Week one in Thailand...

This week has gone by crazy fast but it’s been a blast! Some good news about Thailand—they’re having their cool season right now. We got here at the perfect time-I love you, Jesus! :) The only thing is that it’s not really very cool...i would not like to experience their summer season... :S I do need to correct one thing...i’ve informed all of you that i would be in Bangkok these last few weeks but we’re actually not in the city. We’re in town/community just outside of the city about 30 minutes called RAM 2. The YWAM base is located here but they just say it’s in Bangkok because otherwise people get confused-ha! :)

So this week has been pretty busy. The first couple of days were quite a bit of orientation with YWAM Thailand, ARK International (the ministry we’re working with) and with the volunteers for the rugby camp we helped with this weekend. We did a lot of preparation work for the camp—just kind of jumped in wherever we were needed. ARK has been planning the camp for a few months now—it was supposed to be held last month, but a flood postponed it until now. God’s plans are incredible—He organized it exactly so we would be able to help out and participate. :)

The camp was for kids ages 6-18 from three different slum communities around the area. The registration fee for the camp was 20 Baht (Thai currency) which is equal to about 65 cents USD. At the camp we had crafts, games, snacks/meals, teaching and of course, rugby drills. The camp went Saturday and Sunday and it was exhausting! :D Working with kids is so much fun and so rewarding but it definitely takes something out of a person...ha! The camp this weekend was a type of introduction—a precursor—to the club that ARK wants to start up in January. So keep the Nuk Suu Tigers Rugby Club in your prayers! :)

It’s so hard to believe that my time here is already almost half over. We’ll be helping more in the coming weeks with ARK’s ministry-doing work with the kids in the slum communities will be one activity. I’ll make sure to keep you updated as much as possible. I’m getting more pictures up on Facebook so check those out if you’re in the cool crowd and have a Facebook...! ;D Sorry this week’s blog is a bit shorter...i’ll try to get you more info next week.

Love and prayers always...
Rach