100 smiles, 100 games, and 100 scoops of ice cream

Out for dinner on our day off

Pet, the son of one of the Christian women in Mahathai, gets a hug from Katy

Rounding up the kids in Mahathai to go to the park

Yesterday was pretty much the same as Tuesday. We learned about Buddhism from Yu in the morning, and then after lunch in the market, we went back to finish painting at the sala at Mahathai. Janaya and Katy Veldhorst painted a beautiful tree mural on one of the rooms of the sala, and some of the local girls are very excited about being able to paint much of the rest of the room. We played volleyball, taught cheerleading, and did some more running around in the park with the small children. VBS went very well again last night, telling the story of Jonah.

Cheerleading in the park

They love duck, duck goose!

Telling stories at VBS

When we finished with all of these things, Dave took us to the ice cream buffet, which is a place where for 70 baht (about $2), you can eat as much ice cream as possible in 30 minutes. Kirk, one of the other summer short-termers here, holds the record for the most eaten - 15 scoops. A few of our girls tried to beat it. Most hit about 9, but Janelle beat him with 16 scoops - and she didn't even feel sick afterward! When we added them all up on the way out the door, we had eaten a grand total of exactly 100 scoops of ice cream!


Elizabeth and Erica on scoops 7, 8, and 9. Milo, a chocolate milk flavor, seemed to be one of the favorites


Janelle finishes scoop 16

All of us, holding up the number of fingers of scoops of ice cream we ate and we're joined by the ice cream store staff - I don't think they knew what to do with us!