What are we up to?

At the moment, the student centre we've been staying and working in doesn't have any children as they are all on school holidays and back with their families in villages with higher elevation. So what have we been up to, and how do we plan to spend these couple of months?

Our days are flexible depending on whether the leaders of the student centre have specific work they need help with. Also, Noom had surgery 5 days ago to remove screws from his shoulder (the screws were inserted after a sporting accident 6 years ago). However, apart from this and when there is no work, the average day since the school holidays began a couple of weeks ago have looked like this:

Mornings:
Noom studies for his university exam which will be in Bangkok in late May. This is a course he started before he became a Christian and he stopped studying in the last few years. However, he has felt led to finish what he started and since this is the last year before his student membership expires (and there is only one exam left to go before he can receive a degree!) he is determined to get this done.
Karis homeschools Eliyah from around 9am to midday.

Afternoons:
While Eliyah and Solomon have their quiet time and nap, Karis has been working on a book that God has led her to write, sharing her experiences in moving to Thailand and adapting to Thai culture. She is also working on translating a biography that Noom has written about his life and how God redeemed him from his past. Keep posted if you would like to read any of these in the future! We aim to have at least one of them available in the Kindle store by the end of the year. For the first time in a long time, both of us have time to spend on songs, books and other creative things that we can use to support ourselves in the future.

April and May:
In early April, we'll be driving to Ubon to spend time with Karis' parents and renew passports, and then to the village to spend time with Noom's mother and move banana trees. In late April we'll be travelling to Bangkok for Noom to attend some lectures at the university before his final exam at the end of May. Then we'll be driving back North to the student centre, and by then the kids will be back at the centre and the school term will be well underway.

For those of our friends in Ubon and Bangkok, we hope to catch up with you!!

Thank you all for your involvement in our life and work here in Thailand.
Blessings,
Noom and Karis