SO! Wow....I just never updated this as much as I should have! So much happened every day that it was hard to write it all out every night!
What an amazing time I had in Thailand! I didn't want to go, nor was I prepared to leave....it all happened so fast! I should've burned my passport....I think that would have been sufficient. ;)
During my last few weeks there I was able to help Tom Silkwood with the lighting on set....I wasn't able to help as much as I would have liked to, but I was hardly ever at the building for the first few weeks, so we took a day to fix some of the cameras. The time and focus that it takes to build a movie set was well beyond my expectations. I praise God that He uses the efforts and skills of the Silkwoods and their staff to do such a time-consuming work for Him! Their labor pays off in many ways, and I'm thankful for it.
The weekend before I was able to help them, I was a high school counselor at Hume Lake in a mountain resort in Chiang Mai. Hume Lake is a very popular Christian camp back in the States, but every other year they haul out some of their staff to Thailand and hold a camp for missionary kids and other high schoolers interested. We were able to see many come to know the Lord that week, and the Lord really blessed us with the speaker, Chris, who has a way of captivating the hearts of any around him, and the students loved him. God was great! He worked on my heart as well....
My plans are to return to Thailand.....I'm filling out another teaching application and praying over it, as well as considering my options for volunteering in other ministries. I'm open to what the Lord has for me....He has allowed me to love the people of Thailand and to love helping the ministries there as well. Only God knows what is in my future! I love that song, "Many things about tomorrow, I don't seem to understand, but I know Who holds the future, and I know Who holds my hand." So true! And I couldn't praise Him enough for it.
Thank you for keeping updated with me....you all have been very patient in waiting sometimes weeks for me to do so....I tried to keep as many things updated as I could, but it's not one of my talents, staying in touch. Haha! Enjoy the pictures! For those of you nearby, I'll be speaking twice about my trip there....once on Saturday, November 7, at the International Missions Dinner at Grace Baptist in Tremont, and I'll have a slideshow with some more pictures of my trip, and also at My Sister's Keeper ladies meeting on Tuesday, November 10, at 6:30 p.m. You can get ahold of me if you need directions! Thanks again!
