I have had several people send me emails to ask if I was ok. I am fine but like many of you, I am very concerned for the suffering people in Burma and China. The Thai people are close to their neighbors with many Burmese refugees living in exile in Thailand. So this is all very difficult for this nation who so desperately wants to help with the relief effort but are kept from fully engaging in Burma like the rest of the world.
The earthquake in China...the newspaper said buildings swayed in Bangkok but I didn't feel it. We contacted our future daughter-in-law, Beth, who is teaching in China, and she did not feel the quake either and she was much closer to the epicenter.
With all the volcanoes erupting, wild weather, and violence everywhere I will quote my daughter Charity - "the earth is groaning."
All is well here in Bangkok. However, it has been raining like crazy, hot and very humid. This is definitely not my favorite weather. Tonight by the time we had walked to dinner I was soaked all the way through my poncho. The only good thing was everyone else looked like a "drowned rat" too!
BLESSINGS FROM BKK - Susan
