This is my little sister Sheri and her husband David. Sheri, David, and their two children Katrin & Jacob live and work in New Delhi, India. Sheri and David both work at the American Embassy School in New Delhi. Sheri is a guidance counselor. David is a math teacher, coach, and ad hoc IT guy. Katrin and Jacob are elementary school students. Sheri and David don’t usually dress like this, but it’s the most recent photo I have of them, so it’s the best I could do.
Sheri and her family are counting their blessings this morning. When the monster earthquake hit Indonesia this weekend they were not in New Delhi, which is safely in the interior of the country. They were in a resort in Thailand where thousands of people were killed by the accompanying tsunami and tidal waves. Fortunately, they were on the east coast of the very thin Thai peninsula where most of the American and European tourists flock to during the holidays. Most of the devastation in Thailand was on the west coast, on the Indian Ocean side.
Whether it’s an earthquake at the bottom of the sea off the coast of Indonesia or another car bomb exploding in Mosul, it reminds we again how international events can really strike you at home – even when you are safely in the middle of North America.
Count your blessings. I’m counting mine.
