Saturday, December 22, 2007

Just Look at these. Seriously.


The Crew. It smelled like bat droppings. Our smiles are fake. There is a huge cave behind us. We make the cave look good.






This is one of the Karen Huts in the Thai Village. In america, we call this the barrio. The Thailand government does not want these people here, so they do not let them have any electricity.





AJ's game face. This is when we were interviewing the Karen people to see how we can help. English to Thai to Karen to Thai to English. We think there might have been a few "lost in translations".





Me throwing a rock at Burma. --(P.C. correction: what Josh meant to say is that the Burmese government isn't being too kind with its people and we don't think it's right. I did really swim to the other side even though we heard there could be army guys in the jungle.)-- James swam to the other side and touched it even though their might have been crazy jungle armies with AK's hiding in the trees. Now his leg is infected.





This is our boy Blue. Pastor Manat's brother in law that has been traveling with us the whole time. Thats not an undershirt. Those are just sleeves that he puts on his arms. Thai people dont like the sun or getting tan. In fact, you would not believe how many ads we have seen for whitening cream and anti melanin medication. They are very backwards in these parts.


A girl at the Burmese/Karen village. These people seem hopeless. They can't leave this village and they can't go back to Burma. Very sad situation, but this is where we are going to help.






Christmas Celebration. Another village. We actually pulled his pants up for the photo.







Pastor Manat. He has been our guide. Believe it or not, he was a teacher 2 weeks ago. God told him to quit and do ministry full time. He stepped out in faith and now has shown us most of Thailand. By the way, that jacket....doesn't make any sense. We are all in the back ground with no shirts on sweating and stuff.


8 comments:

Faith Comes By Hearing said...

Ok, AJ's family is now praying for James. We felt from the Lord AJ was fine, now we know why. So now we are like really concerned about James!! James, how is your leg??? You look fine in the pictures, smiling and everything but we will continue to pray for you and the team!! AJ's Dad

Davis said...

Josh, James, Aj, Aaron
Some pretty heavy stuff you guys are doing out in Thailand. May God continue to offer you guidance and protection. It is awesome that you guys have this blog for all of us to follow. I'm praying hard for you guys and wish the best. I don't know when you'll be able to read this comment but I wanted to wish you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS! Love you guys!!

Davis

Liana said...

Your pictures and stories are all amazing! We (the girls: Kimber, Christen, Deonna, Courtney and I) are soooo proud of you guys! We think what you are all doing is amazing and is a great thing! We are praying for you boys and can't wait to hear all the stories first hand when you are all home. James take care of your leg we want you home in one piece. We will keep praying for you! Marry Christmas! XOXO

Liana, Kimber, Christen, Deonna, and Courtney

Unknown said...

Hey guys! Just wanted to leave a post! I love hearing the news and seeing the great things God is doing with you guys over there! What amazing news coming from the other side of the world!

Know I'm praying for you! Keep the great news coming!

May God continued to be glorified throughout all you are doing! Praises to Jesus!

p.s. Whoever is doing the pictures is putting up some amazing photography!

Love you,
Markymark

Jen said...

All the pictures are amazing!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS to you guys!

Faith Comes By Hearing said...

Hey you guys,

Merry Christmas!! It is 10pm here Christmas Eve and we have just finished our Christmas Eve Open house and we are thinking of you all. You should be getting up and realizing you are spending Christmas in Thialand. How awesome this that!! We are thinking about all of you and waiting for you return. So we send you our best wishes and love!! AJ's Dad

Faith Comes By Hearing said...

AJ,

Merry Christmas!! Whole Jackson family and your mom and dad send their love. We are and will be praying for you. Hope you and your team are having an awesome Christmas in Thailand. Pat says to keep it legit!! Shannon says happy Jesus Birthday, and we love you, and she got you a pony and humve, 32 pair of socks, and subscription to Rolling Stone. Mom says, Merry Christmas, I love you, and we will call Katrina tomorrow to wish her a Merry Christmas.

PS. What time to you come in on the 30th??? Dad

bwallis said...

Boys,
been praying for you guys a ton that you would see and know what exactly it was that you wanted to do there and obviously it looks like it has shown itself pretty easily there. I'm not even there and when i see those pictures i cant help but stop, collect myself, and realize how lucky we all are here in the good old. really happy to hear that you are all growing out your chest hair. I bet there you need the most hair possible to combat all of the evil and crappy heads that you run into. Makes sense though... love you guys bad and miss the heck out of you. Leah says she misses all of you and says stay safe. loved so bad... i pray for your safety, decision making skills, nun chucking skills, computer hacking skills, and all of the other stuff too. cant wait to hear all of the amazing stories...