Flooded ship

Well, we didn't see a flooded ship... but we did see a ship and then a flood.

We visited the Doulos ship the other day, which navigates its way throughout Asia and brings knowledge, help and hope to others. There are over 350 volunteers (over 50 nationalities) that raise support to be on the ship for anywhere between 2 weeks and 2 years. The ship is an amazing ministry with a huge "floating library" that brings knowledge and the gospel (hope) to the lost. Volunteers from the boat also help out in the cities/communities at each port, whether it's painting a church, building a house, playing with the children, etc.

GBA=Great Books for All

I actually had two awesome women from the ship come to my Spanish class on Wednesday to talk about the ministry in Spanish! What a great opportunity it was for the kids to hear about the ministry, hear the gospel, and hear two native Spanish speakers! It was truly a once in a lifetime opportunity for them, as the ship only comes to Bangkok every other summer (and most students only take foreign language for two years). [Pictures to come]. Due to this connection, we were able to get an inside tour of the Doulos ship, which was fun!

Here's a sweet picture of Holly and me under the Korean flag that was on the ship to represent one of the many nationalities. We've been embracing our "Asian-ness" more than ever since arriving in Thailand.


Saturday evening we met up with a friend of mine that I've known since elementary school. We go all the way back to Brownie girl scouts in 2nd grade. Crazy, huh? Anyone, she is currently on a tour of Asia with her best friend. They were in Bkk the other day, so we met up with them at the Suam Lum Night Bizarre, had some dinner and did a little shopping. It starting POURING when we were eating dinner and it continued to rain even past when we left the bizarre 3 hours later! The streets were flooded beyond ankle deep, which makes it kind of nasty gross... Bkk is already pretty dirty, so then to see dirty water and miscellaneous things floating in it, along with some funky smell doesn't make you want to walk through it, but we did anyway since life just seems to go on. When in Rome...




And lastly, here is a picture of Holly and me with our awesome Thai phrase books/dictionaries. Mike and I bought ours in the states and Holly liked it so much that she wanted to get one too... I could hardly believe that we were able to find the exact same book in a Thai bookstore a few weeks ago! It certainly has come in handy on more than one occasion. I really need to hire a language tutor though...especially since everyone thinks I'm Thai.