This was an eventful week at Legacy. We have a Burmese family attending classes here (4 girls and 2 boys). I have one of the boys in my second year English class, but all of his siblings are first year students.
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Remember the didactic anecdote about the frog in hot water? The idea is that, if you place a frog in boiling water, it will immediately jump out. But if you put the frog in cold water and slowly raise the temperature, the cold blooded frog will gradually adjust to the temperature until it eventually boils to death.
December 6, 2012 was the King's birthday here in Thailand, providing Legacy's students and staff with a much needed holiday. So, we decided to pack all 22 students and staff into the sung tao and one motorbike and head to a nearby lake for picnic and games.
Several months ago at Jet Rye, our loaned property were we grow corn, peanuts, and soybeans, we picked mangoes.
For eight months now the ah-janns (teachers) and students have been working hard at revamping the "Teacher's Garden". The beautifully transformed garden located at the back of Legacy school grounds has been a joy to all of us here that walk it everyday. The pictures below are taken in succession as we worked. Below is a pastel drawing I drew of what we thought the garden should look like when it was completed.
An amazing slideshow of the Festival of Tabernacles activities, family, services, and the attendees of 2012 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Compiled by Eric Tipon. For more information about the Festival of Tabernacles in Chiang Mai, Thailand, please visit http://www.legacyinstitute.org, or email us at mail@legacyinstitute.org
Prophecy marches on. The USA has a dead Ambassador and the brave men who died protecting him. Egypt is threatening Israel – again! Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad once again threatens war in the Middle East from the UN podium, and armies are massing on Syria’s border. Where will this all lead?
On August 13th, Legacy Institute celebrated the Queen of Thailand's Birthday. In recognition of this national holiday, classes were cancelled. A former teacher graciously funded a field trip for the students and so, we packed all of the students into our blue Sung Tao (pickup truck) and headed off to the Mae Sa Waterfall.
For those of you who might be concerned about radical Islamic activity in Thailand, please read below. As I suspected, the Thai police kept things well under control and nothing even near to what is taking place in the Magreb and Middle East has happened here.
Protesters Try To Storm US Embassy In Yemen - US embassy attacked in Cairo - US ambassador to Libya killed in attack - The US ambassador to Libya and three other staff were killed when the US consulate in Benghazi was attacked overnight on Tuesday. - Two killed as U.S. troops ambushed en route to rescue besieged diplomats in Benghazi - Tunis police disperse embassy protesters - Sudanese protest outside US embassy - Protests ramp up at embassies in Iran, Switzerland, Egypt, Yemen - What is even more astonishing is that the US government just sent the Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt 1.5 Billion U.S. Dollars in foreign aid!
All those who thought our support for the “freedom fighters” in Libya was going to result in freedom and democracy for the Libyan people need to wake up to the realities of the Islamic world. So much for the Arab Spring! The downfall of Kaddafi was bankrolled by the United States. The USA gave money and helped rebels with NATO air support. What was not blasted over the airwaves by major news services was that the leaders of the anti-Kaddafi fighters were Al Qaida operatives with their own agenda for a post-Kaddafi Libya. Now the crows come home to roost. In what is clearly a planned and well executed attack on the consulate in Benghazi, 4 Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador were killed.
Top German court paves way for eurozone rescue fund.This was a heavily debated move. What it means is that German taxpayers will fund lending money to almost bankrupt countries in the EuroZone that used the Euro currency. But why would Germany bail them out? Most Germans are very conservative and angry with countries like Greece, Spain and Italy that are fiscally irresponsible. The answer is that The Dream is Bigger than selfishness. What dream is that ? It is the dream of the RE-CREATION of the Roman Empire. It is the spirit of Charlemagne that will not – nay, cannot die in Germany and France. It is the dream of a world ruling empire from the British Isles to Afghanistan and all across North Africa. It is the resurrection of the glory days of Rome. The euro cannot be allowed to collapse. And the only way this is possible is to lend money to the irresponsible southern partners in order to keep the euro solvent. The Dream will not be allowed to die. That is why the Euro must be saved.