Category Archives: Missions
Day 14 Church, Christmas party #2 and heading home
Dear friends Today at church, instead of a sermon, the missio’s asked three of the team to share their testimonies and what Christmas means to them. Angie, Lok Yun and David shared. It was so encouraging seeing the joy of … Continue reading
Day 13 Evaluation and Christmas Party #1
Dear friends Today was the 2nd last day in Pak Phanang. This morning we reviewed our time here in Thailand. For a team there were many highlights that include- Thai food, bonding as a team, learning the language and culture, … Continue reading
Day 12 Visiting the jail
Dear friends Today it was a relatively quiet program. In the morning we visited the local jail, in particular, the women’s section of the jail. I think some of the members of the team were expecting hardened criminals… Jessica was … Continue reading
Day 11 Flat out teaching at schools
Dear friends Today was a very hectic and exhausting day for all the team. We woke up early and headed back to a near by town called Bang Sala to teach at 4 primary/high schools about the Christmas story. We went … Continue reading
Day 10 More English teaching and singing @ markets
Dear friends Today we went to one of the missionary families kids school. This is a private school where the ratio of students to teachers is less and has a good reputation in the area. When we arrived we greeted … Continue reading
Day 9 Teaching English at Tesabaan Primary School
Dear friends Today we taught English at a local primary school. When we arrived there were about 200 attentive primary kids waiting for us to do our thing. We were located in this huge hall which was more like a swelter … Continue reading
Day 8 Day off
Dear friends Today we had a day of rest- which was something that we were all looking for including the missionaries as well. Some of team went rock climbing and abseiling with one of the missios, while the others stayed home … Continue reading
Day 7 Church and kids club
Dear friends This morning we had our first Thai church service. The missionaries had gone out in their vans and brought back many of the people we had met on previous days… people from Deht’s Neighbourhood, Bang Sala, and Soot’s … Continue reading
Day 6 Bang Sala and Tapaya travels
Dear friends ‘Today was an intensive day. Half of the team from the west side caught the ferry across the river to meet the other half of the team. From there, we went to an area of the village which … Continue reading
Day 5 Orientation at Pak Panang and Christmas Activities at Deht’s Neighbourhood
Dear friends This morning we woke up 6:30am to head off to the local markets for cultural experience. We bought bits of fruit to eat, Thai version of ‘Chinese Doughnuts’ and Lok Yun bought some iced tea that came served … Continue reading
