AT LAST some progress. We have been waiting for a week for the excavation. Our Pastor called him this morning and told the man either he shows up today or he will not get paid. The foreigners are upset. He was here with machines by noon. That will let us start forms tomorrow.

Church yesterday was in the house of one of the congregation. What a faithful group. In the past 10 days, a man and his son were shot and killed just above the hill. Another boy was shot by his sister while they were wild chicken hunting. Another broke his jaw in a motor bike accident, another cannot get his wife from Laos, and many more. Their faithfulness is amazing. They have waited six years for this church. We were in prayer for much of the service.

Yesterday we drove to Payao to visit the college student our small group has been sponsoring. Quite an adventure. Michael's truck broke down about 1 kilometer from his home. We spent about one hour trying to fix it. Got it to his house to get his other vehicle and it would not start. We change the battery and got it started. When we got to Payao, it would not start. We spent about 2-1/2 hours getting it started. Our planned four hour trip took nine hours.