60+ adults gaining encouragement and new direction through the Family Education Conference
40+ kids enjoying the children's program (even reluctant teens and those needing extra care became enthusiastic about attending)
16 days away from home
16 workshops (covering topics as wide ranging as brain development, emotional regulation, high school planning)
6 attempts at finding a place to hold a baptism (eventually at a top floor condo swimming pool at 10:45 pm!)
6 modes of transport used (taxi, train, plane, songtao, van, feet)
5 cities visited (Montreal, Tokyo, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Penang)
5 family consults (SAFE families that mom helps problem solve schooling issues)
5 testing meetings (at the conference there was educational testing provided; the team was short staffed so Mom helped out)
5 lost phone numbers (our Malaysian sim cards expired... we had hoped to keep them active until we returned)
4 days out of the 16 were completely all travel! (Taxi-train-plane-plane-taxi)
4 new team members welcomed
3 different currencies used in transactions (Baht, Dollars, Ringgit)
3 days of conference sessions (but what with all the consults we didn't get to go to many of them!)
3 days of staff meetings post-conference (so full of debriefing thankfulness and energy to begin plans for next year)
2 good byes for retiring team members (by zoom and in person)
2 workshops presented (what Dad came to do)
2 very important meetings in Penang (regarding our hopeful return next year)
1 trip to Sticky Falls (a fun outing at climbable waterfalls!)
1 unexpected encouraging joyful baptism (a young man Dad led to the Lord last year whom Dad's disciple has been discipling)
Uncountable:
encouraging moments
greetings with old friends
fantastic meals and snacks
new learning
God's blessings
pangs of longing to be living in Asia again
texts and calls to kids at home
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