Contrary to some reports, Klong Toey is still dry.  The floods however, have not passed us by yet because water is being held at bay in northern areas of Bangkok, being released slowly and still moving toward us in the south east. So we are not underwater, but I hope that report was not prophetic!

These photos are of another neighbourhood. ‘S’, originally from Klong Toey and part of the Ta Rua church, lives here in northern Bangkok. His motorbike, car and all he owns was in his home when it flooded. With some of our neighbours from Klong Toey we went out on Sunday to this neighbourhood to give medicines, food and water, wading in with small boats to those hard to get at places. It was a special time, not least because the men who are so often looked down upon were the ones helping out this time. We had to get them all special blue t-shirts so flood victims didn’t think they were a gang of looters!

‘Hey thanks, where are you guys from?’ came a shout from a second story home after receiving much needed food.

‘Klong Toey!’, Gung replied.

‘Klong Toey? Really?’

‘Sure. Keep fighting on, don’t give up!’

Very few of these men can swim, two crocodiles had just been caught there from a local croc farm (with over 200 still loose!) and the smelly brown, often neck deep water was putrid. Courage does not do justice for how these men responded.

Please keep praying for Thailand. Over 500 people have died and millions have been affected by these floods. Thailand will be slow to recover. I mean even our football ground where our Klong Toey FC play at Harrow School is still underwater, with only the tops of the goal posts showing. It has been like that for over a month. There is simply no where for the water to go there. We are grateful we have been spared so far, but we are long way from normal.  The TV news and the sand bags out the front our Community Centre and the Second Chance Bangkok shop make sure we are reminded that the water could still come soon.