Start of a new week
So it's the start of our second full week here in Pattaya Thailand and we started it off with a day of rest for the team.
As previously mentioned last weeks time was spent at the Mercy ministries orphanage cleaning and re-painting in preperation for the move coming up on Friday. There was and still is alot of work to do there but it's coming along nicely. We'll be spending the rest of this week finishing up and then helping them move on Friday.
Thursday last week we went down to the beach to do just walk and minister in hopes that God would show up and use us. Nothing huge happened until the evening when we put on a brief improptue dance presentation on the beach. We then headed up to a hill overlooking the blocks and blocks of go-go clubs, massage parlors and "beer" bars to pray.
Saturday we got a projector(our leader left the original back in Canada) and performed our presentation for about 100 people at the youth centre we've been working with. That went fairly well and was exciting being the first performance. The next day we performed it for the Victory Church, it went really well, we talked to some people who are going to help us get the presentation into schools and other venues. The message also had a very positive effect on a number of people there. After that we went to the Crossing/Tamar church which consists of youth centre attendees and ex-prostitues working with the Tamar centre for a better life. The girls did two dances there and then we enjoyed a powerfull service to follow.
Well I gues thats the official report for those of you who have attention spans long enough to read it(I doubt mine is long enough). Below are a few randomish tidbits that I'm too lazy to try and incorporate into the body of this posting or any others.
-we gave some boards out to skaters at the youth centre and there reactions we're amazing. the one just yelled "praise God! praise God, oh Yes!" and ran to switch the new deck with his old one. They're sooooo stoked to get a new board. It's so rad. I can't wait to build the ramps, it's going to be amazing.
-I'm having a hard time maintaining a Godly love for european men. They are everywhere in this city walking with Thai boys and girls in hand. As you drive through the streets you can see loads of them throughout in beer bars and clubs picking up "companions".
-Also, Shims(she-hi) are everywhere and I've been checked out one to many times.
-Thai people are generally laid-back and very friendly. They love it when you smile at them and if we knew Thai I'm sure many would love to chat with us. It's interesting that in North America we always greet with whats up? But there usual greeting translates roughly to are you good and relaxed?
-Scooter are everywhere, everywhere. Everyone has one, everyone rides one.
-I'm tired and our internetting shop is closing, Peace.
As previously mentioned last weeks time was spent at the Mercy ministries orphanage cleaning and re-painting in preperation for the move coming up on Friday. There was and still is alot of work to do there but it's coming along nicely. We'll be spending the rest of this week finishing up and then helping them move on Friday.
Thursday last week we went down to the beach to do just walk and minister in hopes that God would show up and use us. Nothing huge happened until the evening when we put on a brief improptue dance presentation on the beach. We then headed up to a hill overlooking the blocks and blocks of go-go clubs, massage parlors and "beer" bars to pray.
Saturday we got a projector(our leader left the original back in Canada) and performed our presentation for about 100 people at the youth centre we've been working with. That went fairly well and was exciting being the first performance. The next day we performed it for the Victory Church, it went really well, we talked to some people who are going to help us get the presentation into schools and other venues. The message also had a very positive effect on a number of people there. After that we went to the Crossing/Tamar church which consists of youth centre attendees and ex-prostitues working with the Tamar centre for a better life. The girls did two dances there and then we enjoyed a powerfull service to follow.
Well I gues thats the official report for those of you who have attention spans long enough to read it(I doubt mine is long enough). Below are a few randomish tidbits that I'm too lazy to try and incorporate into the body of this posting or any others.
-we gave some boards out to skaters at the youth centre and there reactions we're amazing. the one just yelled "praise God! praise God, oh Yes!" and ran to switch the new deck with his old one. They're sooooo stoked to get a new board. It's so rad. I can't wait to build the ramps, it's going to be amazing.
-I'm having a hard time maintaining a Godly love for european men. They are everywhere in this city walking with Thai boys and girls in hand. As you drive through the streets you can see loads of them throughout in beer bars and clubs picking up "companions".
-Also, Shims(she-hi) are everywhere and I've been checked out one to many times.
-Thai people are generally laid-back and very friendly. They love it when you smile at them and if we knew Thai I'm sure many would love to chat with us. It's interesting that in North America we always greet with whats up? But there usual greeting translates roughly to are you good and relaxed?
-Scooter are everywhere, everywhere. Everyone has one, everyone rides one.
-I'm tired and our internetting shop is closing, Peace.
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