Aside from the occasional tired/really hot days I have nothing but positive things to talk about.
Our congregation had CO visit 2 weeks ago and he and his wife were soo encouraging. They just got married in November and our congregation was the first she had been to. She's a natural :) She told me at the assembly today she'll pray that things will work out for me to stay and help in Thailand or at least come back to live here :) At this point I'm feeling like that might just happen. The love I have for the people and the country is nothing I've ever experienced. So my advice to absolutely everyone: if you have a chance to even just visit Thailand, DO IT!
Highlights of last week: got to see rubber trees in service, wouldn't have guessed they looked like that. So cool! (Picture attached) Spent all day Thursday giving out special invitations to the deaf in the area for the assembly since it was interpreted. Almost everyone I got to meet came! 19 deaf were there in total. Rad. One of the sisters ran out of gas on the way back from service, (side note, we go in service on scooters a lot here, also rad) so two other sisters went to pick up gas for her. Was it in a normal gas can? Nope. Not in Thailand. They come scootin' around the corner with the girl on the back riding 'side saddle' holding a glass pop bottle with no lid. Yep. That just happened.
Friday and Saturday we stayed at a beach named Railey and climbed/bouldered down to a lagoon. It was all around epic. There were times I thought I was gonna slip on the ropes we had to pull us up and down but it was so fun, and gorgeous. Then of course we had to stay in a bungalow, that in itself with my coffee in my hand would have been enough for me to be completely happy. Crazy story, Leah this sister from Canada and I were playing with a group of Thai kids at the beach that were absolutely adorable! When they left they all gave us hugs and our hearts melted. Later that night Leah said 'wouldn't it be funny if we saw them tomorrow at the assembly? Then we'd be family for life!' Well.... they were!!! Leah and I FLIPPED when we saw one of the girls! The oldest girl is I think around 16..? She said her family was all Buddhist and the witnesses came to their house, studied the bible with them and they all decided to become Jehovah's Witnesses. They live three hours away from us so we're going to visit them :) I still can't get over it..
The assembly today was awesome. We listened to a brother give a talk in English, then it was translated into Thai, then it was translated into Thai sign. AMazing! That talk was very focused on how important it is to simplify and focus on the more important things in life. Loved it :)
This week I start interpreting songs into Thai sign language. I am SO nervous. But at the same time I'm so excited since I've never been able to before :) so as long as everyone understands the general idea I'm trying to get across, I'll be happy :)
I know everyone has been wanting to see a picture of the squat toilets, I promise as soon as I have an opportunity I will share it. It was most definitely memorable. Haha
I feel like I have so much more to say but I'll leave it at this for now :) I hope everyone is doing awesome! Miss you all!
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