Hey, how did the youth night go? My goodness girl, so cool that you're in Mae Sot, the land of your dreams! Praying for ya girl.
ReplyDeleteyouth was really great last week! small group, which i loved, and everyone had enough fun to want to come back! ha ha!
ReplyDeletetomorrow night we will hit the market for street food and mae sot night life... i am pumped!
how's the north? miss you and praying for you too melly mel!