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This is the third of a three part series. For Part 1, click here.  For Part 2 Click here.
 

Another Short Bus
Ride

Back to Bangkok from Hua Hin. Under 4hrs.

Where are we going?

Back in Bangkok, we tried to make arrangements to head out
to our ministry location in a place called Kantharalak, near the Thai-Cambodia
border. We are going to stay at the
church. No, the YWAM base. No, the church. I go to the mall. They have pizza in a cone. I eat two. We leave for
Kantharalak.

Another, Short Bus
Ride Again

We meet our translator-for-the-month. Her name is
Khakanamporn Akkharanitikun.  Aum, as we
call her, was born in Burma and was sent to live with an aunt in Thailand as a
child. Aum, Weston Belkot, and Team Jubilee, load a bus for the 5 or so hour
bus ride to Kantharalak. Apparently, to be staying at the church.
 
 Aum, our translator, and team Jubilee. Wondering what we are doing on the side of the road?

A Warm Welcome

Our bus drops us off at the sign that says, “Kantharalak,”
on the side of the road. There is a
highway police station just off the road, where we sit awaiting our contact.

Kantharalak Church

The ministry we are working with this month is a church
called “Kantharalak” church. I really
haven’t been able to have much conversation with the Pastor, Sompong, but he
wears really cool sunglasses.

 

 Eating lunch with Pastor Sompong and his wife, Pi Teap.
Pampered

Our first night we go to dinner at a local restaurant, where
I eat some Pad-Sey-Ooh for just a dollar. We then go grocery shopping for the weeks food at the local
“Tesco-Lotus.” Think Asian Wal-Mart. This store is like heaven for a World
Racer, Air-Conditioning, clean floors, a Dunkin Donuts, and lots of crazy cool
foods you don’t see back home.  Special
thanks to Jordan for making sure I got to eat a donut or two.

Sabbath Day Slumber

Our first day in Kantharalak we are allowed to rest from our
travels as well as check out the town. Kantharalak is a small town, built around a big Buddhist temple in the
center of the city, and has a crazy night-market that comes through every year
at this time.

A Great Time with The
Village People. Sorry, I Couldn’t Resist.

Our first day of ministry we are taken to a nearby village
where we set up a P.A. and are asked to sing a few songs, share a few
testimonies, and pray for the villagers. Before long our meeting was moved to a
bigger location in front of a, presumably Buddhist, man’s house, by invitation
even. I shared my testimony and used it
as an opportunity to talk to the villagers about God and the Gospel, and less about myself. We
prayed for everyone. It was a great time; I would compare it to say, maybe
bungee jumping, although I haven’t tried it… yet.
 
Sharing my testimony, and the Gospel through a translator.
 
These girls followed us out of the village.
 

Village Transportation.
 
 Our Transportation. There have been moments where 7 Thai people
would squeeze into the cab while the six of us stretched out in the back.

Getting Learned

One of our ministries this month is teaching English to a
group of students every night for an hour. I am thankful that it is only an
hour although God is definitely teaching me a lot through it.
 
Teaching English to some of the younger children.
 
Playing a game in English class. I am amazed by some of the younger kids learning English.

 

Crazy Hospitality at
the Store (and Laundromat)

We visit a believing woman who just moved back to Thailand
from Germany. She runs a small store out
of her house, and showed us a crazy good deal of hospitality, giving us snacks,
and drinks, and even stuff to take back with us, lots. I also put my laundry in a washing machine
across the street. When I came back from English class she had placed my
clothes in a basket and had them waiting for me. We prayed for her. I feel for
her. Her husband stayed in Germany.