Sunday Monday fun day!

And on SUNDAY Team Thailand rested..

Sunday also marked the halfway point of our time in Phuket. In the morning we went to a church service that is done in Thai and English. The worship songs are even sung in both languages at the same time, I was surprised at how well that worked out! After the service we went to a Thai restaurant where many of the church members usually go for Sunday lunch. The food was great and it cost less than $18 for all fourteen of us to eat! After lunch we had a couple hours of downtime. Downtime helps keep us sane, gives us a chance to rest, catch up on sleep and spend some alone time with God. We regrouped at 4:00 to plan the rest of the day. Some of us ended up going to the super market to buy ingredients for making pizza then we stopped to get a movie (interesting fact--a large block of cheese here cost as much as what I make in an 8 hour work day…moral of the story: don’t take cheese for granted). Before making the pizza and watching the movie, we went to the night market for an hour and were able to get some souvenirs. Included in the night market is a food market, we noticed that Thai seem to have a corn fetish…some sale stands sold corn right along with clothes, shoes, and jewelry. It was neat getting to experience the night market. When we got back we made the pizza, we were happy to eat something other than Thai food! Thai food is great, but of course we miss the food back home. Overall Sunday went well, it was nice to have some downtime and fun.
Oh, Sunday was also rainy like Saturday. I’m getting used to being drenched in either sweat or rain. ☺

Five more days ahead of us in Phuket, we’re excited to see what God has planned for this week!

Thank-you all for keeping us in your prayers and checking up on us through this blog! We are blessed to have you supporting us back at home!





MONDAY’s forecast: gray clouds but no rain!

Monday started with Anne sharing a devotional with the girls here at SHE. I think the girls really connected with what she had to say. Next, our team had two options: either spend some quality time baking bread with the girls (which is a part of their business here) or clear out a path for the girls to have better access to the SHE building from the road. Ben, Dustin, Leah, and I made up the path-clearing crew while the rest spent time connecting with the girls and acquiring some bread baking skills! It was a hot day for both groups, one inside by the large bread oven and the other out in the sun. But it was a productive day!

Around 2:00 we headed to Patong to prayer walk the streets and bars where we would be that night. While we were away, another mission team (from California) arrived and moved in to the SHE building, six women ranging from 16 years to about 40-years-old. We look forward to getting to know them as we all help in the ministry here. Since there are now too many of us to fit in the truck, we got to walk to the restaurant where we eat every evening. Each meal is interesting as our translator, Maun (I probably spelled her name wrong), orders new things for us to try.

After dinner, we returned to SHE to have our time of worship and preparation for the night ahead of us. I got to share with the team and encourage them with words from Joshua 1:5,9 which are also given to us in the New Testament. After having Sunday night off, I think we were ready to go back and reach out to the girls in the bars. We got in our trusty little ol’ truck/ mini cattle car [as it looks like to me ☺] and drove to Patong. Once there we split into groups and started down the busy streets. It may have been a Monday night, but that didn’t stop the many tourists and locals from frequenting the bars, it seemed as busy as any other night. For some it was a difficult night, but some of us got to see an amazing response from the girls we talked to. I was bouncing off the walls as two of the girls I talked to are genuinely interested in the work SHE is offering! Back at SHE, we shared the successes and struggles from the night. It is amazing to see what God is doing through our efforts here! It is also great to see our team grow stronger as we work through the trials of each day.

We look forward to what God has in store tomorrow! And we thank Him for giving us yet another day to reach out to the people of Thailand!

Thank-you again for your prayers and support!

PRA JAOW UAY PBON!


-Anita