My team arrived in Chiang Rai, Thailand (noted A on map), a 10.5 hr bus ride from Bangkok. We are staying here for 3 weeks for ministry at a local church before flying to Africa for the 3rd leg of the World Race!From what we know of, we will be working with the pastor at the church to teach english, run various programs, and visit schools to perform skits, sing songs, etc. It kind of reminds me of what Manistry was back in December, minus the construction and tent camping and playing soccer. We’ve also been tentatively invited to some pretty cool things like a wedding in a hill tribe village, visiting an elephant farm, and a waterfall among others. There is also a night market every night that probably has knockoffs and cheap food, which I’m sure my team and I will frequent during our stay here.
I want to wish everyone back home a happy belated Valentine’s day! I had the privilege and honour of taking out the two non-married girls on my team, Nicole and Jess, for a day out in Bangkok. I have to admit, we had a blast!! I love these girls, but in a World Race way, of course! 😉 And don’t remind me to not tell you about how I did not drop my pants in the biggest and busiest mall in Bangkok for a photo op. 😀 haha
I also want to re-dedicate myself into blogging more frequently, even if it’s a short blog for a quick update. A lof of people have invested their time, money and prayers into me and the World Race. When one makes an investment in a stock, they would want to know how their stock was doing. They’d follow the financial news, the stock reports, etc. This is no different. I am your investment. I owe it to my investors how their stock is doing! 🙂 Thankfully, we have wifi available here, so I don’t have an excuse!
Speaking of blogs, Weston Belkot, one time team leader, and now one of our 3 new squad leaders, has won blogger of the month for our squad!! If you thought my blogs were great, you should check out his! He also makes fun videos. 🙂
