Sa-wat-ee-ka!

Day 8: Its day two here in Chachoengsao. Although it’s a 12 hour time change, we all slept right through the night all thanks to the eight fans we have.  We’re staying up on the third floor of the lighthouse church all sharing one small, humid bathroom, consisting of a sink, toilet and a hose to shower.  Yesterday we woke up, and Maya and Cory headed out to a Burmese steel and tin factory to preach, share testimonies and pray in their homes. The rest of us took a sawng-tao (big chicken truck) to Bethel Church, which is located on a dirty canal called a clawng. There we played with the kids and attended their church service. Dave Sinclair-Peters translated the sermon while we enjoyed the air conditioning. They generously prepared a Thai lunch for us, and soon after we came back home to prepare our English lessons for the next day. During our spare time we explored the nearby night market and made many awesome three-dollar purchases. At 7pm we attended another church service in the building we’re staying, where Jeanette and Morgan bravely shared their testimonies and our team performed a skit about the story of Shadrach, Meeshak and Abednego. We decided to hit the hay early to get over the jet lag.  Our first impressions are: it’s suuuuper hot, humid and sticky… the smells are interesting… and the food is exotic… the people are incredibly welcoming… and very passionate about God. This morning we  were very well rested, after an 11 hour sleep and some of our team picked up mini bananas, leechi and yogurt  from the street market. Then we piled into the sawng-tao and taught English to the students for two hours. Our lessons consisted of basic English phrases, games and songs.

P.S. Right now we're all sitting in a circle sweating in places we’ve never sweat before.

-J&M