Wow, it has been a while since we have updated our blog! We finally got internet to our home and then one week later we had the incredible opportunity to attend Mission Institute which was held in Chiang Mai. We enjoyed three weeks of missionary training, air conditioning, no cooking or cleaning and the fellowship of awesome, God-following missionaries from everywhere who are going everywhere!!

The studio is progressing nicely, despite the fact that there are no funds. God is good!! The first coat of paint has been applied to the interior and exterior walls and all of the windows were installed on Friday. Rick has been busy extending the walls in the sounds sensitive rooms. The building has a very high roof. When the interior walls were built, they only built them about 1/2 of the way up to the roof and then a false ceiling was installed just below the tops of the walls. The roof has open venting which will allow sounds from the village (cows, chickens, dogs, motorbikes, etc.) as well as the noise from thunderstorms to drift down into the down-sensitive rooms. Taking the walls of the sound-sensitive rooms all the way up to the roof will help protect the sound integrity of those rooms.

The family is doing well here. The kids have adjusted and are no longer asking to go home every single day! They have made friends with some of village kids. It is amazing how much can be communicated without a common language. The kids are also loving all of the different fruits that Thailand has to offer. The favorites right now are yellow mangoes, lychees, mangosteens, finger bananas and a small round fruit that seems to have just a Thai name. Each season brings new favorites. Below is a picture of produce from a recent trip to the market.