130909 Monday

Hey! This is N and J updating you from Thailand. The previous writers got fired as they were simply too boring. Yeah...

N: So... Hey J, so how was today?

J: It was great starting the day off with the concept of honoring one another, which really was edifying. Jacob received encouraging words from Ying Qi for being honored for being a brotherly person to us, bunch of kids during the past few days! Whilst Kirstie received words from Neo, of being honored for being real and caring towards kids! :) Yay, that was great, strengthening words to encourage each other to walk longer distances on this walk of faith!

N: Yeah, that's good news for Gabriel too. Anyways, Neo totally received words that he's uber cool and awesome. *cough cough* Oh yeah, then we went shopping in some open market place. Some of us bought some stuff for our loved ones and friends, so if you don't receive any gifts....

J: Yeah, but I received from Clarence, he got me this COOL water bottle holder, so I can look cool walking around and free my hands so I can shop! YThe Thais are so totally creative and innvative and of course, having a lovely to purchase it as a gift for me! Oh yes, but the funnest part of the day, was watching ANDREW DANCE! WHOOTS!


N: Yeah. Before we get on to them. We had a totally awesome lunch of beef kway tiao and wanton mee at paew's store. And on to our afternoon programme, where we conducted a children's club at Sawaeng Ha...

J: Gosh! I think today, everyone got a taste of Andrew's true powers! His dance prowness and his knack of teaching dance moves to the kids, as we all danced to JAI-HO (with moves with names like Helicopter, JellyFish, Ajar Ajar), and how loud they all screamed when the song went JAI HO, it was pure fun to see the entire team mingling so well with the kids, we could probably stand a high chance of handling our own kids in the future?

N: Yeah ....we would like to upload a video of Andrew dancing but decided against it as he would be totally flooded with calls from India. Anyway, we also had this skit/craft session/message on the lost sheep (which is basically the same as what we did yesterday, if you have been following us). That was led by Ying Qi and Andrew, and Ying Qi gave a testimony of being lost and found. After playing several games of icebreakers and singing some Thai songs, we now come to the evangelistic concert.

J: What was really moving in the concert, had to be the Everything skit. A stage that had a literal lorry as a backdrop, and metal gates and kids just sitting two steps away from the actors/actresses, they all did really well in managing the space, and the emotions being protrayed of God's love.. Itwas really moving, it made me feel the magnitude of God's love for me, *deep breath* nice.

N: Yeah, smashing job by everyone for Everything, especially the 2 leads. We also had the flashcard presnetation, where we wrote our 2-line testimonies on coloured paper. It was pretty cool as the kids read out the Thai alphabets we ourselves wrote. Following that was En Min's testimony, where she talked about how God makes everyone special and unique.

J: Talk about the amount of time, we spent simply on writing out the cards, I do take pleasure in loving the Chinese language more, and found it easier! The Thai language has 44 alphabets and 5 vowels, which really made our writing time, felt like Caligraphy lessons but it was good! I feel child-like, and that's what God has called out to be mah.

N: Anyway, the kids loved the dances so much that we danced it a couple of times. Besides Jai-Ho there was also a dance to "every move you make". Even pastor Eng Kiat joined in and he was almost as cool as Andrew. Besides that, Andrew and Alvin perfromed RK's abide in you in Thai.