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Our First Month in Bangkok

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July 14 Made it to Bangkok! Stayed in a hotel for the week while we locked up our housing. Pretty fancy golf resort.  😁  Loved the view! Here's my post from Facebook on July 16: I have to start with how crazy this beautiful world we live in is. If you had told me a year ago that I would be working with my former principal in Bangkok, I would have laughed and said, "You're crazy, but I hope so!" And here we are! I still remember the day in May 2007 when she interviewed me and I told her our plans for joining the Peace Corps or moving out of state. She said, she'd rather have a go od teacher for a year than not at all. I don't know exactly what she saw in me, but she gave me the job and that year was amazing. The culture at Taft Middle School was like none other and all about the kids. I am so excited to be working alongside Lisa again and can't wait to meet the kids! (Also, she is basically Zamin's best friend now. He adores her!  ♥️ ) ...

Our Journey from Tri Cities, WA to Bangkok, Thailand

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Well, I'm finally here! I'm going to try to add the info I've posted on Facebook. I apologize to all those not on social media. I meant to keep this up to date, and have failed.🙋 I'm moving on from that and will try my best from here on out. 😄So, here I go! For this post, I will share the pics and info from our journey from Tri Cities, WA to Bangkok, Thailand via Boston, New York, and Oklahoma City. 😊 June 9, 2019 First leg of our new adventure began with too many goodbyes. Officially said goodbye to the Tri Cities. We had an amazing journey here the last 11 years and are excited for the what the future holds. Thank you to everyone who made this dream of ours happen and to all our family and friends for supporting us instead of calling us crazy. See you when we see you, WA State! Successfully made it through a red eye flight from Spokane to Albany via Chicago. Zamin and Colt did so well! 😄 Zamin especially loved checking out the cockpit and chattin...