Old Friends and the Best Food Ever- Week 2

I can't believe its been 12 days since I last posted.  Oops.  Time is flying!  This week I rode on my first motorcycle taxi, decided that my new favorite food is mango sticky rice, and accidentally blew out half of my friends birthday candles while I was giving him his cake.  Double oops.

One of the most notable events of the past week that a friend of mine from Hope, Chris, was in town for a few days (including his birthday involving the partially extinguished cake).  I think I exhaled too much or something.  Anyways.  I hadn't even been here for two weeks when already another time in my life intersected with my life here.  It was so great to show him around with my still very limited Bangkok knowledge and for my ISM friends to meet him.  We had some great conversations and Chris and I discovered not one but two amazing coffee shops here in the city.  Coffee shops are somewhere that I love to be and that help me feel at home.  I'm thankful to have already found some places that can be that for me here!  I love how diverse the international community is.  There are all sorts of people from all over the world here at the YWAM base, and one of my ISM classmates had some friends visiting from Sweden who  have been with us for the past week.

On Saturday, we went to Thai cooking school and it might actually have been the best food I have ever eaten.  We made tom yum (soup), pad thai, spring rolls, green curry, and mango sticky rice.  The recipes were pretty easy and so delicious!

Yesterday (Sunday) we went to NightLight's church (the ministry I will be working with starting next month).  It was incredible.  Even though worship was in Thai, we knew many of the songs and God's presence was heavy in the room.  We sang "Break Every Chain" which took on a deeper meaning than it had for me before.  I'm so excited to begin serving with them!

God has been answering my prayers for more of Him this past week.  It was our "Spiritual Week" and we had some awesome teachings on a variety of topics.  I'm thankful for a deepened desire for His presence and for a community around me that is running with me towards more of Him and His glory.  He is worthy and He is worth it!

Glory be to the God who breaks every chain!

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Only some of the delicious things I get to eat here!

Sawatdee kha from Thai cooking class!