BANGKOK, Thailand – “Every day they say more water is coming but we are not fearful,” said the Rev. Thongchai Pradabchananurat.

During the fifth week of flooding the waters are still rising. Bangkok remains relatively unaffected save for stockpiles of sandbags – everywhere. Reports predicting the high tide that threaten to pour into the city’s financial center come often but have yet to materialize. For the people in the rural areas north of Bangkok the picture is dim as they live amid 2-5 foot waters that may not recede for weeks. They rely on the kindness of strangers (today, Christian churches) to bring food and supplies via boats. Many are homebound and some have lost everything, including family members. Businesses, schools, and temples peek up from a blanket of water that now is a trafficked by heavy transport vehicles and small boats that carry weary locals of every age who are out looking for supplies.

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