hello everyone! another week has passed and our time in Bangkok is coming to an end soon! in less than a week we will be Ubon bound and we are so excited!

this week was another week filled with school, studying, and not too much else. we learned more about food and how to order it, and we began learning how to tell directions to someone, how to tell time, and how to barter for things! classes are definitely starting to get harder and faster paced. We are beginning to be able to listen in on other people's conversations in thai and pick up at least the topic of what they are talking about, so that is rewarding! saturday we were supposed to have a double lesson, but our teacher took us to the floating market instead of the second lesson. that was lots of fun! we are definitely going to miss her a lot. today (sunday) was a day full of rest, relaxation, and fun! we played dutch blitz a lot with some friends, it was nice to get a small taste of home!

while karla and i were in the Frankfurt, Germany airport on the way to Thailand (we had a 14 hour layover. at the time we were in mcdonalds eating) a lady named Merium came up and asked us if she could talk to us about Jesus Christ! we excitedly said yes and she sat down and ended up talking to us for about 4 hours! she has an amazing, and extremely encouraging life story. i am going to post another post entitled "meeting meriam" please read about it! shes a wonderful Woman of God!