Kate in Trang

I have the privilege of knowing some pretty amazing people. One of them is Kate (she's so amazing that I'm using her name!) She has lived in Thailand for 9 years and 7 of those in Trang. She was assigned with 3 others to help start a group there and has seen growth reach into the 20s with 73 at the Memorial. She's also helping with sign-language there.

This is Kate, ever so diligent in her work.

She uses a motor bike to get around. I sat on the back.
She doesn't mind getting her hands dirty with fish guts. She might of even enjoyed it a bit. You'd be proud, Will.
This is one of the places we visited. She found 5 deaf in the area and visits them each week. They are all proud to have their own book and are making good progress. All 5 attended the Memorial along with 6 other deaf. Kate is also an amazing cook. She has some limitations with her health so she has become quite creative in what she makes. For example, we had a bean/chicken stew with black beans, kidney beans and mung beans. We ate it on toasted rice cakes with cucumbers, lettuce and other fresh veggies. Another day she made an 'all raw' dish with chopped carrots, cabbage, green mango, lemon grass, and sprouted mung beans. To really season things she made a paste of garlic, olive oil and ground black sesame seeds. YUM! Unfortunately I didn't get a photo, I was too excited to eat it. All the dishes were very colorful as you can imagine with so many fresh veggies.

Even though I don't have as many friends here in Thailand as I do back home, the friends that I do have are really special. I hope you get to meet Kate someday.