Culture, History, and Adorableness

Well our first experience on the sky train was a success. We are not lost wandering the streets of Bangkok. I know that was a big concern :) We made some new friends who led us safely to the Church of Christ in Thailand (CCT) headquarters. After taking a tour of the building we were further instructed as to the do's and dont's of the Thai culture. Some are being engrained into our minds so if you notice any strange behavior when we next see you (I mean more so than usual), it's automatic and please feel free to ask about it. We'd love to share this amazing world with you. Another aspect of the Thai culture we were blessed enough to receive was a view of the traditional Thai dance. Just beautiful. Pictures do not do the dancers justice. Their choreography, combined with the costumes, were spectacular. Just don't ask any of us to demonstrate :) June 7th was fairly relaxed for us. We met with our friends from the CCT again and learned about all the work they're doing to help God's children throughout the world. Please send out some prayers for their work and for the obstacles they have yet to overcome. Later that night we all sat down and received a more in-depth history lesson on Thailand in general. We're so blessed to have such opportunities as these and I am sure I speak for the group when I say we try our hardest to take advantage of every resource available to us. Today was our first day visiting the actual schools where we'll be teaching English to the beyond adorable, exceedingly eager Thai children. Already they've shown us more and given us more than I feel we can ever give back to them. I can count to 3 in Thai and I'm 20. They can count to at least 60 in English. They're 9. See what I mean? It doesn't stop us from trying though, and tomorrow I plan on working my hardest to bring both English word pronunciation and God into their lives...not necessarily in that order :) Please continue to pray for us. We appreciate all of the support and love you offer and hope to share that same love and support with God's beautiful children here in Thailand. Emily Wyble, Summer Service 2012