Suvarnabhumi Airport Thailand

THAI PROTESTERS ABDUCT POLICE OFFICER AT AIRPORT- By Chris lake

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Anti-government protesters occupying Thailand's international airport seized a police officer, escalating tensions in a four-day standoff that appeared headed for a violent confrontation Saturday. The trouble started after about 1,000 demonstrators moved in on a police checkpoint near the Suvarnabhumi international airport, triggering a showdown that ended without violence when officers hastily withdrew. Police, many in full riot gear, had a much more visible presence Saturday with several hundred in the area. Associated Press reporters saw one policeman being grabbed at the checkpoint by three protesters, forcibly put in a vehicle, and driven away toward the airport controlled by the demonstrators.
It was not immediately known if the officer was still being held.

How weird is this? We are stranded in Bangkok and cannot leave. At least we have a place to stay and are not at the airport, but we are still stranded. If we want to go home, we will have to drive to Vientiane, Laos or Phnom Penn, Cambodia in order to fly out of the country. The domestic airport is also being held hostage, so we can't fly to Laos or Cambodia, but would have to drive for many hours, then fly out.

This is the tourist season in Thailand. It is cool and pleasant and there are many thousands of people that are vacationing here who are now cooling their jets at the airport. They missed Thanksgiving with their families. They are saying that they are going home and would never in a million years ever come back to Thailand. I can't say that I blame them. If I were stuck in a big building with thousands of disgruntled travellers, I would be saying the same thing. The people who think they know these things, say that the tourism industry has been forever ruined. I don't think so. As soon as the airports reopen there will be folks lining up to come here. This is a nice place and a safe place and the tourism industry will bounce back, but it will take time. About 20 minutes. In the mean time, don't keep the porch light on for me. I may not be home for a bit and guess what? I don't care! I like it here.

Thanksgiving

Thursday evening the 2 teams here will be meeting for preaching, fellowship and a meal. There are now 9 members on our team and 6 on the other. Some are missionaries and some are paid staff, but all love God and consider what we are doing here ministry and not just a job. It will be a time of prayer for our country as well as this country. The whole world is in crises, and the time to win the lost is growing ever shorter. It is a sobering time in which to live. If it were not for the sustaining hand of the Lord Jesus, it would be a time of great fear and for many people, Christians included. It is a fearful time as we watch events unfold before us that would have been unheard of even 10 years ago. Fear, however, is not always a bad thing. If it causes us to examine our lives and our motives and to get back to the important things, it is a good thing. If it causes us to pray for the lost like never before and if it causes us to work harder as we see the dark night coming, it is a good thing. It is important to have faith in these last trying days and to not let the wrong kind of fear engulf us. Worrying over "what we shall eat, what we shall drink, and what we shall put on," should not be part of the Christian's character. Now is not the time to pull back from giving and serving and praying. Now is the time to forge ahead and watch God do His perfect work. It always humors me to hear of folks stockpiling food and waiting for some kind of famine. If you had a house full of provisions and your neighbors were starving, you know that you would give it all away in a couple of days anyway, so why stack all that junk in your garage. I recently heard that there was a big run on Spam. You know Spam, the canned ham stuff. When I think of having to actually live for a few months on Spam, I have to laugh. I personally like Spam, but I think if we actually have a famine, that the Lord will provide for His own one way or the other. Survival stuff is flying off the shelves like never before. Guns, ammo, and all kinds of stuff are being stockpiled by people who are very afraid. Christ has not given us the spirit of fear, but of a sound mind. Christian, if you are terribly fearful what shall be tomorrow, just remember God did not give you that fear. It was put there by your archenemy, the devil and his evil emissaries. So, on Thursday have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day and pray and thank Him for all the blessings of this life and especially for the life in Glory that awaits every believer in Christ.

I'm Better Now

Yep, I've been gone a few days. I have been traveling and I have been sick. There is nothing like the puking diarrhea to make life interesting. Nobody else here got sick, so I'm not sure what caused it, but it was most unpleasant and it took me several days to fully recover. Then there was the election to listen to, and listen to, and listen to. We lost, but at least it is over and we won't have to listen to it over and over and over and over. I have never been so tired of listening to commentators. They are on my short list of people I would like to beat to a pulp. First of all they think that we are all so stupid that we can't understand what the people just said themselves!!! They have to repeat it several times putting their own spin on it to make sure we understand it the way we are supposed to, which is their way. Most of them are so liberal they should be taken out and shot, so listening to them only makes us look as stupid as they think we already are. So, no matter who won the election, God is still in charge of the universe, He still has everything under His complete control and we needn't worry as long as we remain faithful to Him. America may be in for a rude awakening, but then all of us who love God and are trying to serve Him already knew this was coming. We've killed too many innocents in the womb, allowed homosexuals (queers) to take over the land, and last, but not least, we have tried to force Israel to give away God's land and East Jerusalem, especially. We crossed the line on that one and now we're going to pay. We are in for a rough ride and we deserve whatever we get. Hang on, Christians, and keep your eyes upon the eastern sky... He's coming soon!!!!