Traffic in Town

I was at a high vantage point the other day and snapped this photo. It was a light traffic time, so cars were actually moving! 
Just need to celebrate the small things too!

Praying for a Friend

The Jones

The other day, I stopped in to see some friends of mine who were in town. Hilary had been in the country teaching when she had to have a emergency medical procedure. Her husband, Arthur had to catch a quick flight from England to be by her side.  The operation went well and after being bedridden for a week, she was up and about. So I stopped in to see her before they flew back home and snapped a photo.   I heard that they had a doctor on the flight with them, plus oxygen on the way home.  Then within 24 hours of getting home, she was back in the hospital with more systoms. So please be praying for them both as they adjust and recover from all the excitement. It is truly a blessing to know the people that God calls to his service and to watch how He orchestras everything for His glory! 

Nepal Video

Another Trip Up the Valley Wall

In the month of February, a couple friends and I made it a weekly event to get out of our bubble and get out into the community.  On the last weekend of Feb. we planned to go out to a village about an hour out of the valley, but were stopped by an accident on the road. So we turned around, wandered a bit, trying to figure out what to do and decided to visit a World Heritage Site called Changnarayan. Its one of the older temples that sits up on the valley ridge.  It was a rather overcast day, but the company and the photos ops were great! Here are a couple photos.

Temple on the Hill

Group at the gate

Water Tap

Hungry Chicken

Craved Wagon

small temple

talking with some women

greeting stones

cloudy valley

breath mints

In Thailand

Here are a couple photos of my time in Thailand.

Do Salmon and Seaweed Lays make
a sushi roll?

Beautiful Green Garden

The satay was delish! 

Riding A Thai Tuktuk

Collecting Shells

Watching men fish 

loose bench in the back of
a pick up

Bangkok Skyline

Lodgings

Listening in on a conversation
I couldn'tunderstand...it was in Thai

Mona Gonzales

My Goldie!

Happy on the Beach!

New Futsol Pitch

hokey pokey or a kick

goal keeper

running for the ball

The school finally has a futsol pitch. Here are some photos of the 'first' game. I was playing with my camera settings and realized if I used this one, the photos were not blurry...well sort of.

go for the goal

the little black pellets get in everything...but at least we have a pitch!

Speak Life

Today I led a chapel. I chose as my topic - Speaking Life. In Proverbs there is a passage that says what we speak can kill or nourish life. As I was doing the research for the chapel, I found a stat that said on average a person opens their mouth about 700 times a day and speaks about 18000 words. If all those words were written down that would be about a 54 page book. I held up a book with about 54 pages in it. I wanted the kids to understand how much they talk.  I then asked them to think about how many of those words were used to speak life. I mentioned that in Matthew it states that we will be held accountable for every word that we say. Ouch! There was a heavy silence.

Toby Mac has a song called "Speak Life". I encourage you to listen to it if you can. I played it for the kids (and I heard later that one of the classes went back singing the chorus and asked to listen to it again. Amen!)  I finished the chapel with an object lesson. I asked them to think about all those words they will speak during the day as they are brushing their teeth. They need to think about it because as they squeeze the tube and the paste comes out, it is like our words. Once those words come out of our mouths, we can't put them back in. So they need to think carefully  each day about how they are using their words for..Death or Life!

By the way, after that talk, I didn't have much to say for the rest of the day. :)