A world watched in astonishment as Thai style political protest played out on television screens.  Hundreds of thousands of tourists were stranded and out of pocket as The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) purposed to topple a supposedly democratically elected government through the takeover of major facilities.

Kiwi Alan Collingwood and his team in Thailand were recently granted special permission to have a baptism service for 16 men in prison.  Many guards and prisoners watched the ceremony with great curiosity, particularly as the baptismal was a trough of water used to raise fish! The fish were caught and put into a bucket, with the same fish tank water used for the baptism.