Where I live.....

Here are some pictures to give you all an idea of where I am living and what it looks like out side of my house.... I am loving the weather here in Chiang Rai! It's cool in the morning and evening and warms up to about 70-75 degrees during the day! It is very similar to spring back in Washington. I am working 4 10 hour shifts a day. And every other week I am working a night shift. And every other week I will get a weekend off. So I have a nice schedule. I have some "farangs", which is another word for foriegner, that live on my block and then some more that live really close in my neighborhood. So it's nice. I haven't met everyone yet but in time I am sure I will. I have made some good friends so far and for my birthday they were so amazing to me! I feel very blessed to be a part of this community. There is a thai lady that lives across the street from me and she has taken on the responsibility of mentoring me in how to take care of my house. She comes and turns my light on and puts my clothes out in the sun and the other day she came over to give me some coffee cookies and told me to go buy some coffee to drink with the cookies. She brought me inside her house today to show me a picture of her in SanFransisco. She was very proud to show me. She doesn't speak a lick of english so our conversations consist of me thanking her in thai over and over and her telling me stuff that I have no clue what she's saying. It's quite funny......Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the pictures. I have a small window of time with the internet. My neighbors sometimes have a strong signal of internet and sometimes none at all. So when I see that I can get online I do as much as I can. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I love and miss each and everyone of you. I recieved a christmas tree in the mail today from my mom and dad. So I am finally feeling like christmas is in my house now. I pray that as you all join the bussel of christmas shopping and decorating and baking you remember why we celebrate christmas and what a blessing it is for us to be able to celebrate our Lord's birth. Blessings.....