Thursday

Today started off amazing by waking up at 6:44, the latest I've slept all trip. After getting all cleaned up and having a nice cold Thai iced latte, the group and I went for a walk through the university and to a little table by the lake. We then enjoyed a breakfast consisting of yogurt and oats, which has become a favourite breakfast among the group. Once we finished we headed down toward the Centre and met up with David, one of the centre’s staff. David led us to a section of the camp where we would be handing out flyers for the Centre. David had told us to meet him in the cafeteria once we were done handing out our stacks of flyers so we went about our business in the mild temperature of roughly 36 Degrees. Now when we tried to meet up after handing out our flyers we were informed that the meeting place was mis-communicated and that David had gone missing, so we were stuck outside for some time before we could call him. 

After our trip to the university Melody picked up the group and brought us to her place. Mark and Doug…. Mark, then took Sam and Melody’s vehicle for a test drive, and were quite thrilled due to the fact that it is a right hand drive, And, standard. Janelle also decided to try something and her and Jolene jumped on a scooter and drove that around. When we had enough of this excitement Sam and Melody ordered us pizza that was probably twice the size of the usual medium pizza back home. Having enough food was not a problem at all, and to top off the meal Melody made us all mango smoothies. 

When the food had come to rest and the energy levels started to wain down Sam started to talk to us about something he had heard. It was about a lady whose job was to take care of those who were dying and only had a couple of hours to a couple of weeks to live. She would scrape the sores off the peoples legs and let the puss out then cover it up with bandages. One day, while she was doing her job, a lady walked by where she was working and observed her doing this. She then proceeded to say, “You couldn’t pay me a million dollars, to do that!”. Now the hard working lady looked at her and replied, “You couldn't pay me a million dollars to do this either, but for Jesus I will do anything”. This sparked the group and really inspired me and gave me a little more understanding on what it means to serve God. Serving him isn’t about doing what you are comfortable with or really good at necessarily, but being ready to serve him even if he calls you to do something you have no experience in or that you aren't used too. God gives you your talents and everything you have, everything in your lives is a gift from God. He gives you gifts and in return asks for you to be faithful, humble, praise him, and be willing to follow him and go wherever he needs you too. 

Braedy

P.S. Hey Harley

        The reference to the McDonalds story is from my first interaction with someone who spoke absolutely zero english. It came down to her actual taking down a menu so I could physically point at everything I wanted. This happened at the Kunming airport, and it was one of, if not thee most impressive buildings I have ever seen. But their entire menu was chicken. Feel free to ask more questions, I love hearing from you and i’d love to answer anymore questions, or just tell stories.  

From the Group

  Have a goodnight! or a good morning!