Slow and steady

Arm and I have been steadily busy and I was enjoying our routine. It was nice to have an idea of when he would be coming home and it was also nice for me to get into a routine of teaching my classes. It normally doesn't take me this long to get into a routine of teaching, however, I usually taught 4 subjects, but this term I'm teaching 6 subjects and 5 of these subjects are new, so it's taken a bit longer than normal. However, I do like ALL of my classes this term. Usually I have one class that drives me crazy (one out of seven, which is good odds), but this term, God had mercy on me and gave me GREAT students! I think if I had a class that drove me crazy this term, I'd be losing my mind hahaha. I still really like Kasetsart and feel blessed to be teaching here.





Arm has had a few weeks off from summer teams, but the last one is coming tonight at midnight (Sunday night). They are 7 high school kids and one mom. They will be here for 2 weeks, but I'm a little in the dark as to what they're going to do. Probably since I'm not thinking about them a whole lot. haha. However, Kasetsart gets a whole week off for graduation and it's the second week this summer team is here for, so I'll probably be tagging along quite a bit. I'm also looking forward to getting a week off of school!!! Vacations are always welcome. haha.





Swine flu is rising in Thailand, but I'm not too concerned about it at this point. However, one of my students caught swine flu over a long weekend we had and she was supposed to come back to school, but she got worse at the beginning of last week and went back in the hospital. I haven't found out how she's doing now, but please pray for Eee.





Please continue to pray for Jan and her family situation. She is going to get a break this coming weekend as she is going to a Christian Camp with Campus Crusade for Christ. It is a challenge for her to live at home, but I don't think this situation is that odd in Thailand. Her mom is hurting and she takes her frustration out on Jan by challenging her interest in Christ (her mom doesn't know she's a Christian yet) and putting Jan down in everything she does. Her mom doesn't want her hanging out with me too much (even though she likes me) because she doesn't want her daughter to become a Christian. These are all reasons Jan is worried about telling her mom she's a Christian now. Pray for Jan to be brave and for God to comfort her when she feels so alone.



These 2 pictures of Autumn were taken when she was waiting for Arm and I to walk out. I think they're so cute as she's anxiously clutching her rose petals and then she puts her hand back and gets ready to throw them. Autumn really enjoyed all the attention she got here and made friends pretty quickly. It was so nice to spend time with them and my family and friends during the wedding. Everyone loved my family and since my mom was here for a month, now several people from church miss her as well and keep in contact over Facebook with her. It's so nice that my family knows my life, Arm, and friends in Thailand.





Please pray for me as I've been feeling pretty down lately. I can't figure out what is going on, but it's been a struggle emotionally. One issue is not feeling like I have many close friends. My foreign friends have all returned to the states, and two of my closest Thai friends left the country. One is in Korea studying and the other one went to America for 6 months. Thankfully, one of these girls is coming back to Bangkok on August 6. I think I'm really starting to miss family and friends, since my parents, Joel's family, and 3 friends from college were all here at the same time and then suddenly gone. It was nice having them here and I think I'm starting to feel the shock of all of them being gone. It's another reason I'm very thankful for getting married and that Arm is a gift from God. Thank you for all of your prayers. I really appreciate all of your prayers and notes.