Well, it’s finally upon us.  We are 48 hours from leaving the Philippines, our home of 18 years.  The last month has been filled with farewells and “lasts” (Sunday I preached my last sermon here).  The house is a mountain of boxes and the container will arrive tomorrow.  We leave Saturday on our new adventure in Northern Thailand.   We are certain this will be a place of growth for us and that the work we do there will be important (99% of Thais do not know Christ), but we are sad to be leaving this amazing Filipino community we are so deeply grafted into. Thanks for giving us some extra prayer for the next month as everyone transitions and makes friends and learns to function in a land where we don’t even know how to say, “Can I have a glass of water?”  Filipinos speak English, but most Thais really don’t so the pressure will be on us.  We did get our visa released–and in only 36 hours, faster than anyone we know so we are taking that as a good sign.