Update!

This is an excerpt from the Vision Beyond Borders newsletter I just received. This section was written by the woman I worked under about the children and people I know in Thailand. Please read! Please Pray!! I long for the day to hold those kids in my arms again! 

"We had two back to back trips to our orphanages. Just two days before we planned to go we got the final "okay" from our "spy" Thai-Karen soldier to cross the river. One week prior to our visit, a time bomb was placed on one of the boats to this camp. The boat was totally destroyed and so were other boats close by. Our contact planned another route to get to the camp, instead of doing the 2 hours boat ride and passing 4 Burmese Army camps, we drove 4 hours by four-wheel-drive truck through the jungle to the river. From here we carried the supplies to the boat and finally crossed the river to the camp. Our teenage boys were quite worried about our safety. They wanted to make sure their "mommy" and our co-worker were safe. I asked them what they would do if the Burmese would see us, their answer was: "We don't have weapons, but we can pray together with Mommy." They are incredible! All other kids were already waiting for us on the shore. We had a warm welcome with many smiles. We still need prayer to keep this camp safe. Two days before we arrived there was a lot of shooting and fighting between the KNU (Karen army) and the Burmese army. Shooting  and mortars were heard at our dorm. This was very frightening, especially for our girls and the younger orphans. Some of them were so frightened that they actually wet their pants. Our leader called all the kids together in the dorm and they all prayed while the fighting was going on. We thank God for His protection, there are more then 4,000 Karen refugees in this IDP camp inside Burma; these are mostly women and children. While we were there we had an early Christmas celebration and the children were thrilled to receive gifts and be prayed for. On behalf of our orphanage: Thank you for your love, support and prayers, Merry Christmas and Blessed 2012."