The last couple days have been some great days full of relaxation and teaching. We have been very fortunate to have an extremely balanced schedule. On Thursday, we got an off day and got to go to a beautiful beach on the Gulf of Thailand. We spent the whole day at the beach, playing in the sand, the gulf, and the pool. It was a wonderful day to just relax. Don't worry! Nobody got too burnt. We reapplied regularly.
Friday was an early day. We had a 7:40 flight with Nok Air out of Nakhon Si Thammarat. We landed in Bangkok around 9:00 in the morning. We pretty much instantly hit the ground running. We went to the Bangkok Christian Guest House and dropped off our bags. We then were told which stop to get off of the SkyTrain at and found our own way to Bangkok Christian College. We had lunch in BCC's cafeteria, which looked a lot like a mall food court. After lunch, we set up for our English Camp on Saturday. We had the afternoon off to spend our last day in Bangkok. Some of us explored the city and found a giant fashion mall while others rested at the Guest House.
Saturday, we had our English Camp. It was (in my opinion) the easiest English Camp we have done yet. The students had great English skills. We had a lot of fun, because they could understand what we were saying a lot better. They had so much fun singing "I am a C", the "Hokey Pokey", and "Jesus Loves Me." The camp was a great success!
Yesterday, we went to church at an English speaking Anglican Church. It was so nice to finally hear a sermon in English! I think that we all drew something valuable from the sermon. Immediately after church, we went back to the Guest House and got our stuff loaded up into the van. By noon, we were on the road for Chiang Mai. We spent about 12 hours in the van, trying to find the most comfortable ways to sleep! We arrived at the Education Ministry, where we are staying in Chiang Mai, at around midnight, got settled in our rooms, and went to bed.
We woke up this morning and got have our first experience in a Thai grocery store. We bought breakfast stuff for while we are here in Chiang Mai. Some of us bought some comfort foods, that we haven't been able to get thus far, like poptarts, salt and vinegar chips, and nutella. After the grocery store, we went to Sharon Bryant's house (our host) for breakfast. We had eggs, bacon, toast, and mango. We visited a temple and the King and Queen's Summer Palace and Rose Gardens today. The temple had 305 steps that we had to climb and was a great place for people watching. The gardens were absolutely beautiful with spectacular flowers. We had dinner, then we headed back to the Education Ministry for a night off after a couple early mornings.
We have a couple of fulls days ahead of us in Chaing Mai this week. Tomorrow, we head to Payap University to meet with Esther Wakeman. Please keep us in your prayers.
Jennifer Subic
Summer Service 2012
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