Monday, June 23, 2003
Sorry, sorry, sorry for not updating lately. We have had some packed days.. everyone keeps us pretty busy. We actually had our first free afternoon this past Saturday (freshman camp was going on this weekend so we couldn't hang out with the students and make food, etc.). Anyway, I will try to cover the highlights quickly, since I only have about 20 minutes to do this...
Wednesday, June 18:
The classes with the staff are getting better all the time. We had a great time, and we are joking and laughing a lot more with them, which is cool since we interact with the office staff everyday, moreso than the students.
Okay, Sarepta and I got a haircut. Hers looked really cute.. mine looked like a mullet. We both showed the lady a picture of what we wanted, and neither of us really got exactly what we were wanting (isn't that sort of a universal rule with stylists?). Anyway, we went back to the dorm and Sarepta cut off the longest layer of my hair that was hanging down kind of by itself, so that it is sort of a short choppy layered look. The longest part of my hair goes to my chin (that's in the back).. since I didn't pack a lot of hair products, it's just kinda going free now. Oh well. It will grow back someday.
Thursday, June 19
Tonight we had our team Bible Study time at Quintin and Kim's. It was really amazing. We started our bible study with The Joy of Fearing God. It is a really good book, and we covered the first two chapters, talking about the true meaning of the word "awesome," and what "fearing God" actually refers to. We also had a long time in worship, which the team has asked for me to lead. We also shared what God had been showing us and been doing through us in our day to day lives. It was really cool to hear what was going on in different lives and situations. After the Bible study we just jammed a little and talked and laughed with the other campus groups. It was just nice to speak English as fast as you wanted and to eat some farang food (Kim's Thai helper made some American chicken and dumplings, and big baked potatoes.. Thais' idea of a baked potato is a little spud about the size of a small lemon). Oops, just looked at the time.. hurry, hurry, hurry...
Friday, June 20
Today we went to the Flooded City, Wiang Koom Kam. Apparently the big river in Chiang Mai changed its course about 500 years ago, and the old Chiang Mai was completely flooded. It has since dried, and has recently been escavated and turned into a big touristy place. We went for most of the day.. our student buddies went with us, along with our team from Chaing Mai University (they had the day free). We rented bicycles, and rode around looking at the old temples and buildings. There were also random elephants that you could buy sugar cane and bananas to feed them. I fed a couple and pet them for a while (I really liked elephants before I came here, but I am beginning to just love being around them and hanging out with them.. is that weird?). :) Anyway, that night another Ah-jahn (he studied in Chicago for a couple of years) took us out to his family's restaurant. We ate a lot of traditional Thai food, and he and his musician buddy played about a 45 minute set of folk songs, including John Denver (Thais apparently love John Denver). Anyway, it was a lot of fun..
Okay I will have to finish updating later.. it's lunch time. I'll try to catch a few minutes in here tomorrow or so. This is going to be a very busy week for us. Okay, later on..
Wednesday, June 18:
The classes with the staff are getting better all the time. We had a great time, and we are joking and laughing a lot more with them, which is cool since we interact with the office staff everyday, moreso than the students.
Okay, Sarepta and I got a haircut. Hers looked really cute.. mine looked like a mullet. We both showed the lady a picture of what we wanted, and neither of us really got exactly what we were wanting (isn't that sort of a universal rule with stylists?). Anyway, we went back to the dorm and Sarepta cut off the longest layer of my hair that was hanging down kind of by itself, so that it is sort of a short choppy layered look. The longest part of my hair goes to my chin (that's in the back).. since I didn't pack a lot of hair products, it's just kinda going free now. Oh well. It will grow back someday.
Thursday, June 19
Tonight we had our team Bible Study time at Quintin and Kim's. It was really amazing. We started our bible study with The Joy of Fearing God. It is a really good book, and we covered the first two chapters, talking about the true meaning of the word "awesome," and what "fearing God" actually refers to. We also had a long time in worship, which the team has asked for me to lead. We also shared what God had been showing us and been doing through us in our day to day lives. It was really cool to hear what was going on in different lives and situations. After the Bible study we just jammed a little and talked and laughed with the other campus groups. It was just nice to speak English as fast as you wanted and to eat some farang food (Kim's Thai helper made some American chicken and dumplings, and big baked potatoes.. Thais' idea of a baked potato is a little spud about the size of a small lemon). Oops, just looked at the time.. hurry, hurry, hurry...
Friday, June 20
Today we went to the Flooded City, Wiang Koom Kam. Apparently the big river in Chiang Mai changed its course about 500 years ago, and the old Chiang Mai was completely flooded. It has since dried, and has recently been escavated and turned into a big touristy place. We went for most of the day.. our student buddies went with us, along with our team from Chaing Mai University (they had the day free). We rented bicycles, and rode around looking at the old temples and buildings. There were also random elephants that you could buy sugar cane and bananas to feed them. I fed a couple and pet them for a while (I really liked elephants before I came here, but I am beginning to just love being around them and hanging out with them.. is that weird?). :) Anyway, that night another Ah-jahn (he studied in Chicago for a couple of years) took us out to his family's restaurant. We ate a lot of traditional Thai food, and he and his musician buddy played about a 45 minute set of folk songs, including John Denver (Thais apparently love John Denver). Anyway, it was a lot of fun..
Okay I will have to finish updating later.. it's lunch time. I'll try to catch a few minutes in here tomorrow or so. This is going to be a very busy week for us. Okay, later on..
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