Tuesday, June 10, 2008
going well so farrr :)

wheeee, the end of day one in lopburi has come.. and so far it's been loads of laughter & smiles & fun & good food, and even abit of english teaching for ruth & me on our first day at the youthhouse! exciting! :D it's beeen like a dream since i woke up this morning! but it's been a nicenice dreammmyy feeling! (and everytime i say that, andrew tries to pinch/whack/slap me to wake me up from it, so mean! :'()

we've been enjoying taking in the sights thus far, and had a good session of orientation with ann mcclean today as she intro-ed us to thailand, and reminded us that this whole trip & really all of missions, is not about ourselves, but about God. and we're here, and inspite of whatever concerns we might have, whatever problems/conflicts might arise, however sian/homesick/etc we might get along the way, we can look to God to find motivation in Him to continueee, to keep on going!

continue to keep us in prayer! even as we continue orientation & sightseeing around lopburi tomorrow to familiarise ourselves with this place we're calling home for the next 5 weeks! on thursday & saturday we'll be having open house at the youth house! so keep that in prayer too as we share with the students our singapore culture, we hope we can make friends & get more pple coming to the youth house for activities :D also keep in prayer our upcoming english lessons in the schools where we have to dress super formally! think shirt (maybe tie) & pants, and for girls skirts with blouse! we're not sure exactly how it'll be so there's some bit of anxiety so keep us in prayer! esp for andrew & me whose grasp of thai is so very, basic. hahaha. but we've been picking up words today! as we taught the thais english they taught us thai!! how exciting! :D

so yepppps, glad to be part of this beautiful community for the next 5 weeks! and excited about the pple we're gonna meet and really what God can do during this stay here! keep the prayers coming! :D

and thankyouuuuu all your dear lovely ones who came to the airport to send us off so early in the morning! (thankyouuu my dear cluster friends for staying over at the airport! and surprising me!! :))

so we're off to bed soon i thinkk, it's been a longgg but happyy day! All thanks to God! :) gooodnight friends!

sarah:)