Thailand 2016: our bags are packed...

So our bags are packed, and we’re (almost) ready to go - off to Thailand! Please pray for us in the following week:

A growing faith for all our team members. Pray that God would open their eyes, and at the examination of other cultures and religions - that they would see the grace of God so gloriously beautiful.
Pray for team unity.
Pray that we would be a blessing to those we are in contact with.
Pray also for the Thai university students that we will be in contact with in our english classes and camp. Pray along with Paul’s plea in Colossians 4 “that God may open the door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ.”

I asked our team a few questions and here’s their thoughts:

1. What are you most excited about?

I'm most excited to build friendships with the people we meet at the centre
I am most excited about seeing Sam and Melody. I love to encourage people and I'm very much looking forward to serving them.
I’m stoked for the opportunity to be Interacting with the Thai university students
Seeing what God will do in and through our team

2. what are you most scared about?

I'm anxious about communicating wrong and offending the people on accident.
team unity
I am nervous about being in the most radically different culture I'll have ever experience
the unknown

3. what would you like learn?

I'd like to learn about their culture and their practices, and what they do in their spare time.
I would like to learn conversational Thai or, more probably, how to discuss Christianity in a predominantly Buddhist environment.
I would like to learn more about myself on this trip. Lots of my boundaries have never been found or checked. I want to see how I will react to a new culture. The only culture I've ever known is the typical North American culture.

4. What are some more specific prayer requests:

Thailand 2016