Phuket
Where to start? Hmm...the internet.
So, part of this trip is trying to balance some work (part-time albeit) back home with some volunteer work/pilgrimage in Thailand. So, the internet would be of great importance. There was little we could do before leaving; we just had to wait to see what it would be like.
We requested high-speed (which turns out to be 72k...wow) and waited a few days to get it. We would be told one day and then the person would not show...so we ended up 'wasting' a few days on the front end. But with Ben being sick, it was okay. Plus we got some work done in advance.
So, after a few days here of settling in, trying to get internet, and trying to nurse Ben to health, we decided to drive the island so that Ben and Chara could get a feel for Phuket Town (the big city) and the beachfronts. We visited several markets.
That evening, the internet came...
...and that's the line being run...
The next day, Ben was still sick, so Holly and I ventured with Emma (have we introduced you to Emma?) to Phang-Nga provice...specifically to the village of Takua-Pa.
Emma is a cool girl we met once out here who is presently... 'displaced' shall we say? as she is waiting to hear if her schooling for this next semester will be in Bangkok or not. She is an American who has been in Asia for 18+ months (I think) now. She has done a great deal of education work in smaller Nepali villages, teaching English, helping to expose child sex trafficing, and for the last several months has been living in a community center that helps young Bangkok prostitutes get off the street, away from the life of prostitution, and helps to develop their skills and give them a hopeful future. Wow. Inspiring person to be around.
Anyway, Emma and Holly and I went to Takua-Pa to help paint their church/tsunami relief center.
We met Wong and Pastor Chatchuwan. Here is Wong helping us repaint our lines. We found out that we sucked painting the Thai way! Wong was so kind to us.
Did some more painting after lunch and then dropped Emma off in Khao Lak... In some ways her life reminds me of the unfettered life that I hear Jesus talk about when explaining to Nicodemus that the life of one born of God is a life that is blown about by the wind.
God, please help Holly get better... and please give us direction... we are beginning to feel a bit lost out here... please pray for us, dear friends...
So, part of this trip is trying to balance some work (part-time albeit) back home with some volunteer work/pilgrimage in Thailand. So, the internet would be of great importance. There was little we could do before leaving; we just had to wait to see what it would be like.
We requested high-speed (which turns out to be 72k...wow) and waited a few days to get it. We would be told one day and then the person would not show...so we ended up 'wasting' a few days on the front end. But with Ben being sick, it was okay. Plus we got some work done in advance.
So, after a few days here of settling in, trying to get internet, and trying to nurse Ben to health, we decided to drive the island so that Ben and Chara could get a feel for Phuket Town (the big city) and the beachfronts. We visited several markets.
That evening, the internet came...
...and that's the line being run...
The next day, Ben was still sick, so Holly and I ventured with Emma (have we introduced you to Emma?) to Phang-Nga provice...specifically to the village of Takua-Pa.
Emma is a cool girl we met once out here who is presently... 'displaced' shall we say? as she is waiting to hear if her schooling for this next semester will be in Bangkok or not. She is an American who has been in Asia for 18+ months (I think) now. She has done a great deal of education work in smaller Nepali villages, teaching English, helping to expose child sex trafficing, and for the last several months has been living in a community center that helps young Bangkok prostitutes get off the street, away from the life of prostitution, and helps to develop their skills and give them a hopeful future. Wow. Inspiring person to be around.
Anyway, Emma and Holly and I went to Takua-Pa to help paint their church/tsunami relief center.
We met Wong and Pastor Chatchuwan. Here is Wong helping us repaint our lines. We found out that we sucked painting the Thai way! Wong was so kind to us.Did some more painting after lunch and then dropped Emma off in Khao Lak... In some ways her life reminds me of the unfettered life that I hear Jesus talk about when explaining to Nicodemus that the life of one born of God is a life that is blown about by the wind.
God, please help Holly get better... and please give us direction... we are beginning to feel a bit lost out here... please pray for us, dear friends...
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