We returned to Thailand in the middle of January and after recovering from jet-lag, I (Tom) went to the city of Sakon Nakhorn to try to rent a house. The house in the village is too small to hold all our things and we didn't want to bring everything there.
But all real estate in this city of 140,000 people seems to be advertised by word-of-mouth. So Tom spent the first day driving around the city asking for possible rental houses, but was not able to find any. He returned to the hotel a bit dejected and prayed that God would provide a house. That evening, another SIL worker in the region called to say that the Thai pastor she works with would be in Sakon Nakhorn and would be willing to help. The next day, Tom met with the pastor who introduced him to the local Baptist pastor. Within half an hour they were looking at a house and had it rented. So God not only provided a house, but a good contact with Pastor “Golf” and his wife Ning.
We moved out to our house in Sakon Nakhorn on February 12th. Getting settled entailed lots of trips to furniture stores as we had very little. And we were purchasing for two houses. One day we heard Ellie singing, "All we do is move into houses and buy stuff." Out of the mouths of babes.
Blessings to you all.
i rented the place that there were no sinks. And the toilets are flushed by using a bucket. We had no place to put a washing machine and so it is in the downstairs bathroom. Another interesting aspect of Thai bathrooms is that they don't separate the toilet from the shower. So, a shower generally gets everything wet.
