Hello... I think I left off the last post saying that Jace and I were going to visit an orphanage for Burmese refugees. Well, we spent a very fun evening with playing with them and bringing them a special meal. I bought a small guitar for them and taught them how to play simple melodies and chords.

They are the cutest, sweetest, most well-behaved children I've ever met. It's so hard to believe that their worlds have basically been torn apart by political and economic forces they can't even begin to understand. Some of them have seen their family members killed. Others have been abandoned by their parents due to drugs or poverty. Thai society is pretty despicable in its treatment of Burmese in general and does not recognize them as legitimate. It's hard to say what would happen to them were it not for a committed Burmese man who runs the center and a few foreign volunteers.

After spending such a fun night with them Jace and I decided to stay the next night also and take them to the carnival... Anyway, my hand is kind of hurting today so here's some pictures:

Guitar Lessons... I told you to play C Major!

No road access, just a path through the rice patties...

A very cute baby...

They just look unhappy. I promise they're having a good time...

Playing at the Carnival...

A couple of the girls...

Tonsip, the Burmese guy who runs the center...