hello everyone! sorry its bee such a long time since our last update! we have been going through a week of transition with moving to Ubon and being here for the holidays! yes, we are here in Ubon safe, sound and settled into our new and improved apartment/room (pictures to coming soon). I'm just going to do an overview of the important things that have happened in the past 2 weeks.
last week was our last week of language school and in Bangkok. during the week we (of course) studied Thai for the majority of the time. we also met some new friends that we made who lived on the same floor as us in our old apartment building. their names were New and Nay and they are a lot of fun! we got to practice our Thai with them and they got to practice their english with us. we also taught them how to play dutch blitz! they cheated most of the time but thats okay, we still had fun. Tom and candice also had a christmas party the night we left on the train to come to Ubon and we invited both of them to come. New came, (nay had to study for an exam that night) it was his first ever christmas party and he said that he had a lot of fun! that was very exciting. that night (friday dec. 21) we took the night train (13 hour ride) from Bangkok to Ubon Ratchathani!
Sunday was he first time we met everyone in the house church here in Ubon. there are 6 people (not including kris and silk) who attend church here. that week about half of silk's family was staying at their house as well so the church was basically doubled with karla and i here, and Kris's mom, Nan, who has been staying here since November. the house church is very laid back and contemporary and lots of fun! the majority of the people who attend are in their 20's which is really cool because we can connect with them very well. they took us right in and befriended us right away! we really felt like we fit in right away. we spent the rest of the day with the people from the church fellowshipping, watching a movie, playing games, and packaging cookies! in the evening we went christmas caroling and handed out cookies to the community. that was fun!
Tuesday was Christmas and we spent it at Kris and Silk's house with Silk's family and Nan. it was a day full of lots of food and relaxation and christmas music! even though we didn't get to spend it with out families it was a nice day and cool to see what Christmas is like on the opposite side of the world. both of us got to Skype in with our families on their Christmas morning (night for us). it was a huge blessing to be able to see everyone on Christmas!
Thursday we went into one of the villages we will be working with, went to a school, and did an "english program" which gave us a chance to teach on Christmas and what it's all about! the kids loved it and it was a lot of fun to interact with the kids! on the way home we got to feed wild monkeys! that was a lot of fun. there was probably 100 of them. they were cute!
friday night and saturday was a seminar called "season of praise" all of the churches in Ubon came together for a seminar on inner healing. friday night was a night a worship and each church did a little section of it. saturday there was 4 sessions on rejection; shame, guilt, and condemnation; rejection; and the lies of the devil/dreams that have been torn. each session was taught by someone different (a group from Singapore came to teach) and then at the end of each session everyone went up to the front and got prayed over by their ministry team. it was a powerful experience. the evening was another evening of worship and prayer for Ubon and foot washing for the leaders of the churches. it was a God filled day and very powerful but very long!
today we had church and because the house church is so small, we can do things like have our service on a dock over the river! it was beautiful. we also had lunch and hung out for a little while. this afternoon we made cookies and relaxed for awhile
once again, sorry this post is sort of late! thanks for reading. we promise we will have a post next week. thanks for your continuous prayers and support as we continue this journey! tune in next week!
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