Leaving for the airport
It's now Wednesday afternoon. We spent the morning meeting some of the team, learning some Thai, and experiencing the world around New Community ministry center here. We went on a prayer walk with Dave, who introduced us to the university, the market, Mahathai 3 (slum community) and other places too, including 7-Eleven. :)
Thailand by the numbers:
Number of pieces of checked luggage: 16
Number of pieces of luggage lost: 0!
Days since we left: 1.5? 3? We don't know.
Hours in an airplane: 22 (too many)
Temperature on the plane when we got on in Chicago: 85
Hours waited for airconditioning to be fixed: 1.5
Airplane meals served: 4
Airplane meals eaten: 3
Airplane movies watched: 6 (7 if you count the elephant show that Elizabeth watched)
Airplane movies slept through by Sam: 5
Keychains purchased in the Tokyo airport: 7
Other mission teams to Bangkok we met in the Tokyo airport: 2
Temperature at 10:30pm arrival: 90 degrees farenheit
Number of vehicles it took to get us to our accomodations: 2
Cups of drinks spilled during breakfast/devotions: 1 pitcher, 3 cups, 2 by Elizabeth
Number of Thai words learned: 22
Number of Thai words forgotten: 21
Number of bottles of water bought already: 30
Number of students in the university classroom we saw: about 450
Number of times Elizabeth has said "sawadiikha" (hello) to strangers on the street: 1200 (approximately)
Gallons of sweat: 30
Number of mopeds: 500
Number of times we almost got ran over by mopeds: 2
Number of new fruits tried: 4
Number of new fruits liked: 3.5 (undecided on one of them)
Number of times Cara has been called Dana: 5
Adventures to come: too many to count!
Yu teaches us to introduce ourselves in Thai
Lunch in the market where Dave, Melanie, and their team often eat lunch
Trying out a new fruit...mango...something
We're really starting to get a sense of what our work will be like here. Soon we're headed over to the university campus to play badminton and other things. Tomorrow we'll start preparations for English camp this weekend.
Thanks for your prayers and encouragement!
mangosteen....yum!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update. We're praying for all of you! The Crevier bunch
ReplyDeleteNo luggage lost? You gals have got it too easy! Thanks for the blog. This is a great way to stay in touch. We are praying for all of you.
ReplyDeleteJust wondering...Is Elizabeth just saying hello to women (swad-dee KHA)? It might be a good idea for her to switch to the masculine (swad-dee KRUB) for saying hello to the men (or risk offending them) Then again, maybe she should just say hello to women....
Glad to hear that things are going well so far. You are in my prayers - and thanks Cara (or Dana) for the lovely card! Love you all. Miss B
ReplyDeleteHi Janelle:
ReplyDeleteWe are having a pot-luck dinner here at church to honor one of our missionary families, Gail and Jim McKelvey. They drove here from California and are visiting other churches in this area. We are pleased you have arrived OK and trust you will really enjoy your service for our Lord in the next few weeks. Love, Joyce and Walter Pilditch
Hi Janelle! We look forward to seeing what God is going to do in Thailand! We are praying for you and miss you already! Who am I going to wink at in church on Sunday?!?!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Sue and the boys :)
Sorry, Elizabeth. I was thinking Spanish grammer, not Thai. You can say swad-dee KHA to whomever you want! You go girl!
ReplyDeleteHey girls!! So glad you all made it safely to Thailand! My family and I are praying for you...hopefully all goes well, with the Lord's help! Have fun learning (or trying to learn) Thai...it sounds like a rather interesting language. Thanks for keeping this blog up to date; it's so fun to see pictures of you guys and reading about what you're doing!
ReplyDelete~Tammy Terpstra