1. General work:  Steve wrote reports on Nepal (i.e., created Nepal web pages); Jose took care of logistics (cell phone, ATM, etc); Steve and Jose, on foot, searched and found another hotel.  Saturday evening and Sunday, July 11 - 12.
2. Direct contacts: Jose phoned Chiang Mai contacts which led to an appointment with Pongthorn Chanlearn of MPlus (who became our key contact in Chiang Mai for reaching other LGBT Christian activists).
3. Steve was sick two days (continued work in hotel room).  Sunday & Monday, July 12 & 13.
   

1. We checked out of CH Hotel and checked into Top North Hotel, Tuesday morning, July 14.
2. We met with Pongthorn Chanlearn, Project Director of MPlus. Steve showed Pongthorn the new web pages on Nepal; Pongthorn decides to call a meeting with LGBT Christian activists to introduce to them the vision and message of Other Sheep.  Tuesday, July 1.
3. We arranged for a rent-a-car for travel to meeting with Joyce Hanks (founder Tom Hanks' ex-wife).  Joyce is teaching English in Thailand about a 5 hour drive south of Chiang Mai.
4. Steve, at the suggestion of Ed Schroeder by email, arranged to meet with Rev. Dr. Kenneth Dobson, former Presbyterian missionary, present advisor to the President of Payap University, Chiang Mai; an openly gay Christian with a Thai partner of ten years.

Cultural enrichment while in Chiang Mai

• We visited Doi Sutep Wat, Wednesday afternoon, July 15.
• We took a river boat cruise (boat for two with guide).  Late Thursday afternoon, July 16.
• We attended a Hindu wake, July 17 (below).

1.  The rent-a-car was delivered to North Top Hotel; We checked out of North Top hotel on Friday, July 17, at 1pm.
2. We drove to Payap University (Chiang Mia) for a meeting with Rev. Dr. Kenneth Dobson.  We toured the campus and discussed Other Sheep with Dobson in his office.  Friday afternoon, July 17.
3. We spent Friday night through Sunday morning in the home of Rev. Dr. Kenneth Dobson located in the countryside / rice paddies outside of Chiang Mai.  We attended a Hindu wake.  We met gays that Dobson ministers to.  Friday evening - Sunday morning, July 17 - 19.
4. We drove (aprox. 5-7 hours) to the home of Joyce Hanks just south of Khlong Khlung.  We made a video recording of Joyce commenting on Thais and homosexuality.  We spent the evening with Joyce.  The following day, we visited Joyce at her school before the beginning of classes.  Late Sunday afternoon to Monday morning, July 19-20.

1. We checked into Top North Hotel. Thursday evening, July 23.
2. We conducted a meeting at the offices of MPlus with 10 LGBT activists (7 were Christians), called for and sponsored by Pongthorn Chanlearn of MPlus.  Steve showed a PowerPoint of Nepal and on the vision and ministry of Other Sheep.  Attendees discussed possibilities for Thailand.  Attendees received a copy of the book The Children Are Free.  Friday, July 24.
3. We met with a leading Thai evangelical pastor and two of his fellow religious leaders and discussed being gay and Christian.  The pastor and one fellow worker were responsive but not sympathetic.  Sunday, July 26,  (Steve followed up with an email and related links to the pastor.)
4. We attended an open-house celebration of a new business owned and operated by two young gay men who are a part of the network of gay Thais ministered to by Rev. Dr. Kenneth Dobson.  Monday evening, July 27, 2009.
5. We met with a second (expatriate) evangelical pastor and his wife on the topic of being gay and Christian.  They were non-responsive and apparently non-sympathetic.  Tuesday morning, July 28.
6. We met with Eva Pascal, M.Div., and Adam Dedman on the campus of Payap University.  The meeting was arranged by Rev. Dr. Kenneth Dobson. They were responsive and sympathetic.  Tuesday morning, July 28.
7. We introduced Pongthorn Chanlearn, Project Director of MPlus, to Rev. Dr. Kenneth Dobson at Payap University.  Tuesday afternoon, July 28.
8. We were introduced to the President of Payap University. Tuesday afternoon, July 28.  (Steve followed up with a hard-copy letter to the President.)
9. Rev. Dr. Kenneth Dobson contributed some of his writings to Other Sheep web site.  Steve created Other Sheep web pages for his articles and sends out an eNews on Dobson and his writings.

1. We phoned our Mae Sot contact person, Saw Yuri Galler, and finalized plans for the Mae Sot trip.  Monday, August 24; we arranged for a rent-a-car for Mae Sot and picked it up on Thursday evening, August 27; Jose made copies of the paper on the Bible and homosexuality for the Bangkok and Mae Sot seminars.  Wednesday, August 26.
2. We met with closeted gay American Episcopal priest. Wednesday evening, August 26
3. We conducted small group seminar on the Bible and homosexuality; four attended including a Bangkok Post journalist, a university professor,  a gay Anglican Canadian, and Pongthorn Chanlearn of MPlus, Chiang Mai; the seminar was held in a Bangkok Christian Guest house conference room. Friday, August 28.
4. We had a "chance" meeting with an Indonesian TV-film maker (a day-trip together) who offered her services if ever in Indonesia. Tuesday, August 25.

Cultural enrichment while in Bangkok

• We celebrated our first wedding (legal) anniversary, Tuesday, August 25, with a day-package trip to historical ruins and a river cruise; and with an evening diner and show.
• We visited Bangkok temples and the Grand Palace.  Monday afternoon, August 24 and Thursday morning, August 27.

1. We provided transportation to and from Mae Sot for Joyce Hanks who gave a brief  but effective talk at the Mae Sot seminar.   Friday & Saturday, August 28-29.
2. We met with Saw Yuri Galler, President, and David Aye Myat, Support Executive, Myanmar Gay Education, over a late evening meal.   Friday evening, August 28.
3. We conducted a PowerPoint seminar on the Bible and homosexuality; we handed out papers on the Bible and homosexuality and distributed the book The Children Are Free; three Christians from a local Baptist church attended (in addition to Saw Yuri and David Aye); following the presentation the group discussed briefly the idea of recreating this seminar for others in the future. Saturday morning, August 29.

Cultural enrichment while in Mae Sot:  Saw Yuri and David gave a short tour of the Myanmar-Thailand border sites.