Apartment tour!

Hope you enjoy this! Right now I am just in language school. We leave the apartment at around 6 in the morning. We have a 5 minute walk to the Song Taow. From there we Ride the Song Taow for about 30 minutes to the sky train. The sky train is a train that runs above the city. We have about a 45 minute ride on it. I like the sky train alot. It has air conditioning which is super nice.

School has been hard but has become alot easier. At the beginning we learned tones, vowels and consonants. Now we are focusing on simple words and phrases. I know most of the words and phrases, but it is good review for the tones. There are now 4 people in my class. There are two guys from the states and a guy from Japan. The class is spent mostly of us practicing the words and sentence structures. There is also lots of laughter.
One guy has alot of trouble remembering what to say after someone says thank you. In thai when some one says thank you (cup koon ka), you respond by saying no problem (mai been lie). One time, when the teacher said thank you, he responded mai baan tat which means ruler. Another time he responded mai chi, which means no. We like to tease him about that.

After school we come home, work on home work, and hang out with our host family. Things have been good with them. There are 4 in the family. A mom, dad, and two daughters. The youngest daughter was as shy as all get out. If we even looked at her she would hide behind her mom, and she hardly ever spoke. But since coming here she has warmed up to me alot. Now she actively tries to get me to play with her and she is hardly ever quiet. She is my little bundle of joy, and a huge distraction, especially when I am doing home work.

Speaking of home work I should go do it. Have a good week! God bless!

The Detailed God!

Hello everyone!
I have made it here to Thailand Safely! Praise God, because we sure had a bumpy ride!



 My family and I arrived at the airport a little over an hour before my plane would take off. We unloaded all my bags and went to check in. I gave the attendant all my information and waited. The attendant looked up and said, "I am sorry but unless you have a returning flight you can not go."

My world just froze. What?! So i tried as calmly as I could to take my bags back to my family and tell them what happened. Some how we had to get a hold of the  travel agent that booked the flight. Praise the Lord I had my phone! (I had planned on leaving it at home, but decided to take it so I could call if I needed help while I was at the Washington airport.) So I called a friend who gave me the number to call the contact the person who could call the travel agent. After making several calls and lots of stress we figured it all out. I got on the plane and flew out. Thank goodness for my family who helped out so much!

The flights went well. Over 23 hours latter we arrived at the Bangkok airport. Rhonda* and I went through immigration (so they could check visa stuff) and then went to pick up our baggage. I grabbed my carry-on that I had to check in and waited for the rest of my baggage to come. But it never did. So I went and filled out the necessary paperwork. We were told it would be delivered to my apartment by Friday. Only when I got home did I realize how God had looked after me. Praise the Lord, that in the carry on that I had to check in I had clothes to wear, and things to shower with. I was not planning to have more then one change of clothes with me, and not any of the shower stuff.



I am just blown away at how God provided for all the details because he knew what would happen. If I had not had my phone with me, I would not have been able to call the right people. If my suite case had not been over weight I would not have had enough clothes until my baggage came. God is so awesome!

I want to give a big thank you to my sister who packed my bags and my mom who talked to the people when I could not! I love you!

Until next time!

 *: God provided me with a room mate and a travel companion named Rhonda. She will be here one year helping out the families on the team with their children. She has been a lot of fun to hang out with and a huge support to me!