Thank you Starbucks

I just got an e-mail from Starbucks announcing the arrival of their holiday drinks.  Thanks to them I know it is officially the holiday season.  I can't tell it's time to bust out the Christmas music here in Chiang Mai; there's no "sweater weather," and it never seems to be an appropriate time to make chili and spiced cider...but thanks to good old Starbucks, I can officially start thinking it's Fall even if it doesn't feel like it.

Will you please enjoy an eggnog latte or a peppermint mocha for us?

Another activity that is very un-fall like that we've enjoyed recently is summer camp.  That's right.  There's a Christian Camp in northern California called Hume Lake Camp (maybe you've heard of it), and during their off-season they travel around to bring camp to international students.  Every other year Chiang Mai is the lucky recipient.  It was such a neat camp for us to be a part of - spiritually challenging and right-on, full of crazy recreational games, incredible worship, just solid all around.  Here are a couple of videos for you to enjoy that show the week in a nutshell.  Bret's clearly enjoying himself :)