Village Life

Well I want to tell you guys all about Dreams village! The girls and I went and stayed there all weekend! It was quite an adventure! I will post pictures later because I have not downloaded them yet but we definitely had an awesome time. We had 4 girls stay in a King size bed and it was something to adjust to but a great experience! We stayed with her family and ate dinner on the floor with them. It was so great to experience a day in the life of a Thai person!

We went fishing but it's not your typical fishing, it's standing in muddy water with a net and swooping it around in the water and catching little tiny fish and then they cleaned them when we got home and they were served for dinner! It was such an awesome experience!

We also got to travel to the highest point in Thailand and it was raining and freezing but still a lot of fun! We went there on our way back to Chiang Mai. We walked up a fun path and got to explore the highest point of the mountain! The roads were windy and pretty scary because it was raining but God is always faithful and kept us very safe!

We also got to explore a waterfall which was a short trip but was still a great time. We all wore our ponchos and took lots of fun pictures. The waterfall was beautiful and it just makes me sit and marvel at God beautiful creation!

Now onto some stuff I need prayer for, I was really sick Friday but still decided to go on the trip because I didn't want to miss out on the amazing opportunity. I felt better at night but then got sick again in the morning, it was just a really rough weekend and coming home Sunday night I thought I would get better but unfortunately I only got worse. I just have really bad abdomen pains and some nausea so I went to the doctor today and found out that I have a bacterial intestine infection. I got some medicine so I know I will be perfectly fine but please just be praying for health and a speedy recovery! I love you all and thanks for your support and prayers.

The Slums

Saturday morning we had the privilege to take some clothes to the Slums behind Payap University. While there we had the chance to play with some of the kids! We played Duck Duck Goose but standing up!

It was such a great experience, most of Chiang Mai that we have seen, the people are dressed very nice and live in nice homes. This was the first time we saw children who did not have underwear on but either just a shirt or shorts with no underwear underneath because they could not afford those. Their houses have no doors and flies are everywhere. The place was covered in mud and it was just so incredible to think that people live there and are thankful for that house.

It was such a humbling experience and definitely put perspective on things. We are all looking forward to going back so that we can share the love of Christ with those families, the kids really enjoyed playing with us and had so much pure joy in their hearts. Most of the kids do not speak Thai and definitely do not speak English but it was so great to learn that we do not need to speak words to have a great time together! God really worked through the language barrier and showed us that we can share love through games and laughter and it was such an amazing experience!

First Motorcycle Ride!

This is just a very short video that I took with my itouch wile on my first motorcycle! It was first ever motorcycle ride and I was with my good friend Kratae! I just thought I would post it so you guys could share in that experience with me!! Love you all!

The week at a glance!

I had a lot to say so I thought a video was best so that the blog wasn't too lengthy! Thanks for following! All of this is only possible because of your support! I love you all from the bottom of my heart! Oh and sorry that the videos always show up with me making a weird face! I promise I don't always look like that!

Village, 2nd English Class, Cooking Class

Sports Camp

Last weekend a group from Baan Kanoon attended a Thai sports camp at Grace International School which is the school that most of the M family's kids in Chiang Mai go.

This was our group doing bible study!

I was on the purple team and had an awesome time loving on the kids! It's so great to know that even though we can barely communicate, through our actions we can demonstrate the love of Christ! One of the leader's of the camp gave a great bible lesson in Thai, I only understand the message through his demonstrations but it was so phenomenal.

Kids swimming in the pool.

He taught the kids that if we are very good people but do just one thing wrong, it's like putting fish sauce in a bottle of water, even with just one tiny drop of sauce, no one would want to drink the water. The only way to make the water clean again is to pour it out and start over now and the only way we can do that is through Christ Jesus our Lord! What truth these kids are being fed! It was such an awesome experience and I had so much fun playing games and enjoying my time with my group!

Me and some of the beautiful girls I got to be with!

Cooking Class

I thought I would try out a video blog!

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