Praise and Prayer items
1) Graham - For the first time, Graham was able to go through the process of interviewing and hiring an employee for the school. The IT team has now grown by one more member making Graham responsible for managing 3 employees. Khun Benz (the new employee) is fitting in well with the team. Please pray for Graham that he would continue to serve and lead the IT Department well.
2) Kathleen - Please pray for wisdom and Kathleen is trying to figure out how to schedule nursing needs for after school events. Pray that she would also lead and serve well as she manages the Health Services Department.
3) Austin - Please pray for Austin as he sometimes struggles getting motivated to go to school in the morning. Pray that he would continue to learn and grow and do well at school.
4) Duncan - We praise the Lord that Duncan gets along so well with his nanny (Lek). We are thankful for the blessing she has been to our family. We are also thankful for new neighbours that will be moving in soon with a child the same age as Duncan. Pray that they would become good companions.
5) In-laws Visit - We praise the Lord for the time we were able to spend with Kathleens' parents (John and Diane Davidson) here in Chiang Mai for 6 weeks. It was good to have family around for an extended period of time.
6) Christmas Break - Pray for rest and relaxation for Graham and Kathleen. Pray that we would both feel refreshed and ready o lead our teams when we start back at the school in January.
7) Trip to Canada - We would like to travel back to Canada as a family in 2024. The original plan was to come for the summer break so we tried looking at tickets from the end of May to the middle of July (about a 6 week trip). Unfortunately, ticket prices at the moment are extremely high. The price for all of us to travel from Chiang Mai to Edmonton and back was over $8000 Canadian dollars. This doesn't even include the traveling that we would like to do once we arrive in Canada. This has led us to look at postponing our trip to sometime around Christmas 2024. Our hope is that ticket prices will come down in price next year. Please pray for us as we try to figure out how to get home for a visit without breaking the bank.
Blessings,
Graham, Kathleen, Austin and Duncan Crawford
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