For some of you who follow my blog, I am sorry I have not updated it in a lonnng time. But I am living in the USA right now. After long thought and debate I decided to stay here this school year. I will miss Thailand, and who knows maybe I will go back and work some day.

Right now I am working for the SEYC/Bible Workers and volunteering at Collegedale Academy. I am really enjoying this right now. It is nice to be active and interacting with students. Still working on organizing the members and students at the University for Bible Work.

I hope everyone is having a blessed time, both in USA and Thailand.

Blessing.

Ryan

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Well, the day has almost come. Tomorrow I will be turning Thirty. The big 30. It looked worse coming in then being in. :) I never really thought of myself getting this old. I was always caught up having fun, working hard, and trying to enjoy life. But now I have found myself becoming an older man, not quite sure but I think I am starting to bald. Haha.

Anyways, this will probably be my most unique birthday ever or at-least the location. Most of my previous birthdays were experienced in Collegedale, TN.

I am looking forward to the close of this school year. I would like to kiss the bad good bye and look to a better tomorrow. We have three more weeks left, which are going to fly by and I will be on a plane flying to the States. I am looking forward to the possibilities for next school year, due to the fact that we are becoming organized in the PE Department.

I can't wait to see what God has planned for the next school year. I think there is so much potential here but there are few out spoken and strong Christians. I would even put myself in that category. Where there is darkness, we should be shining light. And I really haven't been shining any light lately. So there are some positives.

So as another year of my life has come to its close, I am looking forward to a new year, with possibilities! Can't wait to see family and friends from the States! God bless you all.

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(Nattamon, Nattaporn, Onjira, Pornchanok, Ramida, Angella, Lalita, Panjitra)

My Super Energetic and almost uncontrollable, talktive, and extremely, ADHD, but fun and enjoyable, sweet, U13 Volleyball Girls)

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This past weekend, I came off the DL (Disabled List) to take my U13 Volleyball Team to NIVA, which is one of our sister schools, to play in a BISAC tournament.  I was worried because I had not coached them in about two weeks, and I wasn't sure that I would be able to make it since I was coming back to action from being assigned to bed rest.

Well, I was hoping for a 7th spot with our girls, but we didn't get that, back in my mind I was hoping for more but realistically I think I knew.  We tried our hardest but we fell to the 8th spot out of 8 teams in the tournament.  Honestly I don't think we were that good to compete with the other schools.  My team consists of 6th graders and one 5th grader.  My girls have never played volleyball and I was teaching them from scratch.  While the other schools, had 7th graders or a whole team of them, they had been playing for 2 years and actually looked quite older than my little girls.  We improved so much through the year, but there is only so much you can do in one season.

The core 8 girls that went with me to the tournament were my top players and the ones that showed up to practices and have good skill.  So I knew we were putting our best efforts up.  I felt bad though, 2 of the girls cried, and I don't know what to say or do in that situation.  Plus, it is so hard to comfort them because as I do they get agitated and distant.  I feel helpless, and I try to explain, it's just a volleyball game.  But it's the BISAC tournament, the big one!

Anyways, we all survived, and hopefully I get a chance to coach them next year, and hopefully they will have a good rest of the year.  Here are a few pictures from the tournament.

God bless.

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Incredible... Electric cars... this is a good TED video.

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Remember the days Scott???  Back in the day.

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