Days 5-6

Well Yesterday was the first day I had rice for two meals in the same day, but I have a feeling it won't be the last. . .

In the morning, I went to Pratunam Center to help with an English class. The class runs at least five times a week and most of the people either have shops there or work in the area. The classes are designed to teach "English through entertainment" so there's singing and interaction and whatnot. The students run on Thai time so they just show up whenever...never at 10:30 when the class is scheduled to start :) There are about 8 students and the class is pre-Basic level, so much of is is in Thai and I just sit and listen. I will be doing a five minute time at the beginning of each class in which only English is allowed. Pray for me in that. I basically just have to talk about whatever for five minutes and hope some of it is understandable!

I ate lunch at Big C (basically another shopping center with small stores and a grocery store); there's a Thai food court upstairs. Luckily I had been to a similar one last year so I knew how it worked! You have to go to a counter and put money on a card. Then you get whatever you want from the food court and they take the value off the card (then you can get the balance off the card when you're done). There weren't many Westerners up there, so I could help but think of myself, "Look at the stupid American running around trying to figure this out." Luckily I also could laugh at that thought!

I went back to the office after that and did some work there. Later, Joe took me to the Well (I'll tell you more about that later) so I would know how to get there when I have to lead a couple that are coming from the States to work there in July. It is a little farther off the main ways I've traveled, so it's a good thing. We rode the SkyTrain (an elevated train, go figure) to the end then walked a ways until we got on a songtao. A songtao is basically a covered pickup truck with seats in the back. It was awesome!! By far the coolest and most unique mode of transportation thus far. And it only cost 6 baht (that's about 20 cents) for as far as you need to go!

Today looked much the same except that instead of going to the well I went to a discipleship class at Pratunam Center. One woman who is in the English class I go to in the morning just became a Christian about three months ago and so has been coming to this class. Another man from the English class came tonight for the first time. That is great news; pray that he will find truth in Jesus through these classes! And pray for that woman that her faith will grow like crazy!

I know, I promised pictures soon, but I'll just have to renew that promise...maybe next time!