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Mat told me that last Monday was the world toilet day. I know that sounds a little strange. But since I build and helped with building toilets in several villages I thought I post it here. In the villages we work many people don’t have toilets. On the webpage of…

Yesterday I went to the Shell Proserv station to get the engine oil changed on my truck and to get it washed as well. I asked if they could change the breaks at the back since they were breaking only at 46%. I had to test them in January and…

My son wants to be an astronaut. In School they had activity week where they learned all about space. From planets to making space suits.

Time is precious. We all have the same amount. Of course we don’t live the same amount of years. But as we are going through the days and weeks we actually can’t complain we don’t have time. 24 hours are 24 hours. The question is with the priorities we set…

Yesterday I spent the day in Fang. With the lahu church we planted. Enoch and Mida organized for the people from Hui Kau Laam and Ken Tun to come for worship. We had a great morning of sharing, worship and a meal together. It was ten o’clock when I made…

Yesterday I made a quick trip into the Prao valley. A two hours ride to bring food to the Prao boarding home. I got a phone call the evening before and was told they run out of food and have no money to buy any either. So I got a…

I found this cool feature to track the comments I write on other blogs. It is getting harder and more time consuming to see if other people commented on comments I made on any blog. CoComments is a great application to solve a time consuming problem. To sign up is…

The people group I work with (the Lahu tribe) seem to have the worst shoes for trekking. Some old flip flops will do. Sometimes I wonder why they don’t slip all the time. I usually wear closed shoes. Not this time. I was trekking in the deep mountain jungle, checking…

I’m reading "The relentless tenderness of Jesus" by Brennan Manning. This book really stretches my mind and challenges me on my journey as a disciple of Jesus. I was reading last night in bed and this sentence in the book stuck to my mind. "I can think of no other…

Gestern 12.00 Uhr ist das Militär mit Panzern in Bangkok eingerückt. Das Regierungsgebäude und Fernsehhstationen sind übernommen worden. Ein Militärputsch ist im Gange. Das Militärgesetz (martial law)wurde ausgerufen und die Konstitution des Landes wurde suspendiert. Was dies für uns heisst wissen wir nicht. Es scheint alles ruhig zu verlaufen. Wir…