Before you read this, guess what the sign of a good volunteer is?

Hello to you all!! We have started the week with energy! Today we went to our favorite place to eat (Salad Concept). SO GOOOOD! Then tonight at work we were so encourage by the kids. Before bed we have about 2 hours with the kids. It starts with showers which is ALWAYS crazy. Two of us help the younger girls shower, which means making sure they aren't sliding around on their bellies. It is quite an experience. Then we have about an hour to play! The boys usually play with legos or puzzles. Tonight they watched Kirstyn draw a car. I kept hearing them yell something in Thai and then more boys would run over to watch. They were amazed. The girls usually iron their clothes for the next day, play with play-do, do puzzles, or homework. Tonight Breanne taught the girls how to say, " I like cheese. I eat beans. I fart." Then there is a bible study every night that lasts for 30 minutes. Since we don't know what is said, it is usually our time to watch and pray for all the kids! Then our favorite part comes along and that it putting the kids to sleep! The boys each gave me the best hugs tonight before they went to bed. I even got some squeezes! It is a very humbling experience every night. I am so thankful for those hugs.

Another really exciting experience we had tonight was.........

FINDING LICE!! Which is the answer to the title of this blog. Laura told us when we arrived that a sign of a good volunteer is lice. Pretty sick accomplishment. We looked like monkeys for about an hour looking in each other's hair. Breanne has the most lice! What an award. Tomorrow we are going to treat our hair for it, but we are prepared to have it for the rest of the summer. Lots of hugs and lots of lice. 

Today after we ate at our favorite place, we took a Tuk Tuk back to the house. This form of transportation isn't the safest, but it is the cheapest. AND the most embarrassing. Breanne saw people trying to take a picture of us. It is basically a motor bike turned into an open car. That is an awful description so here is a picture. 

Even better, here is a video of this fun little ride. TUK TUK.

We are headed to bed tonight listening to music and craziness happening outside. In our little neighborhood, there is one of the biggest crematoriums in Chiang Mai. This makes for a lot of funerals. The funerals are day long celebrations of eating and drinking. When we came home from work there were cars everywhere and people walking around in black. When someone dies here, they shoot off fire works so bad spirits won't mess with the person's soul. It is a strange thing to hear all the time!! 

Here are some recent pictures from our adventures outside of work! 

Here is the monkey in our neighborhood. He is funny! But tied up:/

Photo credit: Taylor! 

Here is a huge coconut we carried back on our walk. Breanne found it, but it was rotten.

Our bikes will be fixed by tomorrow! YAY!

Not exaggerating...4o people fit into this car at once. 

Braiding hair in the sungtao! 

Salad concept!

Taylor's gross drink. It was made of beet root.

Acting like fools. Always! 

We heard an incredible story tonight about a little boy at the orphanage.  Laura told us that when he first arrived, he was 6 years old and weighed 9 kilos (19 pounds). This is the average weight of a 1 year old. He had open wounds in the back of his head from mesquito or ant bites. He would pick at the back of his head all the time, which made them worse. He sat with his knees to his chest and arms wrapped around his knees. He would just watch everyone. When he was dropped off it was 2 weeks till his 7th birthday and no one thought he would survive until then. He spent months and months in and out of the hospital. He is now 13 and one of our favorites! We were with him that first week in the "sick kids room". He was bored to death that week, so we really didn't see his personality come out until the second week we were here. He is always smiling, loves hugs, and really likes dancing. He is one that we always find upside down doing hand stands in the next room. This child is a perfect example of the power of love. He came because his mother could no longer take care of his and he was being put in a bad situation at home. He came to Agape and was loved. He was fed, hugged, and played with. Love saved this precious little one. Praise Jesus! 

We have loved praying for the kids individually, and we want to share that with you! Instead of looking at pictures from all over the blog, I put them all in one place. Please pray for these sweet children. This is not all of the kids, so we will try to get more up at another time.  We finished our evening watching a documentary called Furious Love. If you have not seen it, we highly recommend it. (You can rent it on itunes) This documentary shows the power of love that drive out darkness all over the world. It made me truly understand what a miracle the Agape home is. In the midst of so much darkness, these faces of love exist. 

Love outrageously.