Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Update on the Thai Mission Trip

We arrived in Bangkok on Sunday and caught a four hour bus to Korat. We were tired but also very excited to be there. We met Tom at a shopping mall, where we experienced our first authentic Thai lunch. Looking around the busy mall, it became apparent there were very few Westerners in the complex!

My meal cost 35 baht, which is equivalent to about $1.10! For this amount, I received rice, chicken and pork. The food was amazing.

After lunch we headed to the block and discussed the plans for the week, which would include having sand delivered.

Here is an original picture of the block... 


The block needed a lot of sand and by Wednesday the trucks began emptying sand into the block, as you can see below...
Whilst there on Wednesday mid morning, we watched a local use a technique that gets rats out of the ground, so that he could have some crispy rat meat for lunch! 





And we have a winner! Winner, winner, rat for dinner!!!


It's been great catching up with Tom and the guys are really enjoying this trip so far - the building of relationships, with one another and the Thai community, the amazing food on offer and being able to share our spiritual journey. Each morning we are discussing a chapter of Nehemiah and finding that his story can inspire us and help us to continue to grow.

Below is a photo of the guys at our favourite noodle spot, located across from our accommodation...


Yesterday we built stairs for Tom's staircase and I will upload these photos another day. Other activities we have done since arriving in Korat include going to the markets, which were massive and had the best coconut drinks ever, and catching up with members of a local church last night for dinner. So far it has been an incredible journey.

God bless!

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