We made it!

Greetings from Thailand or Swatee Cop. We arrived at about 10pm on the 16th after a 19 hour flight. Our old friend Blue and his new girlfriend picked us up at the airport, along with Pastor Manats good friend, Tamon, who is a taxi drive in Bangkok. We got our bags and zipped off to find a cheap hotel for the night. After driving through Bangkok for 45 minutes going 45 MPH on the freeway, way to slow, we found a place and turned in for the night around midnight. We met Tamon in the lobby at 8:30 and he took us to the bus stop about 40 minutes away. He sang pretty much the whole way in Thai and would then attempt to translate his song to us in English. He was a very happy man! We booked a VIP bus to Tak for 600B ($18 or $9 per ticket) and 6 hours laters we arrived in Tak. From here we grabbed a Tuk Tuk (small, open taxi) to the other bus stop 5 minutes away where we got on another bus to Maesot, 1 1/2 hours away. This bus was not so VIP and the drive was through the mountains. Katrina got a little sick from the roads and the malaria medicine I think. Beautiful mountains! I met some dude named David on the bus from England who has lived in Maesot for 20 years....just chillin...creep. Once we arrived in Maesot we were greeted by Ps. Manat, Ninja Steve, and good old Jon Justus. Good to see old friends. We then drove 2 1/2 hours in the truck to Forgotten Land in Metawa. We caught some rain on the way home, Katrina fell in and out of sleep, and Jon and I talked pretty much the whole way with Manat chiming in from time to time. We stopped at a police check point and wifey had to pi pi island, so she got her first experience of going numero uno in a jungle, spider infested, bamboo outhouse. She was not happy, but did very well! Upon arriving, we hit our small matts on the floor in the Forgotten house, pulled the mosquito net over us, and crashed out. Oh, before that, Jon introduced Katrina to our "proper Thai bathroom"....sooo goooodd. She was pleased, as was I, that it is better than the previous jungle bathroom. Today we have been eating rice for breakfast, checking out the property, playing with the kids, looking at land, eating rice, meeting new Karen refugees who just fled across the border a month ago,(one guy is 19 and had one of his legs half blown off by a land mine 6 months ago!) planning a September birthday party for all, setting up the proclaimers, eating rice, and hanging out. Katrina is not feeling well at the moment, so please pray for her! I will go home after this to care for her, I'm sure it will pass by tomorrow. We have alot planned and work to do. We are doing an audio bible listening session tomorrow with some Karen, so pray that goes well! Katrina sends her love to all, escpecially mommy and daddy, sis and nathaniel. Keep us in your prayers. I will try to update again early next week. Jon and I are going to go hold each other on the small motorbike and ride home now to eat rice. Luv!