Outside my window… rainy season has finally come. But it’s not as is should be. Most days the clouds darken the sky, the wind picks up and whips through the trees. But then the rain doesn’t fall. And if it does, it’s not the hard, monsoon rains that we’re used to around here. I miss the rain.

I’m thinking… I’m gonna miss my friends when they go to Europe for the American Summer. One of the drawbacks of living in Chiang Mai is that there is a very transient population. We’ve been here for 10 years, but most of the good friends we’ve made have come and gone. The average length of stay is 2-3 years. The sad thing is that once someone returns home, you don’t hear from them again. Out of sight, out of mind. Thankfully, the friends I wish were staying for the Summer will be back in time for school to start in August.

I’m thankful for… the friends that are still here… you know who you are. And the friendships that have enriched my life over the years, even if only for a moment.

I’m reading… a book about baby sleep. a book about apostolic vision. a book about life. and a book about home schooling.

I’m hearing… the Daily Audio Bible Podcast. John 17. Jesus prayer. We do not belong to this world, we belong to Jesus. It’s not by accident that we do not fit into this world – it’s by design. We will never fit into this world. We were not created for this world.

Around the house… wow. A clean house. We have a house keeper. finally. And what a difference. My stress levels are down, cause I don’t have to carry all the responsibility of keeping things clean. I figured out that I have 4 full time jobs: Wife/Mum, House keeper & Head cook, Missionary/Worship Leader/Intercessor, and Secretary. So, it’s time to delegate some of the responsibility so that I can do 3 jobs well, rather than 4 jobs poorly. We don’t have the same modern conveniences like dryers and dishwashers and vacuum cleaners. So it makes house keeping that much more time consuming.

In the kitchen… I’m gonna make banana muffins today. And I think we’ll have fish for dinner… LOL or maybe not! Sean had fish last Monday and spent the entire week dealing with e.coli.

One of my favourite things… listening to the awesome wisdom of Miss Three. She so precocious and so much fun.

Plans for the weekend… that’s just too far away to think about.

A photo thought…