Two of the college interns helped us get taxis to get to the church office. We feel so helpless not being able to even tell a taxi driver where we want to go or knowing whether or not he's taking us to where we want to go. From the church we walker with our intern chaperones to the market to have lunch. Lindsey helped us find the vendor that sells our favorite cashew chicken.!
From the market we went to the university to wait for everyone to get loaded on the bus. It was so hot waiting in the side of the buildings that I had to walk around to create a breeze! About 25 Thai college students joined us for the trip. I was told most of them are not Christians. I thought about taking retreats at college with our campus fellowship group and how fun it was hanging out with my friends. I wonder what they thought about us 4 ladies coming along ...
The bus was unexpectly bright and loud. I think College Party Bus is the best way to describe it. Those kids wanted to have fun - loud music, dancing, ice-breaker games... We did not know what we were in for! We didn't even know how long the ride would be!
After many stops at Seven-Elevens (and our first times using the squatty potties), we arrived at the school in Petchabun. We had dinner in an outdoor cafeteria. Then we went into a bug-filled, covered, concrete-floored assembly area to play games with the kids. They seemed to be late middle-school or early-high school age. Of course some of the games forced us to interact with the kids this made some of the kids be shy and giggle. There was lots of giggling going on as very few of us understood each other!
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