The journey begins...

Well, after flying about 23 hours, stopping in LA and Hong Kong (officially the coolest airport ever :), I'm here in Bangkok, where I'm staying with one of the other summer missionaries in the Baptist guesthouse (she's flying out tomorrow). I'll get to stay one more day here tomorrow to just hang out, shop, etc. before leaving for the missionaries' hometown 8 hours away in eastern Thailand. All my flights went smoothly with no interruptions; my biological clock is just a little off from the time change though...Wednesday never even existed for me! I enjoyed riding a motorcycle taxi for the first time (just hop on behind the driver and zip through all the crazy traffic!) and a tuk-tuk, which just has a cab hooked on the back of a motorcyle. It was great to have some good ol' McDonalds after that airplane food... Anyway, tonight I'll be meeting a young missionary couple (who live close to the Cobbs) and my summer missionary partner for the summer (Kendall), who will be the ones I'll ride with on Saturday to the Cobbs house. That's about all for now...thanks for reading and keep checkin up on it!

~Hannah Banana

Ready or not, here it comes!

It's unbelievable that I only have a week left until I get on a plane to leave for Thailand! I'm so excited to see what the Thai people are like and what God had planned for the summer. For those who don't know, I'll be staying until July 17th, and I'll be working with a missionary family in eastern Thailand. From what I understand, we'll be doing mostly ESL, along with some gospel distribution and Bible studies. I can't believe God is allowing me to serve Him, especially overseas because I love getting to experience other cultures. It's gonna be incredible to see what great things I know God will do this summer! I'd really appreciate your prayers as I'm over there... Some requests you could pray for are:

~receptivity and understanding of the gospel among the Thai people
~safety of the missionary family, me, and other various volunteers that'll be coming throughout the summer
~clarity when teaching English to Thai people, especially with the language barrier
~spiritual well-being of everyone ministering

I'll try my best to keep the blog updated fairly often because I understand that we'll have Internet access where I'm staying-- but I know I'll be really busy with the mission work, so I won't know until I get there...

Until next time,
Hannah

Isaiah 12:4,5