Time to meet my housemate - Beth

Beth and I decided that we needed to introduce each other to our collective friends and family. In 2005 we both came to Chiang Mai and Grace International. We did not know each other previous to our arrival. It just happened that there was one place and two people wanting to share cost. What could one do? As a new missionary, I benefitted the most from that linkup because Beth had served in China, Kenya, Pakistan and a group of islands that I can never remember. She provided a most steady environment for me in a not so steady world. Beth teaches the 8th grade core classes at Grace and comes with a 25 year background in gifted education in Roanoke, Virginia. Her love is history and Chinese history in particular. We have learned to live in this most different place and have been housemates for the most part of 3 years. I took six months off for furlough starting the 2nd semester and Beth took off the 1st semester of last year and came back 2nd semester to cover for me. For some reason for which neither of us can figure out, we are often mixed up. We will let you decide if there is any similarity. Students and teachers alike often call us by the wrong names. Someday we might even dress alike. Now, that would be a hoot! We do have a good time together and have traveled to Vietnam, Singapore, Australia and soon will fly to the Philippines. I am most blessed to enjoy her cooking and Beth is most blessed because I cleanup after her. It is a good arrangement!! This picture is taken at Raffles Hotel in Singapore. We enjoyed 'High Tea' in a most beautiful dining room of the hotel.