some highlights.

The Karen were given some land to plant a garden. Stephen and I were very impressed when we went to see it! It is absolutely huge and doing quite well. You can see the bamboo they used for supports on different plants.

Stephen and I with Steven Babin, an elder in the community and father of eight sons!

Maw Taw and Nay Ree A (father and son) riding a bike.

They really love tree climbing. They always leave their shoes at the bottom of tree.

Please notice Blut Doe Hae's intensity in the back--he's really proud of those muscles. (And he should be for a buff ten year old!)

Pok Wah finishing off Stephen's drink.

Kaw Hser, the oldest of Steven Babin's eight boys, is only 19 but holds a lot of responsibility for the community. He is one of the few drivers and translators, so everyone depends on him. Stephen and I pulled him away for a day and took him to paint pottery and eat at Cracker Barrel! It was quite the experience. Here we are showing off our work.

Stephen and I's plates...mine says "I believe that we can change the world" in Karen and Stephen's has his name in Karen.

We had so much fun making handprints one afternoon.

We also made puppets. I was trying to encourage them to be creative, so I used grass for my puppet's shirt. Since they didn't understand my explanation of creativity, they all made grass shirts...

Stephen and I with some of the kids.