Vee asked me if we would like to go to a Muy Thai fight. I didn’t wait to get everyone’s opinions, I said yes. The 16 of us headed off to the Muy Thai fight and showed up a little early. Because we were early, we were able to snag the front row. Because we were the only white people there, it caused quite a scene and we were invited into the ring and they even gave us a pair of gloves to use. Mike Sanders and I had a little pre-fight, below the neck boxing match. It was a lot of fun, but I think the restricted rules didn’t really allow me the chance to show the whole spectrum of what I can do. The next day, one of Vee’s government official friends had us over for water and discussion at a government building. We were able to hear a little of his vision for growing his community and bringing in more money, and were able to offer him some suggestions, as he was interested to hear what advice “Well-Educated White Folk” had to offer. The man is Buddhist, but before we left he allowed us to pray for him. I want to see this man come to know Christ and see the whole of Thailand fall captive to the Word of God. Later that night, we went to see 
another Muy Thai fight, and showed up a little late. Because we were late the only seats left were in the “VIP” section. Pretty quick, we were ushered into the prestigious box, to find out we were seated right behind the government official we had met earlier that day, the man above him, and the man above that man, who is extremely high up in the government… divine appointment for sure. Andy Ross and Vee were able to talk to these men, and hopefully planted some seeds. Turns out, Buddhist men drink a lot at these Thai fights, even the monks were throwing em back.
Another day, a few of us guys had the chance to go into a village about two hours outside of the city to visit a friend of Ray’s, because Ray hadn’t yet been able to visit the village. Upon arriving we were invited into his friends house, and after talking with his friend we learned that there were about 1,000 people in the village. He wanted to take us to a service that was going on in the village, so we left the house and walked to a big open area… and to our surprise, some 300 people of the village were sitting in chairs listening to an elderly American missionary preach Christ! We spent the day in the village, just hanging out, and relaxing, while making a new contact for Ray.
Saying goodbye to our contacts this past month was kind of hard, but exciting at the same time. As we said goodbye to the Pastor and his wife Pi Rapee, Veerapong and his wife, and Ray, his wife Candace, and their daughter Myly, I was excited to know that God had such great people and was doing such big things in Thailand.
When it was time to go, we loaded up and headed back to Chiang Mai. We stopped to visit a waterfall. I rode an elephant. Then we caught our overnight bus back to Bangkok.
