deepbrew

Well, this morning I had my first cup of real coffee-maker coffee since coming to Thailand!  I’ve been surviving on instant.  That’s about all they drink over here.  This stuff they call 3 in 1 is really popular; it’s got sugar, creamer, and instant coffee all mixed together.  It’s tolerable, and not much more.  So since Mom sent this bag of really good Starbucks ground coffee over I’ve been pining to make it, but haven’t had a coffee maker to do it.  Collier brought a coffee maker from America, and this morning I went over to his house and he made me a cup of genuine brewed coffee.  It was profound.
Had a great rest of the day as well.  Our mentoring group rented motorbikes and went driving all the way around the mountain, on a 3-4 hour drive.  We saw some incredible scenery, and besides two flat tires and some serious sunburns, we had a perfectly awesome day!
Now we are just about to leave for  our 2nd ministry trip, this time to the mountains of Thailand, to visit Karen villages.  We’ll be doing lots of driving on rough mountain roads, sleeping in a different place every night, and generally living pretty primitively, the way it sounds.  We’ll probably be doing a bit of English teaching and helping with some church services.  Looks like an adventure, at any rate.  Keep us in your prayers; Kelly, Katrina, Hans, Craig, Huber, and I.  Hopefully there will be an update about that when we get back.