Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Thailand excitement!

These last couple weeks have been very busy ones! The first Sabbath that I spent in Thailand, we went visiting the people in the village around the area and gave them massages, or as in my case, just talked to the lady about natural ways to help her health, etc. My friend Baw Baw had been taught by this lady and wanted to go talk to her. It was quite exciting to be able to help her with her health in many different ways. I only hope that she will put into practice some of the things we taught her. Eugene, Baw Baw, the lady, and I at her house.

I have learned many things from the health classes. They have taught us how to make charcoal from coconut shells . . . . (Eugene and Jim from Anon training center in Malaysia)


How to apply charcoal. . . . and how to eat charcoal. (This is Pastor Say from Burma)


They also gave us cooking classes and taught us how to make Malaysian food. (It was pretty good, I'm still getting used to the sweet/sour taste, though.) This is Karen from Anon and :) from Thailand. Karen is the master cook!

They taught us how to give chair massages and back massages (the chair massages can be pretty painful when given by a child). This is Crystal, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lee (unfortunately Dr. Lee was not able to make it).Our group was very big! There were between 35-40 people that attended or taught classes regularly. The ones in the front are the teachers from Anon and then the Burmese, Thai, American, Mong, Indian, and some Malaysians are all mixed in. It was like the Tower of Babel with so many languages being spoken! I haven't learned Thai yet, but as I stay here longer, I will. :DAnother picture of our group. This is practically the whole group. There had been a few people missing before!

Something else that kept me very busy was teaching a couple classes for one of my friends. A doctor was supposed to come and teach about disease management, but he was not able to, so Lin had to teach that and I took a couple of her A&P classes (endocrine & excretion), and also CPR and 1st Aid. I had a lot of fun with the CPR and 1st Aid class, but the other two were not as exciting. Never thought I'd be a teacher. ; ) This picture is of me and my dear translator, Ying!Traveling to church was exciting! We were in a big truck/type vehicle and there were quite a few of us in there. I hear that they usually fit many more people in them! The church we went to was very beautiful! It was new and it even had air-conditioning! I got a little chilly, though. :D I think I'm getting quite customized to the warm weather.
(a lady from Thailand, Burma, and I)
Baw Baw and I in Church

This is me, the five Burma girls, a Thai doctor and her sister. We are standing out front of the church. They take their shoes off when going into any church, house, or private building.

This is me, the three girls from Malaysia (plus Crystal, the little one) and Baw Baw.




Well, I have to go back to the school now, but I am headed into the jungle tomorrow! I will not be posting anything too soon, but I hope to hear from you all! God bless. Keep the Lord first.

Remember Ephesians 6:10-12--Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

6 comments:

Kristin said...

I'm glad you are having a good time :) and it was nice to see pictures. I'm praying for you :D

Kelsey said...

Thank you so much for sharing your pictures! Looks like God has got you busy! I'm praying for you too! Love you!

Elizabeth Joy said...

Dear Friend,

I am so excited to see your pictures of Thailand. I don't know these people but the scenes, smells, tastes and experiences are familiar. We met at faith camp. My friend Julie and I had talked to you. We had both been to Thailand in 1991 and visited the border. I'm the really short lady. I want you to know that I know God is with you and will bless you and the work of your hands. Stay very close to Him. Let him guide you every minute.

Barbara

Josh and Stephanie Lewis said...

Hi Phoebe,

It looks like you are having the time of your life!

How is your language acquisition going? You know, I am quite positive that you will speak like a native within 5 months. I am here at YD camp with a great group of guys to follow around. My co counselor is Mitch Swena, who I had never met but only heard or from MC. He is a big blessing, and a joy to work with--plus we keep eachother acocuntable so that is a great help. I will say hello to starr for you. I will be going back to southern in a few weeks, you will be missed, but in reality I wish I could trade places with you. It is 2:47 and classes start at 2:50, so I have to get back to my campers, but I just wanted to say that I enjoy your updaytes take care


In Him,

Joshua

shama said...

Hey my dear sister, I am so excited to read about your experiences--thank you for sharing. I miss you so much and am praying for you. There's lots that I have to share with you, so I'll try to email you soon.

Justin said...

Hey Phoebe! Whoa, I know some of the people in the pictures! Like Eugene. I met them when I was in Malaysia a last month. What a small, small world!

Glad you're still alive,

Justin