Thanksgiving Day

I have so many things to be Thankful for! Arthur, one of the members of my church is half American and half Thai! So his mom invited me over to the house for dinner! I went over there at noon and then we cooked for 6 hours! It was soooo much fun! :) I made broccoli casserole and the mashed potatoes! April, Arthur's mom, made the rest of the fixings and the turkey! It was soooo good to eat Thanksgiving dinner! Last year I ate Pizza Hut so this is was WAY better! I had a great time and I am very Thankful! I hope you all felt blessed this week!

At the train station

As you can see they all wanted to come take me to the train station! They are so cute and precious! I love them! Look at how cute they are! 4 of us went in a bus/taxi and 8 of them on motorbikes! 3 people to one motorbike! CRAZY! They don't really have laws in Thailand! You can have up to 3 people on a bike and the only person who has to wear a helmet is the driver! Crazy to Americas but it is normal here! :)
Please check out the other pics with the link! There are many more! I hope that you enjoy and can get a feel for what it was like for me in Lampang!

Good-bye party!

At the end of my time in Lampang, we had a party. It was a Sunday. I gave the message that week and I shared about God's love! It was great! Then we had a party! We ate sandwiches, hot dogs, french fries, and all of this was cooked by the kids! They are so cute! I love them and I miss them! I will be going back to Lampang for another round of teaching sometime next year! I also hope to go at Christmas sometime but we will see what is happening in Bangkok! :)

Hanging out!

We had a fun time together! We ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner together most days! We had some great Thai food and some great BBQ! They know how t BBQ pork here, although it is not as good as Texas BBQ! :) But until I get back to Texas it will have to do! :) One Sunday after church all the kids were hanging out and we all decided to go to a coffee shop down the street named, Miami! It was a great little coffee shop with great coffee! Noi and I, my friend who is the pastor up there, took about 12 kids with us to this coffee shop that is pretty small! We packed out the place! It was great! The kids were reading magazines, Noi and I were talking, and we were all just hanging out together!

Bowling

So, when we weren't studying we did many fun things! We went shopping at the market, we watched movies, and one day we went bowling! Some of them had never been bowling before! Oh it was so much fun! We had a blast! As you can see, I taught them how to bowl correctly, through the legs! :) JK! I told them that is how my brothers bowl and they loved it so much! We had ALOT of gutter balls but they had a good time! They do not have bumper buddies here but they should! They would have been helpful for our team! :) Next time I go, they want me to teach them how to play baseball! Well, I think I will teach them wiffle ball! We will learn the rules in class and then we will practice on the field! I think it will be GREAT! :) Great American past time! But this time we bowled!

Teaching in Lampang!

All my students were high school students and that was GREAT! I really enjoyed being with high school students again! Of course there were the usual problems; cell phones in class, being late, and eating while learning. These are all the typical things you expect from a class of teenagers! BUT, I am so thankful that I got to be there with them! We had a great time together! I taught 3 classes and I had 11 students in each class, depending on how many showed up on certain days! I really enjoyed teaching at this church! So many students who love Jesus! It was great! We had a good timing hanging out together!

Train to Lampang

I went to Lampang for a 3 weeks to teach English! And I traveled there by train!! Oh, it was so great! The bus takes 9 hours and the train takes 12 but who cares when you get a little bed to sleep on! It was so great! I slept for about 7 hours! It was great! I recommend the train for sure!! :) I will always take the train! But bring your own food because the train food is expensive and it does not taste good at all!

Paige's World Map

When I think of the world, I think it is not that big. But when I look at this map, I realize that I have a lot more of the world to see! I am excited about that! :)