I am having to combine two months into one update. From mid-October until now I have been overseas with teams. It has been an amazing fall between Guatemala, Thailand and Cambodia. We are home for this week for Thanksgiving and we are really excited to see our girls. Then, I’m off to China next week to finish out the year. 

We started in Guatemala where I had a team working at our orphanage, in a Mayan village and down on the coast. We were able to build stoves, wash feet and hair, and deliver food baskets in a Mayan village in Guatemala where we have a nutrition center. We also took the kids from our children’s home to the zoo and had a bonfire and cookout with them. Next came a large carnival and church service followed by several days on the coast where we released turtles and put on a VBS at several nutrition centers while delivering food and building stoves. From there I flew to South Carolina to speak at a church, then Kim and I headed to Cambodia and Thailand.

Our first team was only in Cambodia. They put on a VBS for a lot of kids at different nutrition centers. The theme was Jonah and they brought a giant shark suit as a prop. This turned into an epic game of sharks and minnows with the kids afterward. We were able to teach English in the school and love on kids in 4 different locations. 

Our last team spanned Thailand and Cambodia. We started in Thailand in a village on the Laos border working with the Lahu tribe. Part of the team taught English in several schools while others replaced windows on the church and the remaining people put on a medical clinic in the village. It was a challenge with all the different languages being spoken. Next, we travelled to Bangkok where we put on a carnival to promote Christmas services and medical clinic to serve the Pakistani and deaf communities. Next, it was on the Cambodia. We hosted a medical clinic at the hospital in Kampong Thom, which allowed a medical team from Phnom Penh to provide cancer screens. The remainder of the team put on a VBS for 4 groups of kids in 3 different locations. In all, this team required 8 flights, 6 hotels, 6 buses, 5 vans, 1 boat, 27 visas, 26 translators in 5 different languages for 2 countries to complete. It was a lot, but the Lord provided. We even saw one of our translators get led to the Lord!

Thank you for your prayers and support. Your generosity has enabled all of this to happen. I pray each of you has a Happy Thanksgiving!