3 more months

So I'm legal now :) I was able to cross the border today, thank God! Pastor had spoken with some people a couple days ago who were crossing the border into Burma and they said it was safe to cross but that I should cross as soon as possible. I didn't have to cross until October 20th, but we decided it was best if I crossed today. Me and May went into town to do a food run for the kids and I took care of some shopping I needed to get done. While we did this, we decided to take a trip to the "Friendship Bridge", so I could cross into Burma and get my stamp so I am able to stay another 3 months. Everything went well. I had to walk the bridge by myself. It's not safe for the Karen people to go to Burma with me, so I made the 5 minute trek across the bridge by myself. I felt like I was walking the plank.....I was a little nervous, just praying that everything would go okay. The guards on the Thai side and the Burmese side were really nice. I chatted with them a little while they took care of all the Visa stuff. I was so thankful when he told me I was clear to head back to Thailand. That meant it was all taken care of. It only cost 500 baht, which is a way better price then if I would have had to take a bus to Chiang Mai and then a plane to Malaysia. Anyways, Pastor told me that he is working on getting a work visa for me. Please keep this in your prayers. If I have a work visa I will not have to cross the border at all. I will be able to stay in Thailand until it's time for me to go home. This would allow me more freedom and it wouldn't matter what the border situation would look like.
We had a busy day today. We spent the whole morning and afternoon shopping in Mae Sot. We went to the Tesco Lotus, which is the grocery store here. As I mosied my way through the isles, I spotted some spaghetti sauce and next to the spaghetti sauce were noodles. I was so excited!! I have been craving some American food lately. I bought myself some spaghetti and I'm going to have it for dinner tomorrow, I'm really excited!! I also bought my supplies for my English lesson tomorrow. I'm teaching the children about ordinal counting (first, second, third, etc.), and I'm going to teach them this by having them follow a set of directions. For example, "First we do ............. Second we do.............). We are going to make Oreo Pops (which are Oreo cookies that they put on a popsicle stick, dip in chocolate, and then sprinkle sprinkles on them). The kids are going to love it!
Tonight, we were blessed by the presence of a group of missionaries from Syngapore. They spoke English fluently and they were a blast! They played games with us and gave a short message. They were such nice people! It was really fun being able to chat with them. They invited me to the church they are attending on Sunday, which is called Hope Church. This church also has planted churches in Los Angeles and Chicago. I'm really excited to go to their church and hear a sermon in English. Also, Sunday's my day off so I will be able to hang out with them on Sunday. I also was asked by the Pastor of the Hope Church to attend a camp they are having October 26th-28th. It's a youth camp and me and 12 of the girls from Agape are going to be going. I'm really looking forward to it!
Anyways, tomorrow two of the teachers are coming from the Huai Bong school and we are going to clean all the girls hair. Me and Krudam went to the clinic and spoke with the doctor and nurse and we got them to donate the medicine for all the girls who have lice so we can kill the lice. We're going to clean all their belongings and their hair. Some of the girls have lice pretty bad. It breaks my heart to see these little, innocent girls scratching at their heads. Well, hopefully, they won't be anymore tomorrow. It's so cool that the teachers are coming to help. I had just told them that I was wanting to buy the medicine and clean all the girls hair. She suggested we go to the clinic and see if they would donate and they did! One bottle for each girl! And the teachers said they wanted to help me! So many people in the village are being connected with Agape now and wanting to be a part of it all!! Praise God!! He's truly working!!