Valentine's Day Party

I think it is not fair to have holidays that are good for some people and bad for others. Valentine's Day is one of those holidays. We have turned it into a day for only couples. Well, I decided to change that, since I don't have a boyfriend! :) So, I gathered my single friends, we are all about the same age, and we got together to celebrate Valentine's Day together!

We started the evening out watching a cheesy but cute romantic comedy, 27 Dresses. It was cute but very predictable! There were some funny parts and we all had a great time laughing throughout the movie and eating popcorn!

After the movie we came back to my house and ate pizza! We went around and said what we liked about the movie and what the funniest part was and there were some great reenactments! It was awesome!

After we were done with dinner we each went around and said something that we loved about people in the room! It was a good time of love and encouragement! We did not finish until 11 pm. It was late but it was really fun and something we will have to do again!
Check out some more photos through the link on the right!

Eng Jet Jan/Feb

Eng Jet is the English program we have at Tai Church! It is a great way to have new people coming to the church all the time! Every month we try to have a new course! The next one starts March 4th! I love teaching and this time two of my friends took the class which made it a lot of fun! We only met for 3 weeks this course but next course will be 4 weeks! They are great students and they are getting a lot of practice, listening, speaking, and working on pronunciation! It is great! I love teaching!

Valentine's Day in Ubon

Happy Valentine's Day!!

We love to celebrate holidays so Valentine's was not missed! We had 8 new people come to church to celebrate and it was great! I got to preach on God's love and after the pastor, Ket, she answered many questions the people had! It was a good time to share with them!

After worship we ate lunch together! One of Thai peoples favorite past times is eating! They eat when two or more are gathered! We had many good things to eat and we enjoyed talking and sharing our lives with each other!

After lunch we had a show by Ket's sister, Ann, and then we played a coupe games! Oh it was fun! Thai Church Ubon has many older people so the games we especially funny! We had a relay race with an egg on a spoon and we had another game with a balloon! I will try to upload the video because it was so great! We had a lot of fun and there were lots of smiles! That is always a good indication of a good time!

We celebrated on the 10th because it was a Sunday and it was Beam's birthday! So we had a cake for her and we sang and prayed for her! It was a fun time! She was so excited about her cake!!
Happy Valentine's Day to all of you!! May you feel loved! Because you are loved!

Cleaning in Ubon

This woman lives in the room that we cleaned. We sang at her house for Christmas Caroling and when we left we said, we need to come over here and help her clean it. She had a stroke a few years ago and cannot move her left side very well. She can do things like sweep and do the dished but moving furniture and carrying things, she cannot do. So we went over to her house and helped her clean. It took 3 hours and the room is not very big!

This is the room before we cleaned it. There were piles of dirt, clothes everywhere, old food, and soot from the "bbq". The most surprising thing was the 10 mice that lived behind her closet and the gecko the size of a small alligator. It was CRAZY! And of course I screamed like crazy! Every time one of the mice came out I screamed and jumped on the bed! It was quite exciting! But crazy to think that she lived in there with them.

I am so glad that we got to help her. The house is more peaceful and more useful and cleaner for sure!! She loves it and was very thankful to us. While we cleaned she washed the dishes outside! She has a great smile and I am glad that we got to show her God's love!
In Ubon I get to live in a village among people who grow their own vegetables, who catch fish for dinner, and who can live on about $30 a month. It is amazing and I am feeling like a real missionary now! This is a place that needs the love of God!