Dear Friends,

I have been provoked over the past few weeks to be thinking about the thought of living with no regrets. I suppose it’s easier to think about this when faced with a life or death situation. Penny and I had the honour and privilege of having our senior pastor and his wife visit us for a few days last month. While I was out driving with Stuart and Margaret, Stuart asked me if there was anything that Penny had not done that she would regret not doing if she were to die. The only thing I could think of was her desire to go to Bolivia to see where I grew up. Penny’s motto for life is to “live with no regrets!” A few days later I asked Penny the very same question and her reply was that there was nothing. Then she paused and said, “well, actually, I would love to go to Bolivia and see where you grew up!”

I felt good – that I actually knew my wife that well!!

As I began to pray about this I have felt the Lord encourage me to pursue Penny’s dream and actually take her to Bolivia to see where I grew up and to spend a couple of weeks taking her around everywhere I had lived. This is not something I can do on my own and so I would love to give you the opportunity of helping me in taking my wife to Bolivia.

Penny’s condition has not improved. In fact, this week her pain level has been quite bad. Her pain level is always unpredictable. Some days it’s good and other days it’s bad. If we compared the size of the cancer mass from the CT scan taken in May last year to the one taken in January the cancer has grown nearly four times in size. But, the good news is, that in March we had another CT scan taken and the results showed that there was no significant change from the one in January. Her pain constantly reminds her of the cancer still being there but she remains faithful and hopeful in the Lord for His healing. Though I am not anticipating my dear wife dying on me in the near future I do need to be aware that the Lord has not healed her yet and that death is still a possibility. Because of this I do want to be able to take her to Bolivia and share a very important part of my life she has not been able to enter into.

Now here’s the challenge, because of Penny’s condition where she is in constant pain and cannot sit for long periods of time traveling to Bolivia could prove to be a very difficult and painful time for her, unless I could fly her business class where she can lay down and sleep. According to my travel agent, to fly business class from Bangkok to Bolivia will cost us approximately $12,500 each. Then there is all the internal travel as well. So, in total, I am looking at approximately $30,000 to make this dream a reality.

Would you pray about being a part of fulfilling Penny’s dream of spending time where I grew up? If so, please respond to this email address (communications@baannamjai.org) as I do not want Penny to know anything about this and I want to be able to surprise her with the tickets. Also, please do not mention anything of this to anyone here at Home Of The Open Heart, as it is hard to keep secrets around here. The only people that know are myself and my son, Luke, who checks the communications@baannamjai.org email address.

With love, Paul.