While I enjoyed teaching English the first week (to an extent…300 screaming kids are…great), our second week in Chaiyaphum was one of service to our host family Ram and Nun. Monday through Friday we worked from breakfast til dinner on construction projects around the house. I got a bit sunburned.
Ram and Nun got us matching jerseys 🙂
I learned lots of new skills this week. I helped build a small concrete wall to enclose a garden. We purchased flowers and planted them today. It looks great! Nun even painted a sign with all of our names on it that will sit in the flower bed.
We also fished a couple of evenings to provide dinner for extended family that is in town because of a death in the family.
We added to their existing concrete walls to make them higher so they have more privacy. I really enjoyed playing (uhh i mean working) with the concrete! it was awesome to see the progress once we got into the groove of team work. They also had me paint the garden wall orange, and since I haven’t been working as a massage therapist for a month now, it felt really good to work with my hands again.
Tomorrow we travel to Ram’s aunts house to serve their family during the funeral ceremony for her uncle, who died on Tuesday. Most of Ram’s family are Christians, but her uncle was not. They are mourning the death of his presence and his belief in Buddhism. God is sovereign though and redemption is a beautiful thing.
Sunday we will go to church and sing and share testimonies and eat a good lunch and MONDAY!! – OH HAPPY DAY MONDAY!! – my team is planning a trip to the Chaiyaphum mall! Ram is super excited because she gets to eat pizza! The rest of us are excited to have an excuse to look in the mirror and put on make up and girly stuff like that 🙂
Thanks to all my supporters, by the way. Your financial and spiritual support are so appreciated and I am LOVING Thailand and am already excited for Cambodia!
