After lunch, we went on a boat ride in Phang Nga Bay where they have all those floating islands and sea stacks.

Sunday, 21st
Went to church. It turns out this church didn’t have services until 7:00pm. This wasn’t the church we wanted – it was catholic with a school on the grounds. We found our intended church a few blocks away in a commercial shop space. It was a wonderful and intimate time. A number of the musicians and service helpers spoke English. The pastor was a woman and her teenager son interpreted the sermon for us. Many of the songs were familiar as we usually find. About six of these church people will help us tomorrow at distribution as interpreters.

No noteworthy pictures. After nearly 24 hours on flights, we landed in Phuket late afternoon on Friday. We met our dear in-country friends and jumped in vans for a short trip to Phang Nga. It's hot and humid but not real unpleasant. We checked into our rooms at the Phunga Hotel and then went to see where we will be distributing Monday and Tuesday. It's the regional health center, and a nice roomy facility. We had dinner about 7:00, followed by a short meeting, and released to our rooms. Annie and I fell asleep at 9:30pm but awoke about 4:00am.....to just chat until we went down for breakfast at 6:30. We can see the tops of the sea stacks over the hotel and green canopy. Annie and I recently saw Avatar and the sea stacks look like the floating mountains. Today, Saturday was orientation. We consolidated tools and materials, sorted and organized wheelchair gifts (toothbrushes, toothpaste, candy, crayons, etc.), and commissioned the seating teams with prayer. A wonderful day getting to know each other and preparing ourselves for our work here, for our mission ministering to the people in Thailand in His name. Church tomorrow and sightseeing.

Now it's time for another Wheels for the World trip. We leave in 2 days. Annie and I are packed and ready to go back to see friends and minister to the wonderful people of Thailand. Stay tuned.

And God be with Egypt