Exciting start to the week, we are going to Thailand!

We started this week with the announcement of where we will be going for outreach this summer. The group will be split four ways, and we are on the team heading to Thailand. For now that is all that we know, and we are excited that we will most likely have a part in deciding where we go and what we do when we get there. It is exciting for us to get Thailand since we have had so many times in the past that Thailand has had an influence on our decision to come here and do this DTS. So more will come on that but it is well so far.

A dilemma of conscience is also on our mind. On Thursday evening Charli and I had talked about an accident she was in before we left Cincinnati, and felt compelled to just tell the person who hit her that we would not ask them to repair the car. The damage was mostly paint chipped on the bumper, I fixed the only broken parts for $5 and about an hour of my time. So we decided to pray about it and call the person this past weekend. Then on the way home from Church Sunday, I was driving alone (since Charli and the girls stayed behind with Anya feeling a little sick), and was rear ended. So it is pretty clear the first guy is off the hook because the second guy did more damage to the bumper that exceeds the first damage, but again the bumper is not too bad, just cosmetic. The dilemma comes in that the second guy decided to just leave the scene without any exchange of information, and only because I got his license plate is he now found. So, do I offer the same grace to the second guy as the first? Bumper is still just chipped of paint, but the fact that he left the scene makes me want him to pay for the repair. Anyway, guess it is more to pray on...

Anya started a dance class today, and is doing great making friends. Aria is getting adjusted too, so not so much of a fuss on her long days in her class. Charli and I had a really tough time just after the outreach locations were picked, but whatever was causing that seems ot have lifted...so keep praying for us folks!

Quick fact from last weeks speaker Peter Warren: The word Judge in the bible is used as a translation from 4 different Greek words, that have a variety of meanings, So next time you are reading the bible, think about looking at the Greek version also to make sure you are really understanding what is being said in the translation. Good thing we have Google translator and bible applications.

Finally, our speaker of the week is Paul Hawkins. Here is something he taught today in Learning to Recognize God's Voice:

"Do not make a decision by your own understanding and then pray that God will bless your decision. Start by praying to God with a willing heart and see what he says to you."

Love you all!