UNW and SES students at the Loi Krathong Festival (Dandan is taking our photo)
SES's Teachers made Gratong in Loy Gratong festival (Thailand) cilp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Wwe3t4BIg
SES's Teachers made Gratong in Loy Gratong festival (Thailand) cilp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Wwe3t4BIg
English classes are now in session! Tuesday
November 4, we started teaching English at Santisuk English School in Bangkok,
Thailand. Although we miss Albania and
wish we could see the many friends we made there, we are excited to see what
God has in store for us while we stay in Thailand for one month.
The first few days in Thailand were incredibly busy with cultural and teaching orientation, Thai fellowship, cell group meetings, English church and connecting with new friends. We've been so busy that it was hard to find time to write a post to update you on all the wonderful things that we've been doing and learning.
We made it to Thailand safely, and had no complications with our travel! Almost as soon as we arrived on Thursday evening, the wonderful SES (Santisuk English School) administrator showed us around the neighborhood. SES is the school we are teaching English during our month stay in Thailand. We walked down the extremely busy city street where we were shown the school, several other areas and the Bangkapi Mall where we had dinner.
The mall has four floors and is like a mini American mall. On the fourth floor of the mall there is a cinema, water park and arcade. There are also places where you can get food. There's the food court on the first floor, KFC, McDonalds, KrispyKremes, and a Dairy Queens on every floor in the mall. Except for the fact that everything is written in Thai and that this is an Asian country, the mall could easily passed for an American mall.
Cultural orientation this past weekend was really interesting to learnthe many differences between our culture and Thai culture. For example, pointing your finger at a Thai can be considered offensive, so we have to use our whole hand instead if we want to get some ones attention. The Thai people have great respect of their Royal Family. Therefore, if you point at any member of the Royal household (King, Queen, children), and if it is reported to the police, you may end up being arrested.
English Classes started on Tuesday, and we have already finished our first week of classes! Each English class is two hours long, and we can have students from age of 11 to 56 in our classes. Many Thai only speak Thai, and they are discovering that they need to learn other languages and English is one of those languages. Santisuk English School is a school where they bring teachers who know and speak English and have them teach English. Most of the teachers are volunteers, missionaries who come over from their respective countries to help for at least one month.
We're all having a great time here, and each new day is an adventure. We thank you so very much for praying for us while we are in Thailand!
The first few days in Thailand were incredibly busy with cultural and teaching orientation, Thai fellowship, cell group meetings, English church and connecting with new friends. We've been so busy that it was hard to find time to write a post to update you on all the wonderful things that we've been doing and learning.
We made it to Thailand safely, and had no complications with our travel! Almost as soon as we arrived on Thursday evening, the wonderful SES (Santisuk English School) administrator showed us around the neighborhood. SES is the school we are teaching English during our month stay in Thailand. We walked down the extremely busy city street where we were shown the school, several other areas and the Bangkapi Mall where we had dinner.
The mall has four floors and is like a mini American mall. On the fourth floor of the mall there is a cinema, water park and arcade. There are also places where you can get food. There's the food court on the first floor, KFC, McDonalds, KrispyKremes, and a Dairy Queens on every floor in the mall. Except for the fact that everything is written in Thai and that this is an Asian country, the mall could easily passed for an American mall.
Cultural orientation this past weekend was really interesting to learnthe many differences between our culture and Thai culture. For example, pointing your finger at a Thai can be considered offensive, so we have to use our whole hand instead if we want to get some ones attention. The Thai people have great respect of their Royal Family. Therefore, if you point at any member of the Royal household (King, Queen, children), and if it is reported to the police, you may end up being arrested.
English Classes started on Tuesday, and we have already finished our first week of classes! Each English class is two hours long, and we can have students from age of 11 to 56 in our classes. Many Thai only speak Thai, and they are discovering that they need to learn other languages and English is one of those languages. Santisuk English School is a school where they bring teachers who know and speak English and have them teach English. Most of the teachers are volunteers, missionaries who come over from their respective countries to help for at least one month.
We're all having a great time here, and each new day is an adventure. We thank you so very much for praying for us while we are in Thailand!
Some More Specific Requests:
1. Pray
we stay healthy; we don’t want to miss any ministry opportunities and teaching.
2. Pray
that we touch lives for the Lord. It is
common for Thai people to slowly come to Christ, but when they are fully
committed, they live out their lives for God. We may not see any people come to Christ this
month while we are here, but pray that our lives will reflect our love for
Jesus.
3. Pray
that we enjoy this time and that we make a positive impact on the lives we come
in contact with.
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