Patient Readers of our blog, we thank you. We have been very busy. I cannot believe we only have two more months left here in Ubon. And they sure will fly by fast with all of the upcoming events. God is going to do some great things here and we are pumped for Him to unroll them. First of all, I believe an update is needed for you lovely folks. And Id like to apologize for however many times you may have tried to come onto this site and found nothing new written here. Hopefully today, as you read this, you will be able to smile! :D

The 22^nd, Bekah and I flew from our home here to Bangkok. We took a taxi to a Guest House where we met up with Bekah’s mom and brother. Hugs were given; reunited family members. Bekah and I tried to keep her mom and brother awake-12 hour difference, let me tell ya what, doesn’t not do good stuff to your body-so we walked around to different malls around the Guest House. Got some grub. There was an Auntie Anne’s Pretzel Shop at the one mall and they were showing a video with a few people in it that we recognized! It was nuts! :D  Good to know they have videos enriching people here in Thailand about Amish people back in PA….haha! That made us smile. We showed Bekah’s mom and brother some of our favorite foods here and they thought it was just as delicious as we do! We took a tuk tuk back to the Guest House after a day of walking around. Even though there were four of us Americans, we fit into the tinny little car. Good experience! Bekah, her brother, and I played games in the evening. That night, Bekah and I stayed up with a small 5-10 minute nap because our flight was at 6am the next morning to go to India. That meant that we had to leave at 3am from our Guest House. We got to India on the 23^rd I believe. We ate supper with some of the Indians we would be getting to know during the rest of the week. They were such sweet people! Bekah and I went out to get some slushies with some of her friends, then we called it a night.

On the 24^th we went to church. Bekah and I went outside and played games with the kids. I played table tennis (without a table, just hit the ball back and forth) with some boys and Bekah played matching games with the girls. I think we both had a lot of fun! Afterwards, a friend in India and Bekah’s brother tried to teach Bekah and I how to drive motorbikes. :D  That was exciting! We went to lunch with some of the people we met from the church and it was very delicious. I still think I like Thai food better than Indian food, but it was still yummy. We went to the beach afterwards. Bekah, her brother and I played games in our room later that day. We went out to eat supper with some friends. Then Bekah and I went to get some cold drinks with some of her old friends in India.

We had breakfast and then had a meeting with the church leaders where everyone shared what was happening in their lives lately. Afterwards, everyone went to the beach. We tried to teach some of our new Indian friends how to swim. (Indians don’t swim. They live next to the beach; they don’t swim in it. The area where we stayed in had a lot of Europeans vacationing there so we actually weren’t the only white people in that area! It was great!) It was fun to splash in the waves and make sand castles. We went to eat supper on the beach and then got our cold drinks with our friends once again.

The rest of the time we hung out with people at the church, went to the beach and had late nights eating cold drinks with our friends there.  

On March  1^st, we headed off to  our friends’ house that live in another area of India. Our friends’ family stayed with her at her house and so did Bekah and I. We stayed in one room with three Indian woman, Bekah and I and our friends’ little girl. It was so cute to be there with a big family again. Indian tea is absolutely delicious! Yumminess. If I could drink that every day, my thirst would be quenched. We hung out with her family, went to church there, shared what we were doing here in Thailand, and played with the kids at the church. We went to a park with our friends’ family, played games and ate home cooked Indian food. The people we hung out with were extremely kind, and I know it was nice for Bekah to see her old friends again.

 

On March 4^th, we said our goodbyes at the church and then headed back to the airport. We had short flights but long layovers. We played card games while waiting. Shout out to my sister, Christa, for telling me to bring from cards. I don’t know what we would’ve done to pass the time without them. We arrived at the Guest House on the 5^th, I believe. We went to parks in Bangkok and ate street food often. We went to visit our teacher, Khruu in Bangkok. Then, we met up with some of our friends that we made in Bangkok the first month we were in Thailand. It was good to see them again. We played more games and just spent some quality time together. It was nice to have more than two people in our little group.

Today is now the 8^th and Bekahs mom and brother are still working on flying back to America. Bekah and I arrived back in Ubon last night and were greeted with our leaders and two big hugs. It is great to be back. I had an extraordinary time in India and a great time in Bangkok. I still learned a lot and made new friends. It was good to catch up with some old friends as well. Last night we watched a movie and then went to sleep early this morning. Today was a down day, and I slept for most of it. Im still a bit tired I guess from everything that happened. Tomorrow we’ll be gone all day long.

Thanks for reading and for waiting. I think we’re back on schedule now. God has been good to us. Thanks for your prayers and support this whole trip. They are greatly needed and appreciated. We hope you have a splendid day. :D