Church Search

     This was the longest short work week ever. As we mentioned last time, Mother's Day was last weekend and so Glynn did not have to work on Monday. This was a good thing. But unfortunately we both had diarrhea all week long. Anyone who has traveled internationally knows the joys of having to adjust to new foods. Some take the cautious road of eating only prepackaged meals or only eating at nice clean looking restaurants. Glynn tends to take to eating with a certain gusto that he should probably rein in at some point. If he sees someone else eat it he will eat it. And at times as long as you tell him someone has eaten it before he will still eat it. Bum tends to be a little more cautious and eats what she knows. She being Thai and this being Thailand means that there should not be much of an issue there. So when Bum's aunt brought us some Som Tom (a Thai salad with a sour papaya base) last Sunday we did not think anything about it. We both love Som Tom and usually have no problems in the digestive arena after eating it. But this was no normal Som Tom. It was a kind of hodge-podge mixed up crazy salad. It was mostly bean sprouts (no problem here) with a little papaya and a lot of hoi (Pronounced like you substitute the "c" in coy for an "h". Hoi means "shell" and refers to any of a number of shell fish. In this case I think they are usually river muscles.) and a big hand full of little crabs. Glynn is blaming the hoi for this extended bout of the runnies. On Friday Glynn had a crazy head ache all day at school, which was probably due to dehydration and Bum was stuck at home with stomach cramps and Winter keeping her on her toes.
     We are happy to say that all is well now in the belly department. We have recuperated and are starting to feel ourselves again. Bum still has a head ache but that could be because Winter, and in therefore Bum, has not been sleeping very well. Pray that what ever was infesting our guts is gone all the way now and will not come back to visit any time soon.
     We went to a new church again today. It was largely western and missionary filled. From the time we entered until we left no one said a word to us. This took us both by surprise. We want to find a church home to be a part of here we are just not finding what we are looking for at any of the churches we are visiting. I think the reason is that Kenwood spoiled us. We loved being at that church and with those people so much that we feel like nothing is going to compare. We talked a while today about this and know that we are just going to have to find the place that we think we can be of most use and learn the most about what a "Thai" church is like and start serving and ministering there. Perhaps we can instill some of the love and fellowship that we felt at Kenwood in what ever church we decide to join with here. Pray that we would find a church home soon.

God bless,
Glynn, Bum, and Winter

Still looking.