Happy 40th Clinton

On July 28th we celebrated Clinton's 40th birthday. We had a wonderful time with friends at a nice restaurant here in Hat Yai. Happy Birthday, honey! Nick Shores, Clinton, Brian Stubenrauch and Ajarn Sutat(our Thai pastor)

Our Judah is gone

Many of you who have facebook already know that Judah ran away, but for those of you who don't know, I wanted to write on my blog so that you could be praying. Judah left for school 15 days ago and never came home. Clinton has scoured the city only to come home with no clues as to his where abouts. One missionary family spotted him at a local mall but he ran as soon as they called his name. This is the third time that Judah has run away and we are more shocked this time than we were the first. We found Judah on the streets 14 months ago, begging money. He was very malnurished and filthy. We brough him home and began a search for some family. With a social worker in tow, we went to the city of his birth. It was confirmed that his mother and father died of a heroin overdose and that his grandmother has also passed away. His little sister was sold by his older brother, who is now in prison. So Judah was on his own in this world. We brought him into our family without even a thought. About six months ago Judah gave his heart to Jesus and we were certain that he wouldn't run away again...... but he did. Please pray with us that we could find him and that we would be able to minister to the deep issues that are in his heart. Love, amber

Colton's graduation pictures

We thought this day would never come..........but now that it has, I've often thought, "Where did the time go??? It all happened so quickly!" Now my baby is a man and prayerfully we've made him ready to face the world. The portrait of childhood is finished and he will continue life on a new canvas.....one of adulthood. We pray that God would be with him as he makes decisions and that he would be a man that loves God and fears God. I love you, Colton! I'm so proud of the man you've become.

A few new family pictures