Keepin this Brief...

Cause it is waayyyyy past bedtime. Today was super laid back and nice. We slept in a little bit, till 8:30! Haha, our poor confused REM cycles. We got an email from Alan, with our first class’s homework assignment, and some info about the next few days, then we walked around our Soi with Barb. We ended up eating lunch at a cute little restaurant kind of thing with Mark, one of the missionaries that lives across the driveway from us. This lady is one of the favorites, they call her the rice lady. She introduced herself as “aunt”, and told us many times to “please, come back!”. She was really sweet, and the food was really good. When we got back to our rooms, we were pretty wiped out… life is really tough wandering around and eating. Seriously though; something about the heat and the humidity just sucks the energy right out of you. Guess that’s one of the trade-offs for living in beautiful Washington. So I listened to some music (Mumford & Sons!) and read some of Alan’s book, Apostolic Function in the 21st Century. Fantastic  book, I’d seriously recommend it to just about anyone. I’ve had to pull the dictionary out a few times (I lied, it just meant pulling up the web browser, but that didn’t sound as scholarly), but it really is a great book with very interesting points on modern missions, and what it means in our world, church, and to us as individuals. I got about halfway through, then crawled in bed, and worked on my blanket. Its like 6 feet wide, and about 3 inches thick now! Yeah, we’ll see how much longer I can have the patience to work on it. At about 6 we walked over to the mall with Weldyn and Barb, and had dinner at Sizzler. It was really good, but this kinda sealed a sneaky suspicion I had. Dr. Pepper, and Ranch dressing do not exist in the Asian world. At least, in Bangkapi, Bangkok, Thailand. Sad sad day. But they had cheese! I missed cheese. And french fries! Mmh. I think I’m learning to appreciate American food.

Okay. I know all I ranted about was food and a book, but I’m too tired to think about what else happened today. So Good night/morning.

Kap kun kah! (Thank you  )