Week ONE in Thailand...

Sawatdee Kop! So this is a blog... about me. OR about some of the kick awesome things that God's done over he past summer!! : ) So yeah. I've been to Thailand and back, and here are just a few of the pics that can give you just a TASTE of what went on and what we went through and did over there... here we go:

So this was our team over in Thailand, there was two teams in all and a church plant team that we only saw on sundays at church. I'm in the front laying down with SteveO, my MA **Missionary Advisor**, who was pretty much the BEST EVER!! I had a really hard time leaving him, cuz we got REAL close over the month, he was a C tripper. Our team was dubbed the Tuk-Tuk team... and this my friends... is a tuk-tuk:

If we got on one of these, it was a BV... Bon Voyage... cuz 1/2 the time the drivers were drunk off their faces... it was crazy. : ) But the 1st week we were there, we walked around Rajabhat University and just talked with the students there, played a LOT of futbol, american soccer, and just developed relationships with the people there inviting them to a party that friday where, of the 40 that showed, 6 or 7 accepted Christ which... is kinda AWESOME. : ) Here's Rajabhat:

So this is what we did the first week, just getting to know the Thai people, just talking with them... and some of them... can TALK... : ) but it was pretty cool just to meet some of the Christians on the campus, however small an amount they were, just to have them randomly come up to us and say hey and give us an oppurtunity to minister to them through just loving on them. And soccer... has got to be the best ministry tool ever. : ) Friday night we had a party at The Hope Church of Chiang Mai:

This is a picture after everyone else has left with the few that accepted the inviatation and a couple of the workers and our translators from the school. They were cool. : ) Again, me and SteveO are laying in front of everyone. : ) We made a habit out of that... haha! When we were in the school talking to people, we were broken up into teams within our team called MIGs, they were basically 4 to 5 people in a ministry group. Our's was named the Awkward Turtle MIG... It's a really long story. : )

From left to right: Willard from Hong Kong... he wasnt allowed on the China trip because he's a Chinese citizen... and speaks fluent Cantanese... or something like that. : ) Then there's Becca, our MIG leader, she's from Nashville, Ten-UH-C... haha, that's how we explained it during english class... then there's the beautiful soul in the white.... yes, we all know and love him... it's Andy!! **Applause!!** Then there's AllisonP from Wyo, she's pretty cool, very quiet, but extremely cool. : ) These 2 are our TL's, team leaders, Sarah and Jay!! They are pretty much the AWESOMEST people in the WORLD!! : ) Haha, but they were seriously amazing and were always there for us when we needed them. They were great. : )

Plus they look like they should get married here... but don't tell anyone... ; ) HAHA!!

So that's just the beginning of our trip to Thailand!! I'll keep updating with the 2nd week and the traveling part of everything!! Leave some love... lata.

-AndyP!