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| In the airplane. |
June was such a busy month, that I spent my time living my blog instead of writing about it. Now it is July and my husband and I are in Thailand and I hadn’t even taken the time to tell everyone through my blog of our plans to go.
We left on the evening of June 27, which was Joshua’s 13 birthday. It’s hard to believe that we are now parents of a teenager.
Last year about this same time Scott went to Thailand to help the Missionaries here with an ESL and Basketball camp. They had a very productive trip last summer and Scott wanted to bring me back to see the country this summer.
I have been really confused as to what days everything has taken place on. I know we left on Monday night, June 27. However I was a little confused as to which day we actually arrived on since we gained 12 hours, I believe. We arrived in Thailand on Wednesday, June 29, Thailand time. Whereas back home it would be Tuesday, June 28.
We had a little problem with Jet lag but it really wasn’t as bad as I anticipated. I think because I slept on the plane I was able to stay awake the rest of the day until bedtime.
The very next morning we went with Bro. Rusty, the missionary here in Thailand, to observe some of his ESL classes. We didn’t realize that we would be teaching on our first full day in Thailand, but that turned out to be good since I didn’t have enough time to get nervous.
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| Posing with a Lady dressed in a Peacock costume. |
Scott and I taught 2 classes on Thursday. That school asked us to come back each day next week to give the teachers an opportunity to practice their English with us. This will be a great opportunity to get to know the teachers and not just the children.
Then on Friday, I believe we only taught one class that day. We have really enjoyed the students of each of the schools. They are very responsive and eager to learn.
Today we visited a Keren village outside of Chiang Mai. It was really neat to see the difference in country life as compared to city life. It was a beautiful village. Scott and I got to teach a class of 5 year olds in the village and after the time we taught them was up, we enjoyed sitting in on Bro. Rusty’s class and seeing how he taught the High School aged students. Following the classes we watched as Pawn the Missionaries’ helper gave a Bible lesson in the Keren language to the children of this village which was her hometown.
The evenings had been full of activity as well. Wednesday evening, we observed Bro. Rusty and his wife as they taught some children that came to their home for English lessons.
Thursday evening, after their English class, they took us to a restaurant where we ate in traditional Thai style at a table while sitting on the floor. We enjoyed watching the live entertainment of traditional Thai performers. The above picture was taken at that restaurant with one of the performers. She was dressed as a peacock.
Friday evening, we went to an evening market and did some shopping for things to bring back with us to friends and family back home.
Tonight after the time we enjoyed with the Keren people we visited a fresh produce market where there were all sorts of interesting fruits, some of which I had never seen before. We also went to another market where we bought a few more souvenirs and ate a Waffle topped with ice cream. The food here has actually been very good. I hadn’t been faced with eating a bug yet. That doesn’t mean that it won’t happen, but it just isn’t the first thing that people put on your plate. We have enjoyed some very good meals of different types of chicken, rice, fish. I guess the only funny incident with food was at the mall, I ordered a Vegetable Pizza and it turned out being more like a hashbrown with vegetables cooked into it. It was really delicious though.
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| Teaching ESL at one of the Schools in Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
Right now it is night here and we will be getting up for Church in the morning. I have really enjoyed this first week here. It has been really busy and flown by very quickly. I have more pictures that I will post in another blog.
Keep us in prayer as we continue work here for another week and a half. And keep the Missionaries here in prayer as they continue to serve the Lord in this location even as we go back home.
Romans 10:14-15 “How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!”
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