BAD WEATHER

• We had two very windy storms this week, and the temporary housing for Surin has turned out to have been very temporary!  Surin is away on vacation. In Thailand, we are celebrating Thai New Years.  It is on the same level of celebration of Christmas in America. Everyone goes home and tries to be with family, businesses shut down.  We gathered up Surin's belongings and put them in our office.  Our temporary meeting room survived the storm better, but some saa paper was destroyed.  We are thankful it wasn't much and it can be replaced for little cost.  Mud, leaves, and debris are everywhere. Some folks from the near by village came over early this morning to help repair the mushroom shack (the first storm almost tipped it over, so they reinforced it, so when the second storm came in the night, it withstood the wind better, but still needed some repairs.) 
• The rains are early this year, and we had rain when it shouldn't normally have been raining. Its great for our gardens!