work permit

I finally got my work permit that allows me to legally stay and work in Krabi!  Praise God for this!  Now, on to our next steps... getting our new Thai visas and continue working on our US immigration papers.  Papers, papers... they never seem to end, but always God comes through for us in all of these!

Hajj

In Krabi International airport, on our way to Bangkok for our US Embassy appointment, we met a large crowd of people.  I was amazed with the sight because I have never seen such commotion even in really large --- really busy --- airports like LAX or JFK. 

I found out that these are people from different villages in Krabi who are there to support their representative brother/sister for the Hajj.  Hajj is the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca that takes place in the last month of the year, expected once of all Muslims.  As we have previously mentioned to you, South Thailand has a large group of Islam believers.

I thought it would be interesting to share with you some of the pictures I took while hurrying past the crowd to check-in and grab a seat at the gate for our flight.