Monday 14th & Tuesday 15th

Mon Nov 14^th 

     Shane, Dad & Bree went at 7:00 to IGo to sit in on a class.  This is the last week for the students to be there , because  the semester is finished. 

      We washed today, pretty much all day.  Feel very blessed to have a washer.  It is out on the back porch with the stove.  (no oven)  The owners came today and collected the rent money.  After naps, the children all played in the street and rode bikes with Dinah, Titus & Andrew.

     Shane took me a ride on the motorbike.  We went to get supper.  Had fried noodles and fried rice. 

Tues Nov 15^th

     Dad, Mom, & Bree went to IGo again this morning to sit in on that class.  Shane went with Martin to CLC bookstore.  The owner of the bookstore, Martin, Shane, and a few other Thai men went a meeting with the Governor of Chaing Mia.  Shane listened while they all talked in Thai, then the Governor looked right at him and addressed him in good English.  The Governor ended up giving Shane his business card (the writing is in gold) and told him to call if we needed anything while on our trip and also if we have any trouble.  Shane tucked it away in his wallet.
   The sun was shining so bright this morning, that Bree suggested the children have a water fight.  So the excitement was high as they changed and filled up a couple of totes and got cups ready.  Cooled them off and let them run off some energy & steam.

Hunter Lee loves the water

1,2,3,GO!!

Group pose

All together now!

            We had cup o noodles for lunch and for supper we had take out and tried the cashew chicken, sticky rice, & fried rice. The children all played in the street and rode bikes with Dinah, Titus & Andrew again this afternoon.  It’s so fun to watch their play! 

Our first Sunday in Thailand

Sunday Nov 13

     We went to IGo for worship.  Had a wonderful service.  Martin was leading the songs & praise part of the service.  Martin & Rachel attend there about once a month.

     I wanted to explain IGo just a little bit.  It stands for Institute for Global Opportunities.  It is a school (the students are usually Anabaptist background & come for a semester, or more) in Chaing Mia, with the purpose to provide students with a cross-cultural setting in which mission work, Biblical teaching and personal discipleship can take place simultaneously.  They have 4 goals:

1 To nurture and equip missionaries with a theology & practice that brings a faith that works in love to build the church of Jesus Christ.

2 To plant & nurture churches in the uttermost parts of the world with this same theological perspective.

3 To send IGo faculty to Asian churches and conferences to instruct local leaders & students in the doctrines of Scripture as held & practiced by Anabaptism.

4 To provide Asian students & missionaries a setting in which to strengthen their doctrinal foundations and  to develop their personal spiritual lives while living & interacting with other cultures.

     Martin’s & us went out to lunch at a beautiful restaurant.  It had waterfalls, beautiful flowers and the food was really good.  Martin ordered a variety of dishes and we just passed them around.  Some of them were shrimp soup(spicy), spicy fried chicken, cashew chicken, fried rice, steamed veggies, green curry, & white rice. 

     After naps , we went with Martin’s to their small group.  We met at a couple’s house who are from Pakistan.  They had to flee their country.  For supper she cooked us Pakistan food.  It was delicious.  We were ready to call it a night.