Sunday, August 24, 2008

Hudson Singing NC State Song...sort of

This is Hudson's version of the NC State Fight Song. We are just hoping that NC State wins some football games this year.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Kathryn Marie






Thursday, August 14, 2008

Pics from a big park in the middle of Bangkok

These are some pics we took today at a big park in Bangkok. Hudson was excited about this first picture because he took it. He did a pretty good job. The others he took included the sky, his thumb, our legs, and other slanted shots.




Wednesday, August 13, 2008

In Daddy's Shoes

Pamela at 38 1/2 Weeks

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Watch those gas stoves

This past week, we arrived in Bangkok to await the new baby. Pamela was trying to use the gas oven. The fire went out, so she reached down to relight it. Unfortunately, she didn't realize that the gas had been on, even though the flame went out. What resulted was a burnt arm, burns on her face, and even her feet. She screamed, and then ran for me. I put her in the shower, sprayed her off, pulled out all the singed hair on her head, commented on her missing eyebrow (she didn't care much for that), etc. The day after was miserable for her. That day and the next day she couldn't go anywhere without putting ice on her burns, especially on her hand (where she was lighting the stove). After a couple of days now, the pain is more like that of a sunburn. She's feeling a ton better, and looks almost normal, except for missing some of her left eyebrow. We are thankful to God that she wasn't in worse shape than she was.

Monday, August 4, 2008

In Prison

A few days ago we came into Bangkok to wait for the baby to be born (still have a couple of weeks). With some time to spare, I met a man who does ministry in many of the prisons in Bangkok. He works along with a church thats focus is this ministry. Today we went to a prison for drug dealers. Many have already given their lives to Christ. I had the opportunity to help teach about 10 or so of these young men, who were about my age. Some people had been in prison for 2, 3, 5, and even 7 years; however, God has gotten a hold of their lives. One man from the church who helped teach was a prisoner himself years ago, and was saved through Christian teaching in the prison. Now, he's thinking about going back to the Isaan region, which is where he was born, and starting a church. In a country where response to the Gospel is often slow, its neat to see that God is working in a mighty way among these troubled people.