UNEXPECTED TRIP TO SINGAPORE

It's all about ears!

After a swim in the ocean, Johnny's ears began giving him trouble.

Soon, he was like this:

And everyone was speaking loudly to everyone else, so that he wouldn't

miss out on every conversation.

Because of the lack of dependable, modern medicine, he got advice

from a doctor friend in the country, but long-distance on the phone.

Then he went to the local ENT doctor here.

Still he couldn't hear!

Finally, we decided he should fly to Singapore.

 Singapore is known not only as a hub for businesses, a greaat shopping place, and as a modern

 and dependable medical center.

Friends in Singapore made arrangements for Johnny to see an ENT specialist there the  following day, and arranged for a place
for him to stay.Flights were quickly booked,
 and he left for Singapore.
He spent 2 nights there, saw a specialist who discovered the passage between his nose
and ears were blocked, and there was fluid trapped behind the eardrums. He did tests and
then prescribed different medicines than what he'd been taking.
Johnny will need to see a specialist as soon as we get
back to America.

This was an "adventure" we had not anticipated. But
we're very thankful he was able to see
a good doctor.

EAR ACHE

Johnny and the others returned last night from Gombong (our old home)

 and the beach (where our family vacationed every year).

BUT, Johnny came back with an ear infection.

After contacting the missionary doctor in another town, he started on the correct medicine.

To read the FUN, FULL story of getting the medicine for him,
click here.
He is now on antibiotics. Pray he'll be well soon.

Tai Chi

While living in Asia, I observed many older people (and some young ones, too)

gathering and doing an interesting series of exercises.

At the park near our home in Chaing Mai, Thailand, a group gathered in the late

afternoons. But they all seemed to already know the moves and I felt I couldn't join them until I knew what I was doing.

And then our gym here in Longview began offering Beginner Tai Chi.

Just what I was looking for.

I go once a week. I'm just learning. But already I'm getting the hang of it.

I've learned it is a discipline of control, posture, breathing.

It works in a different way on my body than the Silver Sneakers cardio class

I attend. In fact, my new Tai Chi teacher is in my cardio class.

If you'd like to read up on it, you might be interested in looking at

this website:  http://www.everyday-taichi.com/