Teaching

So, this week has been a good week so far. I had Tuesday off, but we hung out with some Thais at the mall that night. It was fun, and we got to know some people better. A few of them actually shared with us that they always hang out with the summer teams every year, but they are not Christians. They said that they just enjoy hanging out with us because they love the way it feels. I just pray that they realize that what they are feeling is actually God's love for all of us! Please pray for all the students we will be hanging out with that they will see Christ love in us and nothing more than that. Please also pray that we as Christians will listen to God and know when to speak and when not to speak.

Yesterday (Wednesday here) was a lot of fun as well. My part of the team came to the university on Wednesday. We didn't really do much in the morning because none of our actual normal teaching schedules will start until next week. However, after lunch we passed out brochures to let students know we will be on campus all week to help them with their English. The funny part though was that here on campus they are having like freshman orientation, which they call Freshy Day, and they make the freshmen do like chants and dances. So, they got all of us to get in the middle of a huge circle of Thais to learn a dance while they chanted around us. It was so much fun even though the dances were ridiculously stupid! We really enjoyed it, and the best part is that the students loved the fact that we did it!! Definitely way too much fun! :)

So, now on to today's (Thursday) good news. We are actually still on campus right now at the moment just chilling until Thai students come to hang out with us. Anyways, this morning was Remington and my first time to meet our class and teach. We were supposed to just introduce ourselves today, but it turned out that we had to teach today as well. It was cool though even though there were a lot of awkard silence moments when we weren't really sure what to do. The teachers are laid back and kind of just let us do whatever, so, it is a little nerve racking. The students are amazing though, so, I am very very excited about getting to know them better. I really pray that many of them will come hang out with us outside of the classroom some. There is one girl in particular that I would love for you guys to pray for. We will just call her P or something like that. She just stood out to me today. She can speak really good English, and she just talked to us a lot today. I invited her to hang out with us off campus, so, I pray that she does. Please pray that when or if she comes to hang out that God will begin to intervene in the relationship she and I will hopefully build. Pray that God will use me in whatever way He pleases, and that he gives me the words to say when talking with her.

Tonight we are having like sort of a mini bible study that we invited students to, so, I hope that some will show up. We are going to be having these every Thursday nights, so, please pray for us on that night specifically because that will be one main time we will be sharing Christ and singing worship songs together as a group. Please keep all of our team including myself in your prayers. Many of us are homesick and missing people, especially at night when we go to bed with nothing to keep our minds occupied. We know that God is our comforter and that He is always with us, so, please pray that we will be constantly reminded of that during these times! Pray that our team remains focused on God's plan for us this summer, and that we will obediently reach out to the students God is drawing to Him.

Thanks again for all of your prayers!! I love you all and miss you!! Keep praying for everyone I mentioned in the previous blog as well, especially A and P. Lek!!