Hey everyone,
I wanted to catch you up on my life here on the race. I have not been blogging nearly as much as i want to or thought i would, so i will do my best to fill you in now.
Central America was so amazing. I went on the race expecting to have to “suffer” through the first three months in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua because I was so excited about Asia and Africa. Little did I know that I would fall in love with those people and their culture and love the entire time. God did so much in me and thru me and I am truly amazed at how much I grew and learned to love people like my father loves me.
At the end of ministry in Central America our squad met up on a little island off of the coast and spent some time in community, worship, and maybe a little rest and fun! Up to this point I had done ministry with the same team (Beautiful Feet) and we had become a family. We learned so much from each other and really learned to love, honor, and respect each other for who God had created each one of us to be. So when we found out we would be having team changes on the island, we were very anxious and sad to be split up. We all knew that God had a unique and special plan for our lives on the race and that it would include doing things we did not want to do or did not understand. I am proud to say that my leader, Kayla, got raised up to be our whole squads leader and another one of my teammates was raised up to a team leader. The rest of us got split up on other teams. It was sad and exciting all at the same time. I now had a whole new team for a whole new continent! I have to say that I absolutely love my new team. I know without a doubt that God had this team planned for me from before the foundations of the world. I have now been with my new team for almost a month and I love each and every one of them and what they teach me every day! We decided to name our team Siloam which means “Sent” because we are sent to the nations to bring hope, healing, love, peace, joy, and most importantly Jesus.
It has been a major adjustment to switch continents! We are all still speaking spanish to the Thai people and that doesn't really work, but it sure is funny! Learning Thai is difficult because it is a very tonal language. One word can mean five different things spoken in different tones. But, we try and we get laughed at and we laugh a LOT and it is just fun. We love Thailand for so many different reasons. The food here is amazing, everything is so cheap, the people are so warm and friendly and the country is so beautiful. We are staying with a pastor this month and have done a lot of home visits out in villages to encourage believers and share the gospel with unbelievers. Being in Thailand has made me realize just how blessed I am to be in a country founded on Christianity. There are very few Christians here. A bible has to be special ordered from Bangkok, unlike America where you can drop in any book store and get what ever color, size, and translation you want. Thailand is desperate for long term missionaries to come and disciple them. They are so open to the gospel, but a conversion can only last for so long. My prayer is that God will hear my cry for people to be sent here to pour into them and start a revival in this country!
We will be leaving Nakhon Phanom in a couple of days. I know that our time here has been effective and that we have broken ground here for the Kindgom. We are headed to our translators home town to ride some elephants and do some other fun stuff. Then back to Bangkok to meet up with the rest of the squad to head out to Cambodia! We will be having our four month debrief there where we will lose our squad leaders that have been with us for the last four months and the new squad leaders from within our squad will take their place as the new leaders that will take us into the next eight months of the World Race. Lots of changes coming up, but you if there is one thing you learn on the race, it's to be flexible, expect change, and go with the flow!
I just wanted to thank everyone again who has supported me on this journey. It is truly the best year of my life. God is doing so many amazing things in me and around the world and I am so honored to be a part of it. Thank you a million times over for being a part of this vision. We are changing the world, one soul at a time!
Feel free to browse my pictures on Facebook. I put a lot of time and energy into my pictures because that is how I tell my stories! Here is the link…http://www.facebook.com/jaimefloyd?ref=tn_tnmn
Meet my new teammates and please read their blogs, follow our journey's, and be in prayer for us and the ministries we will be a part of over the next few months.
http://jeremyandkatcearbaugh.theworldrace.org/
http://bennycoppock.theworldrace.org/
http://kellydecaster.theworldrace.org/
http://danmatundan.theworldrace.org/
http://lauragamble.theworldrace.org/
