Days 8-9

Friday meant another day at prison (at, not in so to speak).  I rode a motorcycle taxi (yikes!  but cheap!) to the SkyTrain to the subway and met two new guys who work in the prison ministry.  We went back to the same one I went to Monday and did pretty much the same thing.  I went with a man named Gary for the morning and he led a Bible study.  He's in Thailand for eight months (I think) with a group called Bible Study Fellowship which pretty much just tries to start Bible studies.  I was in a different building, but this also was a group of mostly Nigerian men.  Many of them have been saved after being in prison.

After lunch there (which included squid, yay.), I went to Charlotte's art class.  I gave a little devotional thing, but then got to talk to Jesse just for a few minutes.  I don't know when it happened, I asked him and he didn't know when it became "a conscious decision," but he had decided to baptized.  How awesome!  Charlotte said, "yeah, he's come back to the Lord."  Can you imagine God using imprisonment in Thailand to bring an American prodigal to Himself?!  That is some amazing love he has, indeed, that he'd go to those lengths.

Then Friday night I went to Friday Night Life, an English program at the BSC.  I was there early, though, and got to talk to one of the teachers there.  Ms. Lorena is 88 years old and has been in Bangkok teaching English only since 2002.  She loves it here, really considers it home.  She said she returned to San Diego for five months a little while ago and didn't like it; she missed Bangkok.  "I just have so many friends here," she said.  She also talked about her "kids," a group of Thais she used to have over to house and cook for, they could practice their English and she would teach Bible stories.  That is so amazing how she's invested in their lives like that.

(Gayla and Sheri:  guess who was at English Corner?  That history man who wore you out last year!  lol.  He talked to me for a while, but luckily not too long.  Thought you would like to know he's still around!)

Saturday I went to Prathunam again for an English class.  This weekend class is mostly different students, most of which know a little more English than those during the week.    After class, many of the students stayed and talked for a little while and discussed going out to eat next Saturday after class.  That will be awesome!  I can't wait!!!  I also got to meet Joe.  Joe is a 28 year old Thai engineer.  He speaks pretty good English too.  We went out to eat and to Starbucks after class.  As we were walking there he asked me why I came to Thailand, etc.  So there I was walking down a busy street in Bangkok (in the blazing hot weather of course) telling this man a mini-testimony.  It was pretty cool actually.  I'm really looking forward to getting to know him.  He said flat-out, "I'm Buddhist,"  but he's been to church a few times and he takes classes at the BSC.  Definitely be praying for him and for me as I get to know him.