Thailand (Part 3)

Scott playing a time game in one of the ESL classes

We have a picture of Scott eating this same dessert last year.

 We made it through the city without getting lost.  I was a little afraid we might get lost in the mall but we didn't have too much trouble.  The driver that took us to each of the places on our list didn't speak English and we weren't completely sure if he knew where one or two of our stops were, but he managed to find it and despite our communication barrier we were able to find our way and our driver didn't lose track of us.
We visited a store that looked a lot like Wal-mart to me.  It was called Big C.  We arrived there a few minutes before 9 which was the time the store open so we walked around and looked at some of the signs on the building.  Then the store soon opened and we looked around and bought a few odds and ends we needed.  We spent an hour looking around the store then went downstairs to the bank.  The main bank didn't open until 11.  We weren't sure what to do since we needed to change some of our American money into Bahts. We really didn't want to have to wait an hour for the bank to open.  So while we were thinking about it, we walked around the downstairs section.  Then we saw another smaller bank area which opened at 10.  It was only a couple of minutes until 10 so we went ahead and had our money changed there. We were the first in line.

These elephants could even paint!

Before the show all the elephants had baths.

The mall was a nice place and we found several things there.  Scott found a Thai Saw, which is not exactly what you imagine when you think of a saw.  It's a 2 stringed instrument that is played with a bow.  I'll have to post a picture of it once we get one.  It was only about $12.  I was glad we were able to get him a traditional Thai instrument.


We also got a few things for our children.  I think we've gotten all the souvenirs we had in mind for our family and friends.

After all our running around we returned to a school where Scott and I have been able to teach a class of teachers wanting to work on their English.  We've been teaching that class everyday from 4 - 5 p.m.  We worked on recipes today and how to give directions in English.  We also taught them how to give and understand directions if someone is lost or needs to know how to get somewhere in English.  We have been given a ride back to the house by some of the Teacher students each evening after the class is over and the teacher that took us back today was practicing  her directions while she was driving.

Saturday morning we will return to the Karen village that we visited last weekend.  Then tomorrow evening Scott was asked to speak at a Youth group's Bible study.  It should be another full day tomorrow. 

We are having fun.  Even though the time seems to be going by pretty fast, we've been going so many places and seeing so many things that it almost seems like more than one day has passed in a 24 hour period.   I wouldn't want it any other way though.  It's nice to be able to serve and encourage those around us.  Thanks for your prayers. We really appreciate them.