Temple at the Grand Palace in Bangkok!
This week has been amazing. We are now officially recovered from jet lag and are getting used to the Thai culture... and obviously becoming fluent in speaking Thai and Burmese.
Yesterday we had the opportunity to go to Bangkok for part of the day. We actually found ourselves missing Chachoengsao throughout our day whenever someone asked us where we were from. Upon hearing "Chachoengsao" people would just ask "What? Why?" and we would instantly begin defending our beloved town of Chachoengsao... the greatest city in all of Thailand (Biased much?). In Bangkok we took the Sky Train, Taxi's and the Water Taxi. It was incredible to see what a big city looks like in Thailand. We headed to the Grand Palace and were in awe of the marvelous temples and buildings that were built for the King. We met a Thai friend named "Palm Tree" (at least that's what we called him) and he toured us around the site. He spoke English well and I think he was excited to test out his English skills on 4 eager Canadians. After that we had to quickly take the transits back to the airport. But, if you are unfamiliar with Thai culture "quickly" just doesn't exist. Our way home ended up taking twice as long as we anticipated. Thankfully Dave was able to cover the first half of our English lesson until we arrived back at the Hope Center.
Today we are having a "Sandy" day! She has been our incredible host (and Mom) to us for the past 2 weeks, so we are excited to see what she has planned for the day!
Thank you for all of your prayers and support. If you could pray for Palm Tree and Nathan (two Thai's that we met in Bangkok) that they would continue to consider a life for the Lord. Out of the million people that live in Bangkok (less than 1% being Christian) we met 2 people, both with Christian roots. Sandy told us that those encounters are called divine appointments that would help them affirm their relationship with God. How exciting is that! It makes me smile just thinking about it. Thanks again for praying!
Love you all,
Bethany
Yesterday we had the opportunity to go to Bangkok for part of the day. We actually found ourselves missing Chachoengsao throughout our day whenever someone asked us where we were from. Upon hearing "Chachoengsao" people would just ask "What? Why?" and we would instantly begin defending our beloved town of Chachoengsao... the greatest city in all of Thailand (Biased much?). In Bangkok we took the Sky Train, Taxi's and the Water Taxi. It was incredible to see what a big city looks like in Thailand. We headed to the Grand Palace and were in awe of the marvelous temples and buildings that were built for the King. We met a Thai friend named "Palm Tree" (at least that's what we called him) and he toured us around the site. He spoke English well and I think he was excited to test out his English skills on 4 eager Canadians. After that we had to quickly take the transits back to the airport. But, if you are unfamiliar with Thai culture "quickly" just doesn't exist. Our way home ended up taking twice as long as we anticipated. Thankfully Dave was able to cover the first half of our English lesson until we arrived back at the Hope Center.
Today we are having a "Sandy" day! She has been our incredible host (and Mom) to us for the past 2 weeks, so we are excited to see what she has planned for the day!
Thank you for all of your prayers and support. If you could pray for Palm Tree and Nathan (two Thai's that we met in Bangkok) that they would continue to consider a life for the Lord. Out of the million people that live in Bangkok (less than 1% being Christian) we met 2 people, both with Christian roots. Sandy told us that those encounters are called divine appointments that would help them affirm their relationship with God. How exciting is that! It makes me smile just thinking about it. Thanks again for praying!
Love you all,
Bethany