Another Quilt

Finished another baby quilt.....this time for our co-workers little boy....Zuriel. I loved the bright colors!

Safe Arrival

Just talked to Lancy, and she made it safe and sound....with luggage....to Bangkok.

A Slight Change in Plans

Lancy is on her way.....but two days late and going around the world the other way. When she got to the airport on Tuesday, United wouldn't let her on her flight because she just had a one way ticket. According to the Thai consulate, that was all that she needed because she had a 1 year visa, not the typical tourist visa. But...the Thai consulate would not contact United, and United would not contact the Thai consulate....so she was stuck.

Fast forward to today. Yesterday she bought a ticket to Cambodia so that she would have a ticket leaving Thailand. Today that was acceptable by United so she was able to get on the flight. Next problem---the flight from San Francisco to Bangkok was cancelled today.....so they re-routed her through Frankfurt.....Germany.....the other way around the world!

So, she is ON the plane now, heading first to Denver, then to Frankfort, then to Bangkok, arriving on Saturday, the 23rd at 6:30am.....9 hours later than she would have arrived on the original flight. That will be about 38 hours of traveling.....good thing she is young. She will be wiped out when she gets there, but will at least be able to say that she has been to Europe, eh???

Keep praying for her travel and her first days getting settled in Thailand.

Lancy off to Thailand

Our daughter, Lancy, is off to Thailand tomorrow! We are so excited for her! She graduated almost 2 years ago from the Word of Life Bible Institute in Argentina, worked there for a year, and is now off to Bangkok where she will be working with youth there. Please pray for her as she travels and gets settled in with her co-workers, who arrived last week. She has lots of new experiences ahead of her!

Happy New Year!

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year. Since the Chinese in our home outnumber the non-Chinese, we decided we would celebrate this year. OK, maybe not quite like in China, but with red lanterns, Chinese food and red envelopes of money for the kids. When MinMin saw the envelopes she said to the other kids, "Money". She knew exactly what was supposed to be in them. Of course, they may have been the only Chinese kids to receive red envelopes with Mexican pesos in them. We also put on some Chinese music during dinner, and MinMin sang along with many of them. Even Taylor got excited about the music. He sang along with a couple, like he remembered the music/songs from over 1 1/2 years ago when he lived in China.

Over all, the kids enjoyed themselves---that was the important thing!

Quilts

In my spare time, I work on quilts. Spare time---that is why these have taken me so long to do. MinMin has an orange bedspread, and LiAnne, pink. Their curtains are made of the same fabric as the quilts. MinMin must have asked me 20 times if I was making it for Lancy, and I told her the same number of times it was for her. I don't think she believed me until we put it on the end of her bed.

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