Cue getting off the plane and being in one of the nicest airports I’ve been too. Cue taking a car on an actual highway with cars actually following traffic laws. Cue being dropped off at a building with A/C that makes me cold and I get an actual comfortable bed that doesn’t feel like someone just put a sheet over cement then decided to call it a “bed mattress”. Cue having some of the best food I’ve ever had and living right next to a coffee shop. This was my first experience in Thailand while in Bangkok for our squad’s debrief.
Now, let’s fast forward to travel day to our ministry site:
And Cue…
– Jumping onto a bus for a 14 hour long bus ride while being sick
– Being dropped off on the side of a road and having no clue where we are
– Having a truck come and tell us they are here to get us but first they can only take all of our stuff and a van will come later for us (of course, this seemed legit to us so we threw all of our belongings in the back of the truck)
– Jumping into a van (still having no clue what city we are actually in) and being dropped off to see our bamboo huts.
That was travel day.
My team and I are living at Sila Home this month. Sila home is a home were orphans or children whose parents cannot afford to take care of their child’s physical needs live.
But what is every day actual like for us here at Sila Home in some city that I can’t pronounce located in Thailand?
CUE…
– Waking up every morning around 6 am and having quiet time with the Lord
– Breakfast prepared special for us at 7 am every morning (including tea and coffee)
– While kids go to school during the day, my team and I are put to work hoeing the fields (you can also cue lots so jokes about “hoeing”) Hoeing is rough and I’m always tempted to just go to the city and buy them a lawn mower. Maybe it’s time I introduce my friends to my good friend, John Deere…
– We get a special prepared lunch around noon
– The kids get home and we play games with them
– Dinner is prepared and then we have team time
– Kids activities/bible studies at night
– Sunday’s we speak at church
– Breakfast prepared special for us at 7 am every morning (including tea and coffee)
– While kids go to school during the day, my team and I are put to work hoeing the fields (you can also cue lots so jokes about “hoeing”) Hoeing is rough and I’m always tempted to just go to the city and buy them a lawn mower. Maybe it’s time I introduce my friends to my good friend, John Deere…
– We get a special prepared lunch around noon
– The kids get home and we play games with them
– Dinner is prepared and then we have team time
– Kids activities/bible studies at night
– Sunday’s we speak at church
Thailand is way relaxed than I anticipated but this left room for the Lord to wreck my world and bring me closer to Him. He has blessed us, no, spoiled us, with how we are treated and taken care of here. To wake up and be greeted every morning by smiling little faces saying “Good Morning!” and then smothered in kisses has been such an overwhelming blessing. Our lives in Thailand are coming to an end. Month 3 is practically over and done with.
Month 4, here we go!
