Dogs life

There packs of dogs roaming around the resort, and almost everywhere we've driven. They don't seem to be owned by anyone, and except for one incident,  they're very polite.   Even when one of them is walking around the dining hall, he didn't beg or bother anyone.   We've wondered if they are almost like the other livestock that wander freely around the country side.  Although Thailand isn't Vietnam, -a friend of ours was just in Vietnam and brought photos of bbq'd dog- the food here has been good and usually recognizable.

Rox and I sat in on a presentation on the challenges YFC in Lebanon faces with the mass of Syrian refugees in their country. 4.5 million people usually live in Lebanon.   They have added 1.6 million Syrian refugees.  It was good to hear from people who live their.  The news we hear in the West is not always very accurate, sometimes it's much worse, but often the western news misses the positives.  In the conversations I've had with people from Pakistan, Egypt and now Lebanon a common thread is a hope that all young people will come to follow Jesus.  There are challenges working in countries where your faith is a persecuted minority, or when there are certain rules that keep the peace. But it not impossible.

In Lebanon they have been praying for years about how to let Muslim youth outside of Lebanon know about Jesus.  The war has brought foreign youth into their cities and communities. They have an opportunity to offer food,  water and education in the name of Jesus. What has been meant for evil (and the war is full of evil) they have found some goodness.

Last night was our last time together.   Up at 5:30 this morning, praying and getting ready for the day.  Our bus to Bangkok leaves at 8 sharp.  We tried to get a bus straight to our hotel (rather than to the airport and we'd need to catch a sky train to the hotel).  We we're told the bus was full.  Rox pressed a little and she was told "there are a few spaces we're holding for important people".  The honesty was refreshing.

Hoping our wifi is better at the hotel in Bangkok.