I'm spending six months in Thailand just outside of Bangkok working with children who have disabilities. These are some of my thoughts and experiences

Sunday, May 28, 2006

been a while

I don't know if anyone is going to reading this anymore...since it's been about 3 months since the last entry. But, I figured since I have it here I might as well continue to give updates I recieve from Thailand and also updates in my life as to what is coming up next.

Remember Nin?

I heard recently that he was dropped by one of the helpers in the wards. The helpers, for the most part, are guys that used to live in the wards (usually from a mental disability) and have grown too old to stay there anymore. Since some of these guys have nowhere else to go, they can work for the government. It's good to give these guys something to do and continue to provide for them, however, often they get used to much and overworked. Another downside, is that they don't always carry the guys in any kind of a proper way...usually one hand under the knees and the other hand around the neck/head of the guy they're carrying. And so, at some point, someone dropped Nin on the floor. The fall damaged a nerve in his right arm which is bad news for him since that was the arm that he used to eat, paint, play games, etc. His left arm doesn't work that well already.

Thanks to some persistence from Paul, Nin is now getting some therepy regularly which I hope will help. He could still use your prayers though