We left Calcutta at 2am Friday to fly to Bangkok. If you've watched the international news, you've noticed that there are protests going on in Bangkok by the Red Shirts who are trying to get their ousted Prime Minister, Thaksin, reinstated. He's currently exiled in Dubai for the time being. We flew north to Chiang Mai within a few hours, but we are scheduled to spend 4 days in Bangkok starting this coming Wednesday. So please pray for us!
I am writing this on Monday, and in the few days we have been in Thailand, the protests have escalated. There have been bombs in both Bangkok and Chiang Mai this morning. The place that we were to visit to see where they rescue the girls sold into prostitution (Rahab Center) is at the very intersection in Bangkok where the riots are. Consequently, the people living and working at Rahab have evacuated and moved out for a while. So Linda and I are quite disappointed that we won't see one of the projects we were looking forward to the most. For those of you who don't know what we do with the Rahab center, you can read our coffee website, www.LaMaiCoffee.org. 100% of the profit from our fair trade coffee sales goes to help the girls involved in the Rahab center.
We may go see some other projects around Bangkok instead, but please pray for our safety from Wednesday to Saturday.
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