Names from left to right (Bee, Camille [one of my 3 roomates], Me)

These are only some of the 20 photos the crazy waiter took Of us! You can totally see us starting to crack up! Haha! They turned out cute! Plus, they have a funny memory to go along with them! Names from left to right: Ashley, Susi, Camille, me.

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Today I woke up and was ready for a day full of service! my brain decided to get up super early (it’s still jet lagged… It’s not thinking straight 😉 ) so I made the most of it and relaxed in bed while I posted my Thai cooking blog and all the pics to go along with it! I got to Skype with my momma and FaceTime with my Justin! ☺️😘

After my super nice morning visits I finished getting ready for the day and Camille & I rode together to the Kingdom Hall to meet at 9:30am. We got to hall, had meeting for service and was put in groups! I had no idea what was going on but I just went with it! 😉 haha! Thai service, for territory especially, is done much differently. Instead of just having 4 people to a car that go their separate ways… Here in a Thailand everyone get on their motorbikes and drive together to the territory and work in big groups. I really like it that way, plus everyone knows there are witnesses in the area because they see a bunch of bikes all clustered together 😉

this morning I worked door to door with a sweet Austrian sister named Michelle. It was such an enjoyable morning! Her and her husband, Roman, have been here for 5 months and they love it! M and I hit it off really well, she said she wants me to be her English teacher and help her out 😉 As we were getting to know each other better, we helped each other with our Thai and then we found out that we are both dental assistant!☺️ She told me also, that Emily… Another friend I met here ( who I’m going to be going to Bangkok with tomorrow) is an assistant as well. It definitely is a good job for pioneers, it works perfectly with a part time work, and full time service schedule!!! Michelle And I found several people home, all very nice! Many Thai men and women will say they are Buddhist but that they like to talk with us and say we have a good heart! Pretty much everyone is willing to visit and will take the magazines or brochures… They are always extremely respectful even of they are not super interested, they appreciate what we do and why we do it. There culture is very hospitable and kind, inviting you to sit, getting you a cold drink… Making sure their guests are as comfortable and well taken care of as possible. We took a break when we came upon a little open oaf shop! We say water bottles for sale and made b line to them! All 12 of us rested a little while in the shade eating little snacks (which consisted of strange, yet really good, Thai candies) and lots of water!!! It was so much fun, hanging out and visiting with these dear brothers and sisters, I love how in just a small group of people you get a taste for the international brotherhood! There are ones from Thailand, Ausrtria, Australia, Spokane, Connecticut-with so many languages spoken also, French, Thai, English, Dutch! Anyone we came across, no matter where from…. we’d have the perfect person to witness to them! Not to mention, a thai elder and his 15 year old daughter know thai sign too! They were so excited when they found out I signed! It absolutely blows my mind that two people that speak two different languages, English and Thai, cam communicate using a third Logitech, Sign language! I think that is so extremely fascinating! I was with this family for a whole in the afternoon and they were so nice me helpful, helping Camille and I on our Thai by using sign language to help us understand what he was saying in Thai! I learned so much from both of the,! He wants us to help his daughter, B, to learn English, and she’ll help us out with our Thai so we made service plans for this morning! I’m really looking forward to it, she lets me practice my presentation with her and then helps me with pronunciation! She’s an awesome and patient teacher! 🙂

The morning seemed to fly by! Before I know it, it was noon and we made our way back to the car! We went back to the hall and sat outside enjoying the sun and practiced the Thai we had learned that morning! After awhile Camille and I walked to our friends apartment down the street… Ashley and Susi… And we all walked together to get lunch! We walked down the street a ways to local favorite! I got yellow curry with rice chicken and veggies! It was amazing!!!! We’re were raking picture of ourselves when the older Thai man that owned the food stand came over and asked if we wanted him to take our picture! The 4 of us posed and stood there frozen for what seemed like eternity! Camille kept saying through her smile, “ok, that good. Take the picture. Ummm, I think that’s enough!” I was cracking up, because he kept turning my iPad and taking more and more pictures! Haha! Once I finally got my iPad backs I checked to see what they looked like and saw he took 20 pictures! Haha! 20 identical pictures! Our facial expressions are priceless though! They are I differ t I each photo as we gradually start cracking up at the funny old Thai man!! I love them!!!

After lunch, Amy, Emily and I take off on our scooters and do some return visits! We also stop by immigration and health clinic to get the paperwork for our Thai drivers license that Emily and I are both going to be getting next week! Yaaaaay! I’m excited! It’ll be a really cool souvenir to being back home too! 🙂 we also went to the bus station and bought out bus ticket to Bangkok for early Friday morning ( we are going to visit bethel and sty the night and explore the next day!!!! Thats all the details you get for now but they’ll be more soon! 😉 ) A little after 5 we started to head to Amy’s study, a little 11 year old girl! She was adorable! The three of us went and had a great study! She only speaks Thai really (very little English) so Emily and I would ask questions and Amy would translate for us! The little girl asked us to come back next time and speak Thai with her so that’s what we are going to do! She kept asking where we are from, how old we are, and if we were married and had kids! She was so cute! 🙂 Amy said this would be a perfect for Emily and I whole we are here! Soooo….. Guess who has a bible study!!! I’m going to prepare with Emily, get some questions ready in Thai for the two chapters we are going to study in the bible stories book. My phones going to help too, with the Thai translator! 😉 it’s going to be awesome having a young person to study with because she talks slow and simply and is very patient and understanding! 🙂

After the study, Amy and I went back to he house and changed into comfy clothes and rated for a little bit from our long day! We drove the motorbike down to the store to store to pick up a couple Groceries and then stopped by the banana pancake man!!! Oh my, I’d heard about these but had no idea how amazingly delicious they were! We brought the treat back to the house and ate them, savory g each and every bite while played cards. First, we played one called Spite and Malice then a great game of nertz! Yaaaay Amy, and the rest of the girls, loves playing it too! Woot woot! Found myself some card buddies! 🙂 by the end of the game, it was pretty late so I changed into pjs, skyped my momma to say hi and crashed! Thankfully jet lag isn’t keeping me up all hours of the night! Hooray! I think I might have beaten it! 😀 alright I’ve gotta get ready for meeting tonight but I will talk to you all again very very soon!

All my love,
❤️ Meg