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Sunday 29 March 2007

We had our first service in payap and coincidentally they were having a combined worship assembly.
A total of 5 churches combined at payap.
It started off with worship, then communion, offering and ended with 2 sermons.
There was a lunch-in where everyone had packed lunch.
We set off for Mae Hong Son at about 1pm.
From payap, we had a total of 10 people, and cheungdoi had 5 people.
After travelling for about 2 hours, the van that carried the cheungoi people and S.E.S could not continue the journey.
So, we left the van at some police station and Jenny's uncle drove his truck to pick us up.
The journey to Jenny's resort was 7 hours long.
The roads were so winding, and they were like those you see in Initial D. cool eh.
There were dirt roads as well, and by the time we reached Jenny's, those seated at the back of P'Robert's truck were covered in dust.
Jenny welcomed us with a sumptious dinner!
We walked over to her house after dinner to have a look at her dogs.
They were humongous and super friendly.
Jenny's balcony had an awesome view of the mountains.
It was so pretty, we almost wanted to just sleep at her balcony to catch the sunrise, but no we did not.
Headed back to the resort, played a few rounds of skip-bo, then we hit the sack.

Monday 30 March 2007

We were supposed to wake up at 7am but the 3 of us only woke up at 8am when Oan came knocking on our door.
It was a hilarious scene coz we washed up in 10minutes.
Everything happened so fast, it felt as if a hurricane hit our room.
Thankfully we weren't too late, we managed to grab some breakfast that Jenny prepared.
English camp started at 9am.
We began with introduction and songs with the kids.
The kids were rather shy, so we had to get high to warm them up.
After songs, we split the kids up into 4 groups (The older ones into 3, the younger kids in one group)
There were a total of 3 stations in the morning where the kids get to learn English and just have fun.
The younger kids had some art work and stuff to make.
I did one of the stations and it was great seeing how the kids learn English words and play around.
We broke off for lunch before carrying out the afternoon part of the camp.
This time I led Group 2 with Jeff.
We brought the kids around to the different stations and that day ended with songs.
The kids at the hill tribe are so respectful.
Each time they see you, they'll bow, even when you're sitting down, they'll bend down and walk pass.

We stayed with the hill tribe and again it was a once-in-19-years experience for the three of us.
Unlike in Baw Geaw, this hill tribe did not have electricity.
So we had to bathe before sunset.
The family we were staying with cooked local food for us.
The rice they cooked were fat and big, just eating a few mouthfuls got us so full.
Ended the night with a meeting and a group of us lying around looking at the sky.

Tuesday 1 May 2007

Second day of English camp. It was easier to get the kids warmed up.
Did some fun songs then we split them up into the same groups.
This time I led the younger ones and we taught them how to make crowns.
They were so adorable!
Some had lots of crosses on their crowns.
All the kids got back after finishing the different stations,
then P'Robert had the boys say to the girls, ''How are you?''
and the girls had to reply, 'I am fine, thank you.''
The English camp ended at lunch time.
All of us had lunch at the school, then the prayer walk started.
We walked from the hill tribe all the way to a waterfall.
Throughout the prayer walk, we had a total of 5 stations.
We prayed for the kids in the village, the people in the village,
the people of Thailand, our own spiritual growth and our own churches.
At each station, we had to pick a stone and hit a target.
Just like how David hit Goliath with one shot.
Some of the kids from the village joined us as well.
We reached a waterfall and had a great time there.
Everyone just got into the water and started playing.
Here's another once-in-19-years-experience for S.E.S.
We climbed up the rocks to get to the other side of the waterfall where the guys were, but we kept slipping coz the rocks were just too slippery.
Just when we got up, the others were about to get down.
We were on our way down when we decided we should just jump off the waterfall.
Shermaine went first, then me, and finally Sheena.
It wasn't a very high jump, so it's safe.
When we jumped, we aimed for the bubbling pool and it was fun fun fun.
After playing with the kids in the pool, we made our way back for dinner.
It was our last meal there and the food was good.
We left for Jenny's resort for a night's rest after dinner.

Wednesday 2 May 2007

Spaghetti and scrambled eggs for breakfast.
Then we made our way back to Chiangmai.
The ride was way cooling and we slept through.
Arrived in Chiangmai at lunchtime, Marvin fell sick so he slept in the truck while we had lunch.
Came back to the zone and spent the day resting.

Thursday 3 May 2007

Today's the day where S.E.S. had to prepare dinner for cell group.
It was quite a feat for us to prepare dinner for 17 people!
We did wanton noodles and it was a disaster preparing it.
They don't sell those noodles here, so we made do with what looked like mee sua to us.
After an hour's of cooking, everyone came up.
Seriously it was an hour of stress, the noodles were hard to cook,
the soup didn't taste right, the sauce for the noodles was not that easy to handle..
BUT, we survived through and everyone enjoyed the dinner.
Though the kids seemed to have a hard time eating the noodles.
Oh man, halfway through cooking, we almost wanted to ask the Thais to get their own dinner.
Just imagine the 3 of us scrambling around in the kitchen trying to cook a proper meal and you'll get what I mean.

Cell group was next.
We had a round of ice-breaking, playing dog-and-bone.
Sang some songs, then Woot did the lesson on love.
Cell ended at around 8pm, so we decided to catch Spiderman 3 with some of the Cheungdoi people.
The show was at 8.30pm, we got into the Jao-ford and whizzed off to Kad Suan Kaew.
We arrived just in time, and when we entered the cinema, they played the King's song.
So everyone in the cinema had to stand up as a form of respect.
The people in Thailand have a lot of respect for their King and their country.
They'll play the national song at 8am and 6pm at Carrefour everyday, and when you hear it, you've gotta stand still.
Ok back to the movie.
It ended at 11pm and we made our way back to the zone.
Went over to Little's shop to hang around, it has become quite a favourite hang-out spot for us.

alright, I spent two days typing all these out and I'm dead tired trying to recall everything we did.
The daily Spiritual Discipline has been enriching and we've all learnt a lot from the discussions we held.
Pray for God's guidance and wisdom as S.E.S. start to take over the lessons.
Ok, that's it for now.
God bless everyone!

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