It's been far too long...

This is my first post in what feels like 10 years due to two things: #1. It has been quite long compared with the frequency with which I had been updating, and #2. I have experienced so much since March 8th. Just so everyone can catch up with me, here's a quick timeline of what I've been up to since then...

1. I drove to Bangkok from Mae Sot with my friends Li-Mei and Brian. Ok, so I didn't drive, but I pumped the road trip tunes in the truck the whole way. That counts for something.
2. Two days later I boarded the night bus from BKK to Takua Pa, a city in the south of Thailand, with Li-Mei and Courtney, the eldest Hanson daughter.
3. I visited one of the schools that Imagine Thailand has been heavily involved with since the tsunami ripped through this southern community in 2004. It was through the relationships that were built out of the need that was presented following the tsunami that IT was founded.
4. I spent an evening in Phuket, one of the hottest spots for tourism in Thailand. We saw The Adjustment Bureau and ate pizza. This was the only place I've seen more foreigners than Thai people.
5. I laid on the quiet beaches of Takua Pa for a day. I got a sunburn but it was so worth it.
6. I went with Conny Hermelink (the health & wellness coordinator of IT), Li-Mei, Brian, and Lek (the Thai leadership of the IT south team) to help with hygiene and cleanliness awareness in the Morken community just outside Takua Pa. The Morken community is, historically, a nomadic "gypsie" people group who has resided along the coasts of Thailand for over a hundred years. Because of their nomadic nature they are not respected among Thais, and have actually just been able to receive Thai IDs within the last 20 years. I'll write more about this experience next - stay tuned.
7. I flew from Phuket back to BKK.
8. I was administrative assistant to the IT BKK staff for a few days helping with the planning and scheduling of the upcoming teams heading to the south with IT (IBEX & Vanguard!).
9. I ate at a restaurant that serves only toast and milk. It's been open since 1964. Go figure.
10. I met our short term team from Kelowna at the BKK airport.
11. I rode a bicycle through Ancient Siam, a park shaped like the country of Thailand with scaled down versions of important historical landmarks. 
12. I took the bus from BKK to Mae Sot with the Kelowna team. The trip wasn't great, but I love each person in this group of 30 making it more than bearable.

I've been back in Mae Sot for 28 hours now, and I can already tell that this busy week is going to fly by. I'm going to post as much as I can these next couple weeks - who knows how much internet access I'll get once I'm in China, but I'll do my best. Hard to believe that I only have 17 days left in this country... I don't know if I'll be ready to leave.

What to pray for...
The team here from Emmanuel Church in Westbank, BC. They are 12-19 and for most this is their first missions experience.
The Life Camps that we are starting tomorrow. These are VBS camps to help create documentation for stateless migrant children living in Mae Sot.
For the relationships I've built here to be sustained despite distance.
That I would finish my internship well, with excellence.
That I would begin to be prepared to lead the teams in China next month.