Something I don't think I could hate more; leaving. All the 'Lasts' and the "Goodbyes'. Leaving somewhere, people who you have lived life with for any extended period of time. Its the that time of year again, the time of year I dreaded in Canada, has come about in Thailand all too quickly.
Last is so final: in the end; finally; in conclusion.
So we had our last ministry on Thursday, our last week in the office, our last trip to such a such beach or restaurant, and our last weekend all together in Thailand.
This week will fly past, we have Foundational Leadership Training, wednesday - friday. On Saturday we graduate this Pais year. And then the goodbyes start. Joel, Linda and Imko fly on Sunday. Nic, Sarah, Louise and Josh on Tuesday, Sam on Wednesday. Saying goodbye to the people I have lived and worked with 24/7 will be hard, but easier then saying goodbye to the kids, who it will be hard to keep in contact with.
Getting over this hurdle is the thing forefront in my mind right now, but I am looking forward to the new adventure in Rotherham. Maybe not the culture shock!
It not all bad, last week Linda, Sam and I went to Krabi. It was awesome. I ate crocodile and chilled on the most stunning beach ever. On Friday we went to see the Morgans, and stayed in a traditional Thai house, after going honey hunting through the forest - unfortunately the tigers live on the other side of the island so I didn't see any. But we got to squeeze the fresh wild honey into a bottle. Its awesome from the mango flower, its dark and tastes a bit like molasses.
anyway, a random blog post for a random time in my life...
Monday, June 29, 2009
Monday, June 01, 2009
Drama, Drama, Drama
When writing the weekly report for last week, the one word I used to sum it up was Ouch, but now I'm thinking Drama would have been a better word!
It all started on the 22nd of May. We where doing fruit games at Sussex House, and after various messy games, such as apple bobbing, banana tossing and squeezing orange juice, we played fruit bowls. Anyway lets just say that I managed to slip on the wet floor, and bang my head.. fair does, what does it really matter. Actually, a little bit, after a few minutes the headaches started, yay for headaches. Hey, I lived with headaches for a long time last year. Any the drama in this story concerns other people, as they wanted me to go to doctors, which I flatly refused due to my experience in Canada, take pain relief and rest - I paid like $100 for this privilege - not again! So far I have managed to stop them forcing me to the doctors, but please pray that the headache will go away, it is mainly subtle but can get painful at times.
The last week was full of Drama, Drama prep and 4 hours of Drama lessons at Tessa Bann, where we interacted with 140+ kids! Sweet! We are doing a 5 week drama course, using the story Daniel in the lions den. Lets say it is very fun to act, between 2 of you! So far we have introduced the story and the idea of voice projection Over the next 3 weeks we will look at Emotions, Body Language and Stage Positions, the final week, will see each group - 6 to a class- perform in front of their class mates. At the end of every session we have Question a Pais Worker, please be praying that we will get questions about why we are here, about the story and why Daniel was praying, and just opportunities to share our faith. This might be the students only opportunity in their lives to hear about God.
I changed my days off, so I could spend Friday and Saturday with Laura, before doing a stupidly early airport drop on Sunday morning, at least now I can laugh that she is in freezing England. Im terribly jealous of the amount of Thailand she has seen after just 2 months, I've been here 10! Linda and I have just booked a weekend off - we are allowed 3, and its my first this year oohhps -, and we are going to go to Krabi, Im also counting my pennies to see if I have enough money to go to Chiang Mai at the end of the year.
On Friday Laura and I, went on an ATV tour in Pang Na. It was sweet, there was just 4 of us on the tour, Laura and I and an Australian couple who are honeymooning here. We had fun, and got extremely muddy, especially and the couple from OZ and I got stuck. It was sweet! Friday date we went to all you can eat Japanese. Saturday morning we planned to get up early and go to the Royal Yacht Club for breakfast, but we had eaten too much at Oishi. We made our way to Nai Harn, where we both neglected to but sun cream on our faces - yay for looking like beetroot! We then went for a Thai Massage then headed to the Night Market where we sampled lots of yummy food.
Re-cap on Prayer Points:
1. That my headache will go away
2. For oppertunties to stem out of the Q+A at Tessa Baan.
3. For support for next year. Im still looking for 10 people to sponsor me £10 a month. If you are interested and would like to know more please contact me
4. Passion for England, where I will be serving next. I still haven't made a decision, but I need a love for the kids I will be seeing next year, even though I don't know them yet.
It all started on the 22nd of May. We where doing fruit games at Sussex House, and after various messy games, such as apple bobbing, banana tossing and squeezing orange juice, we played fruit bowls. Anyway lets just say that I managed to slip on the wet floor, and bang my head.. fair does, what does it really matter. Actually, a little bit, after a few minutes the headaches started, yay for headaches. Hey, I lived with headaches for a long time last year. Any the drama in this story concerns other people, as they wanted me to go to doctors, which I flatly refused due to my experience in Canada, take pain relief and rest - I paid like $100 for this privilege - not again! So far I have managed to stop them forcing me to the doctors, but please pray that the headache will go away, it is mainly subtle but can get painful at times.
The last week was full of Drama, Drama prep and 4 hours of Drama lessons at Tessa Bann, where we interacted with 140+ kids! Sweet! We are doing a 5 week drama course, using the story Daniel in the lions den. Lets say it is very fun to act, between 2 of you! So far we have introduced the story and the idea of voice projection Over the next 3 weeks we will look at Emotions, Body Language and Stage Positions, the final week, will see each group - 6 to a class- perform in front of their class mates. At the end of every session we have Question a Pais Worker, please be praying that we will get questions about why we are here, about the story and why Daniel was praying, and just opportunities to share our faith. This might be the students only opportunity in their lives to hear about God.
I changed my days off, so I could spend Friday and Saturday with Laura, before doing a stupidly early airport drop on Sunday morning, at least now I can laugh that she is in freezing England. Im terribly jealous of the amount of Thailand she has seen after just 2 months, I've been here 10! Linda and I have just booked a weekend off - we are allowed 3, and its my first this year oohhps -, and we are going to go to Krabi, Im also counting my pennies to see if I have enough money to go to Chiang Mai at the end of the year.
On Friday Laura and I, went on an ATV tour in Pang Na. It was sweet, there was just 4 of us on the tour, Laura and I and an Australian couple who are honeymooning here. We had fun, and got extremely muddy, especially and the couple from OZ and I got stuck. It was sweet! Friday date we went to all you can eat Japanese. Saturday morning we planned to get up early and go to the Royal Yacht Club for breakfast, but we had eaten too much at Oishi. We made our way to Nai Harn, where we both neglected to but sun cream on our faces - yay for looking like beetroot! We then went for a Thai Massage then headed to the Night Market where we sampled lots of yummy food.
Re-cap on Prayer Points:
1. That my headache will go away
2. For oppertunties to stem out of the Q+A at Tessa Baan.
3. For support for next year. Im still looking for 10 people to sponsor me £10 a month. If you are interested and would like to know more please contact me
4. Passion for England, where I will be serving next. I still haven't made a decision, but I need a love for the kids I will be seeing next year, even though I don't know them yet.
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