One day I recently woke up and thought about what that day would look like if I just “hung out” with Jesus all day. What an adventure that would be. Well it is funny because that happened on the very same day:
So we were in Bangkok three days ago and our small team of 6…Josh, Johnny, Marissa, Tara and two new people from other teams …Shanda(i belive you know her..haha) and Stephanie. Basically this month we were allowed to mix up the teams and go where we felt God leading us..so anyways. Were in bangkok and that evening the six of us were to take a train to Chiang Mai…(about 10 hrs north of Bankok, close to Burma and Laos). We were to meet at 6pm to go to the train by 8pm. So in the day we went out to the city and the mall and stuff. There was some big protest and a bomb went off, so traffic ended up being horrible. Marissa and I got on the subway to get back to our meeting place and finish packing at about 4:20pm…the ride is usually about 50 minutes.
Long story short we didnt make it back until 6:05pm and when we arrived we found the train time had changed and it was actually leaving at 7:20pm, so the other four had already left in a cab to the train station. So Marissa and I had to run upstairs, throw everything in our pack and try to get to the train. Well we didnt make it..got there 10 minutes late. Now were in the train station trying to find a way to get to chiang mai…finally got a seat on the last train at 10 pm , non airconditioning seat…and rode the train all night and half the next day..about 16 hrs to chiang mai…It took longer because another train broke down, so we couldnt get past the train until it moved. We finally arrived in Chiang Mai and met up with the other four. In the previous month we had decided to go to northern Thailand because Stephanie had a contact there that she said was really awesome so the 6 of us decided to go to hang out and work with him. So it turned out he wasnt going to be around so now we were heading north and had no idea what we were gonna do, but trusted God had a plan. So we were in Chiang Mai, got to the guest house and decided to meet for brunch to talk about what our options may be.
While we were talking, an older couple was there for some reason hanging out and eating and they came over and basically were like “well we are heading to Chiang Rai, up north at 2pm, if you want a free ride, but there is an awesome pie shop on the way we have to stop at” So of course we said, heck yeah..and we got to ride the 3 hrs in the back of a pick-up with a cover..it was fun…like we had our own fort, stopped got some awesome pie, and continued north.
Now we are staying with this couple at their place..it is awesome and God is amazing. The couple runs this place called the Eden House and they are from Oregon (another story). They have been here for 12 years and they basically rescue girls from the villages and borders who are at risk for sex and labor trafficing. Now they have three houses on their property and about 30 girls…they teach them, take them to school and work and basically are parents to 30 girls..very neat, so we get to sleep in the classroom and I think I will get to fix their bicycles. It was just an awesome day and God totally had his hand in it all.
