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so...its a rainy afternoon in thailand and im stuck at the CSK- the internet place...
so i bought another hour.
im hoping it stops soon because we teach english at 4:30...its the last one. i would walk but 1- i have a white shirt on and 2- its not just raining...its downpouring.
i cant believe we are leaving soon. the summer has flown by. it really makes me sad to think i may never come back...but at this moment in time i think i really will try to come back. i really like thailand...i like the people...and i love the ministry here.
i dont love my photobucket which is what i am trying to work on right now...grr. its taking years.
yesterday was the 4th of July....and heck yes we celebrated :) we had our team social over at P-Moe, P-Gits and Sams house. Some more of the Thai staff/christians came and joined us too...P-Jeff, P-Guy...Chad and Michelle also came over. We had a cookout...played some football games, played grumps- just hung out. then we split up and the majority went over to Chads to watch The Patriot. It was a good one to celebrate the 4th and just reflect on the sacrafice of men for our country. good stuff. then we went and set of some bottle rockets...uhh they were a little louder then we were expecting...totally against the noise ordinance...so we walked over to a field and matt being the 100% boy he is thought we should make a game and line up in rank like we were in a war....haaaaaaa. gotta love it. and we had our fun with sparklers. it was a great 4th !
its so crazy to reflect on the summer thus far...its even crazier when i think about how in a few weeks i will be back in america...and this will all seem like a lifetime ago. things always seem so far away and also like they are just a skip away to me when i am removed from a setting. its crazy. it really is going to be hard to leave the thais we have spent our summer with. it makes me sad...but i know that i am leaving them in Gods hands...not much else to do but pray. just their friendship and time together is goign to be sad to leave. its going to be depressing to go back to a place where everything is so busy...and people dont make time for eachother...one thing to the next always in a hurry it seems. and if not busy jumping everywhere just plain lazy. it blows my mind when i am running at 6:30 am here and students are EVERYWHERE...baseball- tennis- badmitton- all the fields are full...and hardly anyone has class until the afternoon. and then at nite...its the same thing....people everywhere- with their friends- out together past midnite usually. granted they do everythign to stay out of the sun...so early morning and late nites are perfect- but during the day they are in class and always tell me about the library and studying...guhhhh (makes me really excited for classes....or not)
so photobucket still has not loaded...grr...
the rain has yet to end as well....o dear...
team time was this morning...we read an article by Tim Keller about "preaching hell to a something generation"...something along those lines. anyway...then we got along the lines of postmodernism. discussion was okay...the best thing said was matt saying that it is not his place to worry if someone is the elect or not- that preaching the gospel is what we are commanded to do. amen. i spent most of the time thinking in my head about things and writing notes to myself about different scripture and stuff. it tears me apart...even more than thailand because its what i see...everyday...all around me...people close to me. its so hard. i started thinking about 2nd timothy and pauls warning to timothy against false teachers. it looks real nice..and even like the real deal...but it isnt. the hardest part is that people are searching...i know their hearts are seeking for something...even if they dont know it...it screams out...and how to reach them...well only God can do it ultimately...but God uses His children...i just pray for wisdom and a heart...one that dosent give up. they think its freedom...but its not...its bondage...slavery to the things they have made idols of...blindly. guh...another thing that has been bothering me...i really just wish people would read their bibles...no doubt american christianity would change...stop reading all the books...read The book..its a good start...
anyway... time to brave the rain and book it to ban rau in time to change clothes i guess!
pray for the retreat this weekend...just for us as we finish up our time...for the nations...!
so i bought another hour.
im hoping it stops soon because we teach english at 4:30...its the last one. i would walk but 1- i have a white shirt on and 2- its not just raining...its downpouring.
i cant believe we are leaving soon. the summer has flown by. it really makes me sad to think i may never come back...but at this moment in time i think i really will try to come back. i really like thailand...i like the people...and i love the ministry here.
i dont love my photobucket which is what i am trying to work on right now...grr. its taking years.
yesterday was the 4th of July....and heck yes we celebrated :) we had our team social over at P-Moe, P-Gits and Sams house. Some more of the Thai staff/christians came and joined us too...P-Jeff, P-Guy...Chad and Michelle also came over. We had a cookout...played some football games, played grumps- just hung out. then we split up and the majority went over to Chads to watch The Patriot. It was a good one to celebrate the 4th and just reflect on the sacrafice of men for our country. good stuff. then we went and set of some bottle rockets...uhh they were a little louder then we were expecting...totally against the noise ordinance...so we walked over to a field and matt being the 100% boy he is thought we should make a game and line up in rank like we were in a war....haaaaaaa. gotta love it. and we had our fun with sparklers. it was a great 4th !
its so crazy to reflect on the summer thus far...its even crazier when i think about how in a few weeks i will be back in america...and this will all seem like a lifetime ago. things always seem so far away and also like they are just a skip away to me when i am removed from a setting. its crazy. it really is going to be hard to leave the thais we have spent our summer with. it makes me sad...but i know that i am leaving them in Gods hands...not much else to do but pray. just their friendship and time together is goign to be sad to leave. its going to be depressing to go back to a place where everything is so busy...and people dont make time for eachother...one thing to the next always in a hurry it seems. and if not busy jumping everywhere just plain lazy. it blows my mind when i am running at 6:30 am here and students are EVERYWHERE...baseball- tennis- badmitton- all the fields are full...and hardly anyone has class until the afternoon. and then at nite...its the same thing....people everywhere- with their friends- out together past midnite usually. granted they do everythign to stay out of the sun...so early morning and late nites are perfect- but during the day they are in class and always tell me about the library and studying...guhhhh (makes me really excited for classes....or not)
so photobucket still has not loaded...grr...
the rain has yet to end as well....o dear...
team time was this morning...we read an article by Tim Keller about "preaching hell to a something generation"...something along those lines. anyway...then we got along the lines of postmodernism. discussion was okay...the best thing said was matt saying that it is not his place to worry if someone is the elect or not- that preaching the gospel is what we are commanded to do. amen. i spent most of the time thinking in my head about things and writing notes to myself about different scripture and stuff. it tears me apart...even more than thailand because its what i see...everyday...all around me...people close to me. its so hard. i started thinking about 2nd timothy and pauls warning to timothy against false teachers. it looks real nice..and even like the real deal...but it isnt. the hardest part is that people are searching...i know their hearts are seeking for something...even if they dont know it...it screams out...and how to reach them...well only God can do it ultimately...but God uses His children...i just pray for wisdom and a heart...one that dosent give up. they think its freedom...but its not...its bondage...slavery to the things they have made idols of...blindly. guh...another thing that has been bothering me...i really just wish people would read their bibles...no doubt american christianity would change...stop reading all the books...read The book..its a good start...
anyway... time to brave the rain and book it to ban rau in time to change clothes i guess!
pray for the retreat this weekend...just for us as we finish up our time...for the nations...!