Too Much Talking

Are you the kind of person that likes to talk or likes to listen? I myself like to listen more though God is making me more of a talker these past years. And I wonder from other listeners, “Does it physically wear you out after hearing so much talking during the day?” I’m finding this to be my case, I believe. I get soo tired after hearing either one or multiple people talk a lot during the day. They seem to never get tired and can talk endlessly, but I can only take so much. J Even if it’s a language I don’t understand it wears me out.

Unfortunately right now I tend to shut down and get too much on the rude side. I think I’ve learned today that I need to be better at praying for strength and endurance around a talkie person. And talkie people please could you switch sometime and stop talking and listen so my ears get a rest and my mouth gets a chance and vice a versa?  Just a small thought because I’ve heard talking all day!

Elizabeth's Well

It’s truly amazing how God works things together for his own good! Angel and I have lived here for a 1 ½ now and to this day do not have a house, running water, or electric. But that is all about to change quickly I think. First off in January we took some of our kids ages 11-12 to a conference in Pattaya, more on that later. While we were there Angel did her usual mingling and came upon a couple who will live here for a year and who have building experience. They offered to help along with an American we already knew and as of now are putting a team together to at least build one room of the house so that we will have a stable place to live come this next rainy season. Angel gave them an estimate of the price for that room and they have already collected the money for it, WOW. We’ve waited for funding for a while now and nothing, but with God’s timing comes God’s provisions. Amen.

I’ve always felt that we should have water and solar power set up before the house so they can be ready to be placed right away. We’ve prayed and asked for this a year and a half; and until a few weeks ago nothing. But Angel in her mingling ways has made good relations with a local mayor. He has agreed to budget to us 90,000baht ($3000) for solar power and a submersion pump for a well. And this how now been installed. More to come on that.

 One last thing, the well. Most wells in this area are powered by tek teks an old timie tractor. You have to attach a belt from the tek tek to the well pump; which is located inside the deep well, and crank it to get your water. We do not have a tek tek of our own and do not wish to crank every time we need water! So the submersion pump attached to solar power is more our speed. J How ever the mayor said I’ll wait to assemble the solar until you get the well dug. Oh no will we lose our money if this takes too long? That is some team member’s thoughts, but no worries God to the rescue. A few days ago we heard from an American couple who recently came in January and who also, “by chance” were at this same conference in Pattaya. They contacted Angel and told her of a death in the family, a mother Elizabeth. And their family would like to donate money towards the well in her remembrance and “could they bring a plaque the next time they visit with her name?”

Well of course our well can be called Elizabeth’s well. I’d like to also note that the night before I was reading verses about Jesus talking to the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. J Coincidence I think not!! And Elizabeth was John the Baptists mother and he baptized people in water, and prepared the way for Jesus. This well water is preparing the way for more to come the next start to this project. Thank you Mcleary family. God bless you.

AHHHH Help!!

It comes at night. You can hear the sound in the distance and you run to the nearest shelter; or in our case net. It’s like an invading army of biblical proportions, its mosquitoes. Millions of little blood suckers!! If you manage to get to your tent without a bite you get a small sigh of relief, but only small because they then surround your tent in search of any opening they can gain access to you by. All night, buzzing none stop. You manage to go to sleep, maybe lulled by the buzz, but then multiple times your awakened by a painful bite or itch of those who found the opening. Make sure your flash lights have enough batteries because countless times you wake up to kill the successful ones. With blood on your hands you feel rewarded until the next time. And pray you have a strong bladder throughout the night or your butt is a pin cushion.