Thailand 2016: Friday

I am having a really great day today. I woke up at 6:30, which strange enough was sleeping in. Breakfast was yogurt and granola. We are now all out of granola. (It came from home - cereal is really expensive here) We weren't quite finished painting the room in The Centre so I got to paint again! We actually had orange paint today instead of the cheese whiz coloured paint yesterday. Painting went fairly quickly compared to the other painting days. I cannot paint without getting paint on my elbows, knees, feet, hands, hair and glasses. Luckily, I had time to clean myself up before we went to lunch.

We ate lunch at Sam's favourite place. I don't know what the actual name of the restaurant is, but it we all call it Sam's favourite place. The people there know us as regular customers. Every time we walk past the restaurant they have smiles waiting for us. I ate PadThai. It was so good! I was little surprised at how much I liked it! For those of you who know me well, you are not going to believe this. I tried squid! Just one small bite, but it was pretty good. Mark had a meal with the squid and I had to try it just so that I could say I have tried squid.

We then went to the centre for a staff meeting. We prayed together about the english camp coming up. I am learning what a difference prayer can make. God is moving here.

I am going to be tired tonight, because Robyn and I had a late night last night. We were both feeling tired, but as soon as we lay down to sleep... We were not sleepy in the slightest. We were laughing so much and having amazing conversations. We ended up staying awake until about 11:00 before deciding that maybe we should take some gravel to help us sleep. Robyn had the chewable kind that tasted like orange, but it made our tongues go numb. We fell asleep shortly after.

I love all the plants here. Hedges shaped like elephants; I mean, how cool is that! I am getting used to the heat here, although sometimes it is overwhelming. We are going to the english camp later today. I am going to see the jungle! Mornings are my favourite time of day. The temperature is a little cooler and I love to hear the birds sing.

Thank you for praying for me. I have really felt God here and have grown in my faith. The team is getting along well. Time is flying by. I love you all.

Jolene

Note from Janelle: You will not be hearing from us until Sunday night (our time - which is your morning) because we are going off to English camp. We will be driving about an hour and a half up into the mountains to a 'resort/camp' type place. We are very much looking forward to being there, and hanging out with the students. Please continue pray for us - I know lots of you are - please don't stop! Pray that God would use this weekend to soften hearts. This is a very difficult place for the gospel to break in - but with God - all things are possible. Pray that He would save, and that seeds would be planted, or that seeds would be watered.

On another note - we want to praise God for the incredible team God has given us! I'm not sure we've ever had a group that has been this flexible, or so willing to participate or try anything. Our team unity is great, and there has been no whining. Even jet lag has not really been an issue (other than waking up really early in the morning and maybe needing an extra coffee here or there. My guess is the way home might be a different story) But praise the Lord, it is so clearly Him, and His sustaining grace.

Oh - and it's dry season, so really smoky and smoggy, and even the waterfall at the camp has completely dried up. I've beeb praying for rain, and praying that it would rain on Friday afternoon, (which it currently is) and as I write this - it is now raining. The smell of rain is delicious! Thrilling.

Look for our next post Sunday!