A trip to Chiang Mai

Can you believe such beauty?

We have some very special friends I have known since my childhood. They have supported the ministry ever since we first went out in 1990. They have been wanting to visit us for ever so long and finally, this year, in January, the time was right!  We had a week of ministry in Khon Kaen then they took us to Chiang Mai!  We were acting as their tour guides but they actually paid for everything!  What a treat!  We usually don't get to enjoy Thailand like a tourist, but this trip, we fully enjoyed it!  We went to the zoo, to an elephant farm and to a Royal Rose garden. We ate Thai food and even enjoyed a foot massage.

Thank you so much to our wonderful and dear friends. We had such a beautiful time. 

Judy and I in the rose garden! 

Bill with a baby elephant. I was so careful not to get near and then at the last minute the mother swung her trunk right at me and threw her wet slobber all over me. So much for staying clean!  

Bill and Fred with bamboo unbelievably high!