A Week in Review

This past week has brought more than we could have imagined. Cari going for a 6 day stay at the hospital here in Bangkok ranked #1 for family excitement, but there are a few other nuggets to share as well.
The kids and I said "goodbye" to Cari and left Wednesday morning for the 3+ hour drive to the Cambodia border so we could spend 3 days with 'Cambodia Hope Organization' in the city of Poipet. What an amazing ministry run by christian nationals. They are involved all over Poipet helping vulnerable children and their communities. Meghan will be posting her comments about the 'School on a Mat' program and some insight on her views so I won't go into too much detail.
Poipet is the most desperate place so far on this trip I have witnessed in regards to living conditions. Poverty is everywhere and yet the whole boarder of this city facing Thailand is filled with the lies of luxurious casinos. I believe the saddest thing I saw was the viewing of a cartoon to grade school children on how to look out for adult predators. Its almost unreal that a 5 year old would need to see this video, but yet again I am thankful that the C.H.O. team was showing it, because the problem is real.
We returned Saturday afternoon to our guesthouse in Bangkok to find Cari waiting for us. What a blessing to see her walking around and in much better health. The doctor said she will need 2 follow up visits this month for blood work, but gave the green light for travel, so we are off tomorrow to lay on a beach or by a pool on the island of Phuket for 5 days.
Once again on behalf of our family I want to thank everyone for their prayers, because they have been heard and answered.
-Kurt
P.S. Cole and Jessica have not started a life of crime as the picture above may suggest, but rather were keeping the dust and smoke of Poipet out of their lungs as we drove much of the time in the back of a pickup.