Other exciting news

VISITORS!!

Mum and Dad are coming soon and we are all very excited. I am making the last arangements over the next few days and then all will be ready. 9 days in Chiang Mai with Mum and Dad before Dad flies home and Mum and I continue on the Kuala Lumpur and Singapore for a few days each. I then have a few days rest before Sarah and Dave Williamson, my youth minister and Uni chaplain as well as two good friends, come and visit. I'm not entirley sure what we will be doing but it will be great to see them none the less.

Adoptions

With Jeanjira just left, Kanawoot leaving soon and Pailin not long after that our small goup of Children is shrinking and I and the other volunteers couldnt be happier. The hardest thing for me to deal with is answering HIV+ children why they dont have a mum and dad yet. Some of the most gorgeous kids will never have a mum and dad because their parents either didnt know about the desease untill it took their life or were careless. Perhaps in being unfair and narrow minded but it is also not fair that these kids dont get to have a normal life. Well this post turned into something completly unexpected, but there it is!

Pollution

Well this week we found out the pullotion levels are five times the recomended international level. We are all a little worried, apparently it has never been anywhere close to this high, I can hardly see to the end of my street. The only good thing is that it's 10 degrees cooler than it should be for this time of year, well, good for us bad for agriculture.

Conny and Alex all gone

Alex and Conny left Chiang Mai last Friday. Conny to the Thai Islands for a few weeks before heading home to Germany and Alex straight home to Australia. With Katherine also finishing work next week Jane tells me Agape has never had so few volunteers. When people take their holidays it will be down to one person per shift sometimes. Living alone isnt as bad as i thought it would be, so many people have told me to drop in at any time.