Hey!

So, again, it’s been forever since I wrote anything. It’s been a busy week (and a half-ish), and when I opened up my computer it was to write a paper; so this poor little guy has been neglected. Anyway, a quick catch-up;

Over the weekend, there was a lot of fear about flooding in Bangkok; a bad mixture of floods from the North, King’s High Tide, and lots of rain. Flooding happens every year; but this was the biggest in about 50 years. So we were pretty unsure about what we were going to be able to do, and have access to while the water headed out to the ocean. The dams and dikes around inner Bangkok ended up being quite successful, and we didn’t see any abnormal water levels where we are at. However, there was extremely severe flooding around us; hundreds of people died, hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes, and millions lost their livelihoods; industrial parks were destroyed, rice paddies were washed away, and people’s belongings were destroyed. Poverty was already an issue in many of these places; this was a heavy blow to many people. So, please keep the people of Thailand in your prayers; that this could be a turning point in which they discover that their sacrifices to their gods didn’t save them; but there is a God who will save them for eternity.

Because we weren’t sure what our situation would be over the weekend, we didn’t go teach English, which was a bummer; we’ve missed two weeks now with being in Cambodia. But we’ll make sure to get in there this week, if all goes well. Our church, Bangkok City Church, celebrated it’s 7 year anniversary on Sunday, which was so much fun. They had a slideshow with pictures from when they began; the church was started in a coffee shop, where it was just Pii Bai, Pii Wan, and their son for a long time, with people poking in and out every once in a while. Then they rented a small building, outgrew it, got another one; outgrew it, and are now in the church they just moved into. It’s so cool seeing their passions become reality in their community. There were lots of people at church, almost filling all the seats; so cool!

Monday we went out to an Italian restaurant for Leah’s birthday; decent food, great company, and lots of fun. Our week looks pretty calm so far; we have lecture on Thursday, Thai on Friday and Saturday, and ministry over the weekend. It’s so hard to believe that we have been here for 12 weeks already. If we hadn’t extended our trip, we would only have 3 more weeks left! I’m so glad we get to stay; time flies by way too fast.

Alrighty, my computer is dying, so I’m out!

Update:

This was written a few days ago, but I forgot to actually publish it... Whoops. 

Anyway, the past few days have been interesting; I got to experience a new kind of cultural system. Somehow, somewhere, I picked up some sort of bacterial infection. I felt weird/bad on Monday, My head and neck started to hurt Tuesday morning, and I got a weird cough, with congestion, even though I haven't had any sinus problems. Then Tuesday night I started to get a fever, and a really bad headache, so we went to the Dr. on Wednesday morning. They gave me 4 different medications, and the headache is gone, thank God. If it didn't go away, then I was definitely  going to be forced to poke a hole in my head to relive the pressure. Anyway. Prayers would be appreciated, but I'm not going to die. Thanks!