by Paul Kortman | Jun 8, 2014 | Family Update, Travel Update
We're in Bangkok. Despite the #ThaiCoup we decided to carry on with our flight plans and spend a couple days in Phuket before heading to the heart of the disturbance and anti-coup protests of Bangkok. We spent well over 5 hours out and about today and saw less than 12...
by Paul Kortman | May 9, 2014 | Travel Update
When we first started this trip we were planning on spending months in 4 countries with a "vacation" in South Africa. We were going to spend time in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Viet Nam. However we quickly discovered that we're not cut out for the heat....
by Paul Kortman | May 3, 2014 | Family Update
Josiah is released! Two nurses wheeled him and a grocery cart of our bags down to the front door. When the doctor came and checked on Si this morning he found that the fluid had drained and stopped draining. So the doctor removed the tube and sent us...
by Becky Kortman | May 2, 2014 | Travel Update
It's another morning in Thailand! Thank you, Jesus, for giving us another day to live and breathe and shine for you! We are grateful! No one slept well here at the hospital. We had a few hours of thunderstorms which kept the kids awake. Si had a rough night...
by Paul Kortman | May 2, 2014 | Family Update
We played Uno and Canasta as a family to pass some of the time. To say that everything has gone smoothly would not be the full truth. We chose Chiang Mai Ram Hospital because of online reviews. And some in-person investigation on Tuesday. We're okay with the facility...