Ok, it is time for an update.  Thanks for checking back even when we don't post for a week! 
 
The English Camp:
Last weekend was the English Camp that we put on for a school group.  Thank you for your prayers.  Josh and I led 4 different sessions with 22 students each on Saturday.  We taught them transportation vocabulary, sentence structure, and pronounciation.  We especially had fun teaching them how we hail a taxi in the States.  In Thailand, you would stand on a street corner, hold your arm down, and wave your fingers.  It is hard to explain but it is a very reserved gesture.  The kids had a lot of fun watching my exaggerated demonstration of how to get a Taxi in the States: waving your hands above your head (!) and shouting "TAXI!"  At the end of the day the kids had fun skit activities that their teachers had planned and we got to be a part of that by sharing testimonies and a Christian skit.  The kids were here as a school group with their teachers and none of them were Christians.  They came expressly to learn English and we wanted to do that well and effectively so that they would listen to what we had to say about Jesus.  The next day was Sunday and we started off by teaching them "Old McDonald" which they really enjoyed because it became a contest to see if the Thais could make better animal noises than the farangs (foreigners).  Ever tried making an elephant noise before?  Well, they do a great job!  Then we did a big group teaching session on the garden of Eden.  Mary (the doc's wife here) made it into a news-report situation and we had sentences written out that they practiced saying.  After that we split into smaller groups and led them through reading an easier-English version of Adam and Eve's temptation and sin.  We helped them with their pronounciation during that and had translators to help them know what the sentences said in their own language.  Then we all met back together and Mary told the story of Jesus emphasizing his death and ressurrection.  Again we broke up into small groups and helped the kids read the stories outloud.  (If you teach English to adults who don't speak English and would like to know more about the stories click here: http://www.chronologicalbiblestorying.com/esl_efl/esl_efl_harthcock_materials.htm)
 
After that we all met together and played a tounge twister/try American food relay game.  You should have seen their faces when they tried the Mac&Cheese and the Gatoraide (which they thought tasted like pee water)!  They did enjoy the deviled eggs and the chocolate pudding! 
 
At the end of the camp the kids were all very thankful and expressed a desire to have another camp in October or next summer (anyone from the states want to come help out?)   They presented us with some beautiful fruit carvings and a big stack of thank-you notes.  The thing that touched us the most was when the head teacher (principle?) said thank you for teaching him that Love was free.  We had tried to emphasize, among other things, that God loves us (esp. through His Son) and that his Love is a free gift.  We were so excited that the message had been communicated!  Since this was an English camp and not a church camp we did not have an invitation or any "who wants to accept Jesus" thing.  Our aim was to teach them English excellently so that they would listen to the message that we had to share.  Now, we pray that God will cause those seeds to grow and when they meet other Christians they will have an understanding of what they believe and they will be more open to the Gospel.  We also pray that future English camps with these kids will be fruitful and that true believers will be brought out of the group. 
 
Camp ended well and we were exhausted!  Aiden, however, has struggled with teething all week long and his sleep has been sporadic.  I think things are getting better and I certainly feel much more rested!
 
On Thursday a group of farangs went out to plant rice.  The Thais were being nice and helping us out so we could experience a little of what rice farming was.  We planted a field of rice in 1 hour (it would take a group of Thais 30 minutes).  Thais love to laugh and have fun and so while they were helping us get our rows straight and scoop spiders out of the flooded field they would say things like "will this rice grow?"  Anyway we had a great time and our backs ached afterwards.  We have a great respect for the people who spend weeks planting, go back and weed, and then harvest the rice! 
 
Today we went to the border market that is on the Thai-side of the Thai-Laos border.  We had a good time and bought some nice northern thai material.  It is nice to get off the compound and see a little more of what Thailand is like.  I think when we come back (for it seems that God may be leading us here in the future) I would like to live in a town or a village.  Oh well, those are just my plans.  We will see what God does. 
 
Love you all!  Good night.