The "Miracle" of Christmas in Thailand

This posting will primarily consist of pictures. We say "miracle" because we could not have planned or pulled off something as perfect as this. It began with a thought last January, that with potential cheap airfares, we might have Christmas in Thailand with our whole family. First miracle was, after we laughed and figured it would never happen, we actually proceeded. Next miracle was Adam and Cindy said "sure", just before they got three new kids in the house. After this everyone adjusted their holiday schedules and said yes. This was followed by the airfare, because of Christmas, being double the "cheap" airfare but then God miraculously not only provided the additional amount but the entire airfare for ten of us round trip from LAX. Adam and Cindy then got three more kids but continued with "sure", stating that we could all stay in their house. The next miracle was that friends of Adam and Cindy's, Dave and Shirley, offered their house to provide some amount of relief by taking in Jason and Caryn and their two girls. These little miracles continued, but the final one was a real answer to prayer. For the last two months prior to leaving we had tried, in vain, to rent a Toyota Commuter van that would easily accommodate all eighteen of us plus some of our extended family in Thailand. All we could muster up was a minivan for seven people. When we got to the car rental place we only saw a Toyota Commuter van in the parking lot. Inside the gal said, "I am sorry, we have no minivans. All we have is the Commuter but we will let you have it at the price of the minivan". Was that a no-brainer or what? That was followed by the two most wonderful weeks together touring Chiang Mai together. And of course, the overarching miracle is that the whole Heine crowd from North America were able to see for themselves first hand what God is doing through Adam and Cindy on the other side of the world. A real education for them to see what it means to obey God and give up lucrative careers in CA and do what He has called them to do. How good is that? The God of miracles is alive and well and is still doing what He does best - taking care of His own!!

Here is the link to a small subset of the pictures we all took.