No change in plans ahead

We are continuing to catch up with our computer work and things that need to be done at the house in preparation for our upcoming trips.    I have been putting more hours into my computer work.  As September ends the 3rd quarter of the year, more reports come from workers in Asia to finish the reporting about the girls for their sponsors.    

We had to close one safe house in Laos   We had problems with the house parents for some time and it became apparent they were not teaching the girls properly and they refused to give reports for the girls or allow our worker from Vientiane to visit to talk with the girls.     At the end of the school term, we discontinued our support to this safe house.   They own the house so we could not fire them and move in other house parents.    I had to reassign the sponsors to girls who needed a sponsor in other safe houses.  

Wendy and Philip, the couple that arrived from Shanghai, China in June, continue to learn and help with the SAS work.   They have been taking driving lessons and will get their licenses in October.    Wendy will assume the load of work from Nepal when we leave for Thailand, so she is learning to review and edit reports.     Philip is working closely under Ron's supervision to develop his workload.    Their daughter, Deborah, is doing well in her schooling at Columbia Christian Academy in Columbia, TN.

What a beautiful week we have enjoyed with cool nights and warm days.    Leaves are beginning to fall so I have spent one hour a day raking leaves in the front yard.   It is wonderful to be outside and feel the warm sun and get a little exercise.    The nights will continue in the 60's in North Georgia, but the daytime temperature will return to the low 90's next week.    Fall is here but I guess the return of the football season proves that.

Our schedule is still the same as in my last blog for our trip to the Mayo Clinic and to Texas.   We are closely watching the tropical weather coming from Africa in hopes no hurricanes will develop at the time we need to be in Jacksonville, FL and travel along I-10 toward Texas.

Our son and daughter both have September birthdays.    We regret that we cannot be with either of them on their special days.   Ronald and Gigi also have an anniversary on the 23rd.   Although we are able to keep in touch regularly by email and chatlines, we miss them a lot and wish we could see them more often.   Our granddaughter, Tatum, is also doing well and we miss her a lot.    We are grateful for their well-being and good lives.

Thank you, my dear friends, for following our lives and work in Asia.   I hope to have some interesting posts and pictures from Thailand in November through March.    Don't forget to pray for our safety and health.   THANKS!!!