A Post in a blog
I feel like I had a whole lot to say when I came in for my internet session today but now that I'm writing I suddenly feel as if I have nothing to say. Well, we'll see what happens.
Yesterday was a long, busy day. We came home from working on the new orphanage and found water streaming from the second story belcony of our home. We entered find the upstairs flooded and water dripping from the ceiling onto the floor from the ceiling downstairs. Apparently Angel our translator accidentely left the tap running when we left that morning.
We spent the later part of the afternoon cleaning up the water and drying out what we could. After a late supper it was off to the Crossing youth centre where we skated for a while before hanging up our salt encrusted clothing for the day and laying down on the hard floor to sleep(as our mattresses were all soaked).
Today we went to the orphanage again, painted some ceiling tiles for them and then jetted home. Tonight we skate some more and then relax until tomorrow. Tomorrow will be interesting as its been set aside for spontanous God directed action, whatever that may entail. We'll see, I'm not to expereinced with these sort of things so it should be interesting.
A bit of a side-note:
I can remember when I was young exploring the neighborhoods and forests around our home. There was this feeling of excitement and newness to places that you hadn't been before. It sounds cliche to put it this way but the world was such a big place, so full of adventure. There we're all these places to discover, explore and conqeur. Over the years though that feeling was slowely lost in the day to day living of life. As I grew and became more familiarized with the world, life was filled with more and more with commonality. There were still things to learn, new skateboard tricks to do, new jobs to do, new skills to learn, new girls to meet but that feeling and excitment that I once felt as a boy exploring the world was lost. The feeling of coming face to face with the unknown, of a place that seems so fresh filling you with excitment, expecation and wonder. I know I'd forgotten that feeling for the most part. I've felt it a little on trips to the coast or different places but never as strong as I once felt it until now. Being here in Thailand traveling through the streets and country side has re-awakened that feeling within me. To the point of bubbeling up childhood memories of exploration and adventure within me, it's an amazing feeling. Just riding through the streets lately I've experienced that something you climb watertowers to experience at the age of 22. I'll probably adjust soon but for now it's been great.
Yesterday was a long, busy day. We came home from working on the new orphanage and found water streaming from the second story belcony of our home. We entered find the upstairs flooded and water dripping from the ceiling onto the floor from the ceiling downstairs. Apparently Angel our translator accidentely left the tap running when we left that morning.
We spent the later part of the afternoon cleaning up the water and drying out what we could. After a late supper it was off to the Crossing youth centre where we skated for a while before hanging up our salt encrusted clothing for the day and laying down on the hard floor to sleep(as our mattresses were all soaked).
Today we went to the orphanage again, painted some ceiling tiles for them and then jetted home. Tonight we skate some more and then relax until tomorrow. Tomorrow will be interesting as its been set aside for spontanous God directed action, whatever that may entail. We'll see, I'm not to expereinced with these sort of things so it should be interesting.
A bit of a side-note:
I can remember when I was young exploring the neighborhoods and forests around our home. There was this feeling of excitement and newness to places that you hadn't been before. It sounds cliche to put it this way but the world was such a big place, so full of adventure. There we're all these places to discover, explore and conqeur. Over the years though that feeling was slowely lost in the day to day living of life. As I grew and became more familiarized with the world, life was filled with more and more with commonality. There were still things to learn, new skateboard tricks to do, new jobs to do, new skills to learn, new girls to meet but that feeling and excitment that I once felt as a boy exploring the world was lost. The feeling of coming face to face with the unknown, of a place that seems so fresh filling you with excitment, expecation and wonder. I know I'd forgotten that feeling for the most part. I've felt it a little on trips to the coast or different places but never as strong as I once felt it until now. Being here in Thailand traveling through the streets and country side has re-awakened that feeling within me. To the point of bubbeling up childhood memories of exploration and adventure within me, it's an amazing feeling. Just riding through the streets lately I've experienced that something you climb watertowers to experience at the age of 22. I'll probably adjust soon but for now it's been great.
posted by Dan @ 3:17 AM
1 Comments:
At 6:28 PM,
Anonymous said…
ENJOY THE NEW, I like to hear that. Stay off the water towers and come back safe.!!Love Always FROM DADDY O.
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