This year's birthday included lots of little celebrations from my team, students, and others. I think all together I had 7 different cakes (4 different ones pictured above) and was sung "Happy Birthday" to at least 12 times in about 7 different languages !! I began the day biking to a nearby silk farm and spending some time with my Father and Creator on top of one of the surrounding hills. I also enjoyed a lunch with my whole team, a delicious Mexican meal with the teammates from my company, a fun picnic dinner under a gorgeous starlit sky with friends/teammates, and a Lao style cookout with some Lao friends and students. Check out some of my more "interesting" gifts...a skull tank top, hot pink shirt, and I don't even know how to describe the figurine...