Hola. This will just be a quick catch up until I can sit down on Monday and gather some thoughts. But here's what has happened so far, and what you can pray for us for! As well as some answered prayer :)
Thursday: A fairly relaxing day; we went to the Bamboo Shop to study for a few hours, then got a massage, dinner, and then Alan, Kaitlyn, Mark, Kelsey, and I jumped in the car and headed to one of the slums we are working in. It started to fan dok super duper hard, and we were getting soaked, so we ducked into a little restaurant so Mark and Kaitlyn could grab some dinner. While we were standing there, in the rain, a Muslim guy started talking to Kruu and eventually invited us into his house. His wife(?) and two boys were inside playing cards, so we sat down for a few minutes, and they taught us a new game. Then we headed over to Miriam's house. I don't know if I've said much about Miriam, but I'm going to take some time to tell you about her, because she definitely needs some prayer. Last year, Kruu met a man who was an Islamic teacher; his job was to teach the people in his community Arabic, and about the religion of Islam. When Kruu went over to talk to him next time, he had just died, and his funeral was about to start. Kruu went to his house, and met the family, and continued to go back and talk to his widow. She has three or four kids, and is having a very difficult time raising the kids without her husband, along with missing him. So pray for Miriam and her kids; we go over to her house every once in a while and talk to her; pray for her heart to be opened to Christ's love for her and her family, peace in her heart, and patience and love for her children.
Friday: Friday was Thai lesson! We learned words for family members, which is more complicated than it sounds. It is a different word for big sister, little sister; big brother, little brother. Your Father's mother has a different title than your Mother's mother; same with Grandfathers. Your Aunt and Uncle's titles depend on whether they are your mother's sibling, or your fathers, and whether they are older or younger. ahhhh. But it was good. I left feeling like my brain was about to explode, but I also feel like I retained most of the words. We'll see how long that lasts. When we got back from Thai lessons, Kelsey, Kruu, and I walked over to Assumption University, and English-speaking university about a mile from our house. There is a large group of Muslim students there; since they already speak Angrit, we can talk to them, and learn from them. So we have been doing some scouting, trying to meet people. When we got back, we headed over to the church prayer meeting. As the meeting was wrapping up, they asked the three of us girls if we needed prayer for anything. When we all said that we were okay, Pii Bei stood up, and had everyone pray this for us: That we would come back to Thailand to stay.... with husbands. Guess it's inevitable now :) So I guess prayer points for Friday: Pray for connections with students at Assumption, who are willing to talk to us, and give us an "in"; also pray for Bangkok City Church, for God's blessing and guidance in the new activities they are doing to reach out to their neighbors.
Saturday: Today we woke up early to prayer walk with the church. Kruu picked us up at 7:30 this morning, and we walked until a little bit after 10. Kelsey and I took quick showers then headed over to a cafe to get some studies done. At 3 we headed into Ekkamai SaamSip, to our English garage. We had 17 kids there this week, which was pretty crazy. It's kind of dumb, but there is just something awesome about little 6 year old kids running down the Soi toward you shouting your Chuulenn, and give you a big hug. It's super cute, and pretty darn heart melting. We taught there for about an hour; we gave them all paper and color crayons and asked them to color a picture of their families. We talked about how to ask about families, and everybody's names; it was really interesting to hear the different family dynamics from the perspective of the 7 year old's. The guy that we met on Thursday when it was raining found out that we were teaching there, and told Kruu that he wanted us to come teach at his house as well; we're going to try to figure out when we can do that. So I guess prayer points for Saturday: Time enough to take advantage of all the doors that are opening for us in the Muslim communities; health for all of us, as we are having adorable little germ farms crawl all over us during lessons. Oh, also. One of the missionaries here, Mark Rodli, got bit by a snake a couple of hours ago, so please pray for health for him. It doesn't look like it's too bad right now, but the hospital is keeping him overnight for observation.
Okay. That was longer than I planned. Have a fantastic weekend!
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