Prayer requests

I feel like we're spiraling... just going from one thing to the next without any stopping.

1. Political unrest/protests begin
2. Nepal
3. Sinus infection
4. Political unrest escalates
5. Mike develops nasty cough, which turns out to be a product of an allergic reaction to acidic fruit (who knew?!) No more pineapple for you!
6. Political unrest escalates even more
7. School is canceled for (at least) two days and we're forced to do on-line schooling for assignments etc. (Lots of work for Mike [insert sarcasm here]).
8. ?? Who knows what's going to happen next with how things are going right now.

The two days break from school is kind of a joyous occasion for me. Granted, we have to go into school and upload assignments & activities to the web, but that is not as time or energy consuming as teaching. I love teaching and I love my kids dearly, but I am grateful for the extra rest and time to recuperate. Mike, on the other hand, is bummed out. Though, I can't imagine that he is that bummed out since he has been playing basketball with his friends for the past 3 hours!! (And I can only imagine that more basketball is scheduled for tomorrow's day off as well).

I am ready to spiral into the end of the year and finish her off so that we can get on with summer vacation and our trip back to MN. We are really looking forward to being stateside and getting a little bit of relief from a) the heat and humidity (it's been feeling like 113-117 degrees + sticky/sweaty), and b) the political situation.

A few prayer requests:
1. Pray for our last few weeks of school. Mike will be teaching up until June 4, but Karly will be giving finals and then heading on a 4-day service project trip with her freshman (SALT trip).
2. Pray for the freshman; for soft and open hearts to the gospel and a willingness to serve others, specifically during their SALT trip
3. Pray for Karly as she prepares her testimony to share with the freshman with the theme of "Overcoming Obstacles"
4. Pray for Thailand; for its leaders, it's people, it's King. Specific prayers for reconciliation, peace and wisdom in what to do.
5. Pray for the ICS administration-- they have to make difficult decisions during this time pertaining to the school, the kids, the teachers, education, safety, etc.
6. Pray that the airport wouldn't be shut down/taken over so that we can safely get back to the states in June
7. Pray for contentedness during these times and opportunities to be a testimony of God.
8. Pray for our health

Thanks for your prayers; we covet them. We are grateful you are part of this journey with us.