Time to leave

Thanksgiving is over and our grandchildren have gone back to their homes; so hard for us to let them go. Hard also to imagine in two weeks, we will be in Mae Sot, back to our other kids and the Clinic. The summer is over before it has started. Cathy was back in May and we embarked on a garden fix-up, saw as much as we could of the family, wrote and published the news letter, had a very convivial Flag raising, attended Arts For Peace and had a great PUB garage sale at Eric and Cathy’s. Our thanksgiving is never over for all our friends who do so much to support PUB and make all this possible – what will be the promise and the message for the end of this year and into the next?

First once we are there the buildings will need to be looked at. In Mae Lah a sudden flood, swept away the boys dorm. No one was hurt and no one drowned – thank God – but the building has gone and will need to be replaced. Then there are the washrooms at the Teaching Centre; today inadequate for the numbers there. Then the school supplies, clothing, reviewing our computers and the internet connections, deciding on the outlook for a virtual classroom, connecting to Georgian maybe or Lakehead and a syllabus there and for our teachers, and looking to how this difficult society is poised now and how it will be in the months to come and how we can integrate our students into this changing world. There will be a lot to do for Cathy and Cathy and Eric.

Frank Brewster will be there for the whole of November, dividing his time between the Learning Centre and the Clinic. In the Clinic, a worthwhile direction we think we should take to improve pain control, which would need a political change on the part of the Thais, maybe a reasonable job for someone getting too decrepit for a more active role and here at home at OSMH – we are wondering about starting a Burmese Medical Club of interested medics after presenting Grand Rounds just recently.

To our supporters – thank you so much. To keep you up to date, we will be sending regular progress letters to you unless you would prefer not to have them, in which case, perhaps you could let us know by e-mail.

Cathy & David

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