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Holding the khom loi while its air heats up. Our fearless leader Walai to the left in the purple shirt. Right with the green purse is our bookkeeper and launch manager Pisamai. Our current youngest and third youngest girls stand in front of picture. You can see candles placed on the rail all around the [...]
A large song taew ready to go. Yesterday we went to the “Baan Song Muang” children’s rights conference in Baan Kruad about fifty kilometers southeast of Nang Rong. It is a two day conference with children invited for the first day. Most of our staff and kids went, and I went along as well. We [...]
A Visit to Grandfather Here it is November before I have had a chance to write anything. I have been back since late October getting settled. Sue and I came over from the U.S. to Thailand mid September, but stayed only long enough to go over a few issues at the foundation here. The main [...]
Our first child home is progressing. Sue and I are now back in the U.S. We find that tax time is always a good time to be back. Most of our bills get paid by auto deductions from bank accounts, but piles of mail, a few pieces of which is actually important, have built up [...]
The forms were completed, rebar inspected and we started pouring foundation concrete the same day we were planting the first large trees. Sue was helping out in both areas, although she spent a lot more time on the tree project. Landscaping and gardening are things she really likes. The second picture gives a better overview [...]
Ho and I put a bag around the roots of a small tree in the forest. Sue and I just got back from a short 35 km trip east to see Thai forest land. We went with Uan, a Thai friend, and Ho, one of our fathers. When we got there we picked up Uan’s [...]
We are driving 8 meter (26 foot) concrete pilings into the ground to support our new child home. It would be a bit cheaper if we could just dig down a ways and pour some footings, as has often been done in the past in this area. I had been wondering about the necessity of [...]
This is off my subject, but since I have already written about Haiti… While looking at some news today I was reminded about something else. There is a lot of talk about relief donations for the Haitian disaster. I see UNICEF and the American Red Cross mentioned a lot. Also mentioned are the numerous fake [...]
There is one other issue I can’t help bringing up again about the Haiti earthquake. It is hard to find specifics, but many are commenting that it is the effect of the earthquake on (concrete/masonry) buildings that kill people, not the earthquake itself. If you are out in the open when it strikes you are [...]
You can see the two finger salute in this picture of four of our girls. The little one is also doing it below the bottom of the picture. Every Thai girl under the age of 30 has to do that in every picture. I suppose I should find out what it means. I took that [...]
