Bong Ti....this will be our new home in a few weeks. Zach said to me (Ruth) today in the midst of our garage sale - 'I just want to scream as loud as I can'. This being very unlike Zach to show such passionate emotion, I asked him why. He said ' I am just so excited, I love our life, I love the adventure, I love that we are selling stuff and I love that we are going to Bong Ti'. This is very much the feeling within our family. Most of the future is completely unknown, but we are anticipating adventure. While there is excitment there is also... a growing awareness of the injustices toward the Karen people who are having to escape Burma - heading to Thailand. Col and I are sickened by what has been apathy on our part toward the oppressed in our world. Just having opened the window a little we are overwhelmed at the comfort of our own lives. The more we have got to know Jesus the more acutely aware we are becoming that our lives can be anything but comfortable. So we head toward this new chapter in our lives - not knowing fully what we will learn. Colin said to me the other day 'this will be defining for our family' and I believe it will be. Our hope is to return to Australia better equiped to lead the many faithful followers of Jesus in Australia in responding appropriately to the poor and oppressed in our country and countries around the world. Here are some photos of what will be our new home - Bamboo School. We will teach English, help in the medical clinic (Colin will anyway - I struggle with one of our children cutting themself, let alone someone's spleen hanging out or a gun shot wound!) we will teach Bible and love the children/young adults there. We will eat vegan and Colin (a lover of meat) has already warned us that if one of the Water Buffalo go missing we will know where to find him and it.