For the first part of November we were stationed in Sangklaburi, Thailand for our location of ministry. Our contact was with a small church, helping the Pastor reach-out to the members & the community. Pastor Boodi & his family took such good care of us while we were there–making some amazing Thai food! His family had a section of their house we stayed in, which they rent out regularly to missionaries who are there to work. This village is located on the far bank of a large, surrounding lake–where almost all are Mon refugees who have fled Burma.
After a night of teaching, this baby was ready to go home!
We played with the Pastors little girl & neighbor boy quite often.
After puting on a Childrens Program we tried to cross the border into Burma…unfortunately this crossing had already been closed a year prior.
I found a memorial built in this market area, dedicated to those involved & died in the construction of the Burm-Thai Railway.
It is in fact a time capsule!
The town which we lived in for a couple weeks, is also home to the longest man-made wooden bridge in the world! You can see it off in the distance.
Thunder, our driver & helper at the church, stopped the truck so we could snap a picture–the one you see above. We were on our way to the Safe House, if I remember correctly.
We visited the shop owned by one of the translators in the church. Her name was Neema (sorry, I do not have a picture of her) & she translated every lesson, every single day of the week! Here is where I stumbled upon a bunch of cloths that looked just like mine. In fact, they were mine! (That was seriously my response) Those are the cloths I have lived in the past six months. I had no idea the lady who was doing the wash, was someone in Nima’s own house!
This is the main road in front of the house we stayed in.
We worked everyday, with our time split in half with the debrief. On our one day off, we decided to go down to the lake & make a day of it! We rented a boat for a couple hours, went off into the jungle, saw an elephant & some rubber trees, then enjoyed a team dinner where we met some Americans who had recently graduated & were just traveling abroad.
THE END of what Sangklaburi looked like. Only five more months left =/
