Non Immigrant B

Okay, so it has been an extremely long weekend, especially coming off last weekend. Monday was the king's birthday, so there was celebration all weekend. I went on Sunday to a big park where all the different religions had designated times to celebrate. Christians had from 5-10. Or something like that. I was really tired, because of the non-restful dreams I kept having that I mentioned in my previous post. But I knew I needed to go, because I came here to see God move. Why would I not go to where many of his people were gathered? It turned out to be pretty cool. It was entirely in Thai, but my friend would tell me what was going on. There was a lot of prayer, and I mean A LOT. I think they covered every topic imaginable. And there was some singing. I guess famous Thai worship songwriters came out to lead different songs. Some of those were ones I knew in English! I'll post video on Facebook eventually. The next day was a national holiday (the king's birthday/father's day [interesting, isn't it?]) and the plan was to hang out with my students form Santisuk for a bit and then relax with friends. What I didn't realize was that I would be spending 9 hours with people who don't really speak English. It was actually okay though. There was a lot of walking around and picture taking, and not much language is required for that. And they tried to keep me in the loop, which was nice of them. We wandered around the king's park and I must say, the lake thing is pretty nice. We stayed to watch the fireworks and then walked a long way to beat traffic. Then waited out traffic by eating dinner.. at 9 o'clock at night. I didn't end up getting home til 10, but that was okay because I didn't have work in the morning. :) Then the rest of this week, it's been the same. Except for Wednesday. Wednesday, the other kindergarten teacher and I went to immigration with the visa lady who works for our school. I now officially have a non-immigrant b visa, and that lasts til March. After that it depends on what I do with my school contract. But that's for then. I don't want to worry about it now! Last thing- I'm singing again at church tonight. Maybe I'll post video here later.. if it's any good.

I'm grateful for the people that God has surrounded me with here. But I want to go deeper with some of them. I have many surface friendships that don't have much else. I guess I never mentioned here that in January, I will be moving in with one of my friends here, Heide. She's from the Philippines. Her roommate is moving out, so she asked if I wanted to move in. It's a nicer place and splitting it two ways will be cheaper than what I'm paying now, so I said definitely. I'm excited for the opportunity to get to know her a lot better. It'll be cool. In other news, I have Monday off again; it's Constitution Day. And I found out today that next Friday, the kindergarteners will be going to OceanWorld (an aquarium type thing)! And I get to go! Yeeeee!! I'm very excited. Also because that means I only have to plan for one day of teaching next week. :)

That's it folks. If you want to know more, you can always ask!
Trace

Philippians 4:6-7

Don't worry about anything; instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

I needed this today. I keep dreaming about them. And yesterday I felt completely useless here. And I missed home. But God is a God of peace. I hadn't been spending enough time in prayer and in the Word, so I dedicated some time to that this morning. Be praying for me.