Zip-lining with Mom

Mom wanted to go zip-lining while she was here so I put together a little 2 minute video of our fun!!

Christmas at the boys orphanage

Jen and I took the money that people donated for the boys and went to buy some Christmas gifts for them. 

Here is a link to the album on facebook to see all the pics of their sweet faces!!

FACEBOOK ALBUM LINK

We also have a team here from Australia that is doing some ministry around Thailand and they came and spent an evening w/ the boys.  There are pics of that also in the album

Random December

 December was full of a lot of things!  And I didn't do a good job of posting about them.  So here is a nice random collection from my December photo files:

Our Christmas tree that Jen decorated so nicely!

Here are decorations for the King's Bday they had up near our house:

Decorations for the Kings bday

My new hat from Sunday market- it's a buffalo!!

Jen and Mercy

Ging and Mercy

So cute!!  Mercy peeking around!

us!

Some sweet pics of Jen killing it on the Vball court!

Jen and Mercy

Me celebrating that I finally finished the Java Junkie menus!!

Skyping w/ Kimmy!

Smiling Jesus!!

Half Marathon- WE DID IT!!!

The day before the race we picked up our packets!  SO excited that God worked everything out for us so we could do this!

My stuff laid out the night before

3am and race ready!

Right before we walked out the door

The start line

The finish line

Practicing my Finishing pose!

Jen's Power Pose!

Just minutes after I had finished!!  Jen finished about 30 mins before me and waited at the finish line for me

The after race food they provided- chicken & rice!  So different from America!

Posing w/ some friends who ran the 10k

Home and still so super proud!!

I worked hard for this baby!

Our champion meal afterwards at our favorite breakfast place!

I killed that meal!

Jen w/ our new friend Heather

Me w/ our new friend Katie (we met her playing Volleyball each Thursday)

I made Jen pose one more time with her medal

Front of the medal

back of the medal

Well, after trying for 3 years in a row, we finally got to participate in this 1/2 Marathon!!  Crazy injuries the week before the race didn't stop us and prayers of everyone and God's Grace gave us the strength to participate and finish!!!

What an amazing feeling of accomplishment and pride in finishing something you've worked so hard for!  Especially something that had always seemed utterly impossible!!!  I am learning with each new lesson in life that "impossible" shouldn't really even be in our vocabulary!

Thank you so much for all your prayers!!  I held onto them very tightly during the race and they honestly helped me get through the toughest part of it!  I couldn't have done it without them!

Here's to Impossible Dreams!!