After being here for only a year, we got our first taste of the downside of expat life – just when you make friends, they get assigned to a new country and move! Our good friends Melinda and Juan Wheeler made the long move from their home country of South Africa to Bangkok only 1 ½ years ago, only to get re-assigned to Shanghai, China this summer. Jeanre, their daughter, is best friends with Leah, and Ruan, their son, is also good friends with Tim. We were so sad to see them go but we are really looking forward to visiting them next April in Shanghai! (And the upside of your expat friends moving to another country – you now have someone to visit when you go traveling!) Luckily, we were able to spend a little extra time with them in August when we returned from our home leave and before they headed off to Shanghai. We went out with our other friends, the McDermotts, one night, and another day we took all the kids to a huge indoor playground in Bangkok for one last fun day out!
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