Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The feet are beautiful, if only they'd go. If nobodys out preaching then how will they know?

Hey everybody this has been our teams schedule for the last couple days and for the next couple days. We go in the morning to teach english at one of the Christian schools here in Chiang Mai. We teach preschool and kindergarten grade levels. Hah it is very fun and they are very smart. Some of the kids parents speak English so there is usually a kid in every class that can help translate to the other children. We also get to teach them new Christian songs, and we act out some different parables for them such as The Good Samaritan and The Lost Sheep.
In the afternoons we go to an orphanage for HIV positive children. Their ages are from newborns to 18 years olds. We play sports and get to hang out with them after school. It is so cool to see them running, jumping, and laughing just like regular kids. From what I understood, they are given very good meds that are actually provided by the government which is awesome. I don't know how they got that arranged, but very cool. So all of the children are very healthy and you wouldn't know they were HIV positive if they didn't tell you. We laugh, run, climb on jungle gyms, play volleyball and pretty much any other thing that they want to do. They're just living life and following Jesus like nothings wrong with them at all. What a blessing it is to meet these children.
At night we are still going to the bars at night. Things have been going very good there. We are building relationships with these women and ladyboys there. My group and I have actually gotten to hang out with them outside of the bars which is very cool. We were able to go to the walking street, get away from the bar environment, and just sit down and talk like normal friends do. She showed us all the best places of the night market and the best foods of course. We are also planning on going to their house on friday so they can teach us how to cook their favorite Thai meal. Please be praying for May and Mei.
So everything is going good except the only bad thing is that there have been people getting sick recently. One girl went last night to the doctor and they said she has influenza so she is wearing a mask and on meds. The other guy that is sick just got admitted to the hospital tonight and we dont know what he has yet. Its wednesday night here and we are supposed to leave friday. They are thinking that we may not be able to get on our flight friday because we have 2 people really sick and we have been around them so much. I'm not sure what's going to happen, but there is a chance that we might have to stay until everybody is healthy again. Just be praying for the team to finish out strong. We know that we are in His hands.

2 comments:

  1. The ministries sound soooo amazing Zac!! I want so badly to be there spreading God's love to all these people too. I'm glad it has been so awesome :]
    Praying hardcore for the team and those who are sick! Please keep us updated on that!
    LOVE YOU!!! <3

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  2. hey there,
    everyone here is praying that God will work in a mighty way the last few days you have there. We are also praying for those who are sick and that God's will will be done. Our verse in youth tonight was my favorite one that no one likes, James 1:2-4, can't wait to see and hear all that God has done, may you and the team be blessed, we love you!!! mom and dad

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