Kudos to the Team

Just wanted to express my deep appreciation for the members of the 2012 Thailand Team.
L to R George, Linda, Dave, Emerson, Jonathan, Sam, Ruth Anne, Elaine, Heidi, Megan, Nick.

This is the Team that spent months preparing ESL lessons, packed 10 suitcases full of supplies, endured the long flights, stretched way out of their time-oriented comfort zones, overcame language challenges, ate rice, rode in the back of the truck long after the novelty wore off, sweated through the heat, ate rice, adapted to more kids than expected for Day Camp, ate rice, put up with each others' idiosyncrasies, shared the bathroom, ate rice, ate a frog, played with kids, cared for each others' heat stroke, celebrated Emerson's birthday in a spectacular way, took pictures, slept on the floor, ate rice, and let their hearts get ripped out when it was time to leave the kids.

Way to go Team. You held it together and let God do good and deep things inside your soul. Lives were changed, ours included. You enriched my life by the time we shared in Thailand. Thank you for sacrificing in order to go. Thank you for the ways you are still sorting it through and unpacking your soul, allowing God to continue the good work He's begun in you.

There are kids in Thailand who love you. Never forget that.