Thailand Week 3

Day 12 – woke up at 6 am today to prepare for the games day. Reached KKU at 7.45 am. We set up everything and waited for our contacts to arrive. Unfortunately only 5 arrived. Thou the number was small the there was quality time spent. I was the game master for dodgeball. Played ultimate Frisbee as well. At the end we had a game SG vs THA. We lost 2-6 in the end. Had fellowship (Chicken rice from humans’ canteen) and sang the song we practiced for the previous day. I also recorded the testimony by Wilfred. Cleared the place and returned to hotel. Washed up and practiced for the skit for Friday. It was better than the previous practice – have to be right. Slept for an hour and had dinner. Our devotion time was changed into testimony as the Thai staff and volunteers dropped by. Tomorrow the team will be going to 2 services – mas selakat and KK. We got testimony as well as worship practice for the service at KK. Might be playing soccer again after service and dinner prepared by P’mint. Watching Spain vs Sweden. Hope Sweden wins. Nights.

Day 13 – got to wake up late today. Devotion at 10 am. Had another retreat today. So today went down to church earlier for band practice. Ironic that I have worship practice even in Thailand. After service played football at the new bible college. And the new meeting room is my room. That’s all for a boring day. Next week’s team meeting will be held in my room.

Day 14 – Monday. Third week. Morning breakfast at my room. Feels weird that I get to sit on the bed now. Lolx. And we broke a glass bottle just before we left. We did not have many appointments so we prayed that our contacts to contact us. God answered our prayers and currently at the team meeting it seems that the team is stretched. I’m using the laptop at the meeting coz it’s in my room. Now we are filled on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. 3 girls came to us and asked about chinese lessons. They came and asked “Ni Ke Yi Jiao Han Yu?”. Lunch appointment and then have chinese lessons in the afternoon. Meeting Lion on Wednesday afternoon. Hope to meet Ying and Um and friends on Wednesday evening. We met la’belle for lunch at Golden Grill and spent 100 baht. Burst budget le. And we went to the dormitory. Very big and got toilet loh. It’s cosy. Immediately after that we headed to Tukcom and had ice-cream at Swensens. Had dinner near CCC office and then back to hotel to wash up and team meeting. Juliana dropped by to say hi and gave us donuts. Now we are discussing plans for tomorrow. We can do street E cause we don’t have much time left. Should be watching football and resting early tonight.

Day 15 – started off normally. At school I joined Shuan in teaching a couple of girls english but I had to leave half way to join my buddy. So 2 of us were with 5 of them having lunch and we had the chance to share with them the 4SL. They were open to it and they raised 2 issues – why they wanted to do good and treating all religions equal. Next I went to a chinese class in time to play the guitar for the song “friend”. Managed to talk with some of them but tough cause she cant understand English. After that went back to the complex. I was praying for opened hearts and now at the team meeting it turned out that about the same time many really opened up and we were able to share the gospel with them. Had a short chat with Ai Ping on the way back to the hotel. A few more days left to do His work here. Time is short yet the harvest is plentiful. Praying for strength.

Day 16 – felt weird during the devotion so decided to ‘retreat’ awhile. In the end God told me one word to summarize everything he told me – Patience. The past two days everyone has been sharing the 4SLs around until I felt it was quite competitive. I told my buddy Wayne and Shaun about it and they felt similar about it too. So I passed a note to the ATL about this. After that we had lunch with Lion and thank God that he asked about the song “Silent Night”. So we tried to explained to him. He later asked about holy communion and eventually how to receive Christ. We shared the 4SL with him and he PRCed amazing how God sends people to us. What happened next was I had diahorea and Ai Ping had vomited as well. Could be spiritual warfare as well. Rested after that and had a english lesson as well. Nothing much after that as well.

Day 17 – I did devotion today and I think I made everyone confused. As expected. Oh and I said “The Vine” and it sounded like “Divine” unexpectedly. Also shared about patience to the rest of the team. At school, no one was around as many of the freshies were at the “Why Kun”. Not really sure how to spell it. But thank God we met a contact and he asked us to join in the ceremony. It’s a ceremony that all the freshies have to do. It’s like seeking the forgiveness of their teachers. We 5 of us sat in the ceremony and I nearly fell asleep. Partly cause I did not have enough rest the previous night and that we were too far behind to notice anything. Went back to the complex and rested then headed to CCC office – the venue for tomorrow’s party. Went back hotel and prayed about the venue as well as for the people coming. Currently it stands at 43 people excluding staff and the team. Praise God for these people. Just finished practicing the mime and fashion walk. After this is the powerpoint presentation. Good night for now.

Day 18 – today is the Singapore party. My buddy and I did not go down to the school cause we had to prepare for the party tonight. We went down to the church and had lunch at the stall beside CCC. The food was nice but not filling as usual. After that I continued on the powerpoint and the sound system. Praise God as we expected 70 people but only 43 confirmed they were coming. In the end there were 82 students. He gave us more than we expected. I was involved in the mime fashion walk and sing-a-long song. After the event took some group shots with Ying and Um and friends. And we went for supper at some street stall. It sold porridge and it was great. Lolx. I just tried crickets. Crunchy and tastes like seaweed. And I was online cause I was using some unsecured network at the church.