Our God is amazing! :)

So, we have almost officially been away from home for about two weeks now! It has been amazing so far, and we have had a blast getting to know and hang out with students. The last week definitely flew by because we were extremely busy and always on the go, but I wouldn't have it any other way! So, now I am going to try to catch you up on all the things we have been doing in the past week!

First, Friday night we had a birthday party at the church for some of the Arkansas students who have birthdays in June. We invited our Thai friends to come to the church with us, and a lot of students actually came so it was a great time to get to know them better. We just hung out, sang worship songs, ate some food, and then had some American birthday cake (which was by far my favorite food we had.. haha). All the students are really amazing and love taking pictures with us and talking to us!

Then on Saturday we went to the Grand Palace, which is a temple or place of worship for Buddhists, and we invited students from Friday night to come with us. We were surprised at how many students showed up, so, that was pretty cool. At the Grand Palace it was definitely not a very exciting experience. It was really hard to see all these people so devoted and worshipping something that is not even real. As I walked around looking at all the man made statues and buildings that were beautiful with gold and shiny stuff all over it, my heart just broke for this nation who truly lives in a darkness, and they have no clue. All I could do the whole time I was there was pray for these people, especially in the building where there was an emerald buddha. You could not take pictures, talk, or point your feet in the building with the emerald buddha. When we went in there and saw all these people on their knees bowing and worshipping this huge golden statue I just began to pray that these people would somehow come to know the one true God who loves them so much! Please just pray in general for this nation and specifically that these people would hear about Jesus Christ somehow and that God would begin to work in there hearts.

Yesterday was church! Church worship was amazing once again! We actually sang all songs in English, and we sang one of my favorite songs "Enough." There were a lot of students that hung out with us over the weekend that came to church for the first time yesterday, so, that was definitely amazing! The really cool part was that yesterday was probably the first time many of them had ever heard about Jesus Christ and how He died for us and rose again so that we could spend an eternity with Him in heaven. The sermon was from Luke 12:22-34 about not worrying because God is our provider and comforter always. Towards the end of the sermon the guy speaking basically went through the whole story about how Jesus died for us so that we could be saved, so, my prayer is that God will continue to work in the heart of those students who were there yesterday hearing the gospel for the first time. Many of the students after church asked people from our team more questions about God and stuff, so, please just pray that the holy spirit continues to change their hearts and that they will continue to ask questions. Also, pray that when they ask questions that everyone of us will boldly proclaim the gospel and that we will remember that God will speak through us because it is not of ourselves.

Also, please pray for the Thai Christians in general whose parents are not Christians because they have a hard time in that situation. Pray that God would use them to reach their parents and friends who do not know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Also, just pray that God would continue to strengthen these students and give them the peace and comfort they need in these tough situations at home. Pray that we as a team will encourage them as well! Thanks again for everyones' prayers. I love you guys and miss you all!! :)