DAY 18

Well, we made it 18 whole days! When we pulled up to Todd and Carrie's house, Colton came running up to me, threw his arms around me and gave me a big hug and kiss. Chase, casually strolled over and gave me a half hug. Everyone that we talked to said what a blessing the boys had been while they where there. Todd had a team from the states working with him, so the boys were able to join in on that. Everyone on the team continued to compliment the boys and their hard work! Praise the Lord they're good for someone else... : ) While the boys were there, they cleaned out a boat,built a house, plumbed a house, dug a ceptic tank, roofed a thatched roof house, and lots of other odds and end jobs. They both seem very fulifilled in their time there. I've created a photo album to share pictures with you. Let's see if it works or not.

DAY 12.....................

Well, if you can believe it the boys have now been gone for 12 days!! They are having the time of their life. Chase still says he doesn't miss me.. : ( poor mommy! Colton is having lots of fun but misses home too. The boys have gone camping, built a fort, gone on a boat ride, gone to the waterfall, swam, cooked a "restaurant style" breakfast,which their Aunt Carrie said was very good, and the last few days put in 8 hours a day working on projects to help with the Tsunami Relief work. Chase wrote me an email yesterday that said, "Mom I worked all day today taking apart a boat just to rebuild it back again. There are boards that are connected to 20 beams, so in order to get the one board loose, I have to take out twenty nails and loosen it from the 20 beams it's connected to. But, I'm tired. Colton, worked for two days building a work shed were the workers will make bricks. Colton is working with a crew of Burmese men, so that makes for poor conversation. And for any of you that know Colton, he's dieing not being able to talk! Chase is working with Thai men therefore being able to practice his Thai. They both said that the Thai people up there speak much clearer than they do down here. Chase said he understands everything that the people are saying. The two week mark will be Tuesday, but neither of the boys are ready to come home. So, looks like we will go up on Friday and get the boys. We'll stay the weekend there and hang out with the Pruetts and return home on Monday. The hard part for the boys will be coming back home to home school and a schedule. So much is happening there, that having a hourly schedule is pretty hard to accomplish. However, our home is run like a "military camp" as the boys would say. lol We have 8 more weeks of school and then we head to the Philippines to the FIRE Asia Missions Conference. Will write more later.

Colton clearing some land that they will be rebuilding on. Doesn't he look like a man?!?  

Here's the boys with three of the Pruett children, after a hard days work, or would that be play?!? 

Day 7 for the boys

Well, today is day 7 that they boys have been in Pang Nga. We talk to them every few days and it's been raining a lot. I called two nights ago and asked to talk with Chase Tanner. I said, "Chase you having fun?" He said,"Yes mame." "What have you been doing?" "Not too much." "Are you ready to come home?" "No" "Do you miss me ye?" His reply, "No." Well after about two minutes of a conversation like that I asked to talk with Colton. Now Colton has written me two emails since they've been gone and was very talkative this night too. He wanted to know what me and Dad have been up to. So, I filled him in a little and he said, "What else?" He kept me on the phone for a hour and would've talked longer had i let him. He told me that he missed us and loves us. I asked him if he thought he would make it two weeks and he said, "I don't think so." So we'll see what happens. The second day they were there, they built a huge 10ft. tall cross and erected it in the Pruetts yard. On the fourth day they took a fairy over to an island and swan and had a really good time. They love to stay with the Pruetts. They always have a good time with them. We feel so blessed that they boys can have Aunts and Uncles all the way over here! God is so good.

The boys are gone...............

to Pang Nga. They boys left on Tuesday morning to go and stay with the Pruetts for two weeks!! In 14 years, Clinton and I have never been alone in our house without the boys for more than 2 days. Now we have gone on mission trips and the boys have stayed with their Nonnie, but they have never left us at home while they went some where else. I have to admitt, this is pretty fun! :) I mean I love my boys and all, don't get me wrong, but I've had them since I was 18. So, me and Daddy are feelin pretty freeeee. They're going to be working with Todd doing Tsunami relief. They were both excited about this opportunity and we know that it will be a growing experience for them. However, i can't tell you how many times I said, "Now, you won't forget to brush your teeth will? You won't forget to take a bath, right? Make sure you keep all of your clothes together so we don't loose anything." And the list goes on.... I even made a list of all of the things that they brought, including the number of socks and underwear, so that they will have a check list when they come home. Sound anal? Well maybe, just a little bit!! Today is day two, and Clinton and I haven't stopped long enough to realize we're alone. Yesterday we were with people from early morning until 1am. Today more of the same. Maybe tomorrow we'll take some time to enjoy the peace and quite........

Momma and Daddy 

Here's a family picture we took a few days ago in the yard. The boys are so big and handsome! 

New Shoes for everyone

Tonight was a fun and crazy night! I took most of the kids from Go's village to buy new school shoes. We had a total of 10 children. It was wild!! Now these aren't nice mannerd,well behaved, children. They're wild, and most of them don't obey unless I'm right there. So during the few hours in the store we had one start running across Lotus, one scream out very loud in a tantrum,(everyone was looking),one slapped another one in the back, it was a trip. I kept telling them, that this isn't how you act when someone takes you out or anytime for that matter. So, they would act really good for about 2 min and then one of them was back at it again. But, praise the Lord we got the task accomplished and they will all have new shoes for this school year. One little boy's shoes from last year were so small that they had holes at the toe of the shoe and his toes poked through. This family has stolen my heart and I pray that one day they will all get saved and we will see them serving Jesus with their lives. I'm willing to committ myself to them no matter how long it takes, in Jesus name. Continue to believe with me for their salvation! Thanks to all of you, we can meet their physical needs as well as their spiritual. love you all! amber

Here's the kids from Go's village. I took them today to buy new school shoes. We had a total of 10 children we bought shoes for. They were all SO happy to get these new shoes!! Without all of you we couldn't do this kind of thing. I had a blast!!