this weekend we went to ban nam khem and saw the tsunami memorial, as well as much of the damage that took place that is still very apparent. the beach was eerily quiet, and stripped pretty bare still. you can see the vegetation is just kind of starting to come back in places. it gave us a much more real perspective for why we're here.

the fish was my dinner on sunday night. it's pickled red snapper in garlic and basil. it was amazing. i ate it all (where the meat was, not the bones and teeth of course). see the smile.

monday we went to ban nai si, and helped some missionaries at a Burmese immigrant village. the first picture is todd and saimamoa (a burmese man who lost his wife and children in the tsunami, but has since remarried, and given his life to Christ), and i walking through the jungle.

the second picture is a river we crossed to get to saimamoa's father-in-law's house. there's a great story with this that will be included in my next email. it was a beautiful weekend (in more ways than just scenery).