Zoe Guards

After Zoe received some new children in Spring 2010, we all agreed it was time to implement a few security measures. One of the first of those was to establish a guard system.
Gavin and I had to take some time off from teaching in June while our work visas were being processed. After our work permits were complete, we were eager to get back to work. We pulled up to Zoe on a Monday morning and didn’t see the same guard working the day shift. Instead, there was Queue (at left in the photo – that’s one of our new buildings in the background). He was very polite. But, he would not open the gate.
I told him some of the people we knew so he might believe that we were missionaries and we were scheduled to teach that morning. He really didn’t seem convinced. And still, he would not open the gate. Finally, I showed him my class notebook with the Zoe logo on the front. That did it. He was convinced, and he let us pass.
We have visited many guarded communities in Thailand. We get waved in just by rolling down the window and showing our white faces. We are glad that our Zoe guards take their jobs more seriously than that.