Prathom 3/2 Class Photo 

Goodbye School

This will be my last week to work at CD school. I will miss the students and teachers. Amy and I had dinner with the family of one of my students. I tutored their oldest son and Amy tutored his younger brother. It will be sad to say goodbye. I hope I make as many friends at the next place that I work. I'm still job hunting.

Today Tan and I went to Ice's graduation ceremony. The ceremonies are always held a long time after students have graduated. Chris and Derrick also went. Chris is a long time friend. I met him two years ago. He's Thai. Derrick is a new friend. He is an exchange student from Holland. Ice and her family invited us to have dinner with them to celebrate.

Tomorrow's date will mark 14 months that Tan and I have been together. We will go out to eat and then watch a film from the Bangkok International Film Festival.

Good elephant. Take a bow. 

rice 

Farmers near Bisou village 

Just eat cake

Do you ever have one of those nights when you wonder who you are? Or who you are becoming? It happens. A realization hit me. What can I become? I'm 24 years old. I've been teaching two years away from America. What's next? Will I live each day for a purpose. Or will it seem like a boring routine? One day, I could be that person that I sometimes see, a man that knows what is important. A man who is content. A man without regrets. A friend named Tim said, "If you want it all, you'll never be happy." I know that. He also said, "Just eat cake and the rest of life is frosting." That's true. I should focus on what's important. But what's the cake? My cake this year could be my relationships with God, with Tan, with family, with friends and my career as a teacher. Frosting might be traveling, playing guitar and other things. These were just some thoughts I had at 2 a.m.

Trip to Lampang

The Baylor teachers went to Lampang to visit Kirk and Suzie Person's village. The Persons have worked with the Bisou (spelling?) hilltribe for about 15 years. They are linguists. They helped develop a written language for Bisou and have taught the people how to read and write it. I'll share more about the trip soon.