Thailand Journal 19 – Sept. 12

With just the six of us left (see yesterday’s journal), we decided to turn things a bit upside-down, and began the day with coconut ice-cream; and intended to end it with the famous roadside pancakes. Neither of the pancake ladies were at their stations! But Uncle Prasarn and Auntie Nang and her sisters were at home. Richard was kind enough to come and translate for us. Spring, she especially appreciated the chicken feed, because they have so many chickens. Of course they always appreciate the dog food, Kalene and Lorraine. There were hardly any tears today. Those were shed on Friday. Today was quite upbeat with lots of expressions of gratitude and love. They were delighted to hear that many members of the team have made the decision already to return next year. We took time to run around and say more goodbyes to the massage ladies, the hardware store family, the pharmacist, the telephone couple, etc. We also made a quick trip to the Monday night market to see if we found some of the students from the elementary school who tend to wander through these evening markets. This team is so awesome. They break the stereotype of mission-trippers! We are now on the way to the airport to fly out on Tuesday morning.