Sorry it's been several days since my last post;our internet's been broken for the past couple of days...anyway, I've finished my first full week of ministry and have absolutely loved it! Wednesday we went to a village to pass out some more tracts and Thursday we got to go to the school here in Khukhan (3,000 students from all around the province!) to teach some English and answer any questions the kids had for us "faranges". It's kinda funny getting to go to the schools because whenever we wave or smile to the kids, they'll get all shy and the girls start giggling and hide behind each other. I'm excited to have met a few girls and teachers who can speak some English...in fact, one of the teachers knows fluent English because she lived in the States for 1o years! So me and Kendall have gotten to go out to eat with her and a friend of hers--they're both about 27, so it's great to have some Thai women we'll be able to personally reach out to during the rest of our time here. Please pray for us as we develop or relationships with Patty and Ni--and that they would see the difference of Christ in us.

Friday we didn't have any ministry to do, and the prince's wife was coming, so there were flags lining the streets and huge posters decorated of her...it was quite a site to see! On Saturdays, we have a weekly children's ministry we do at a couples' house about 15 or 20 minutes from Khukhan. The children sing several Thai songs, then the pastor teaches a Bible story to the kids. Then me and Kendall taught the kids a short English lesson about emotions then taught them the song "If you're happy and you know it...", which was good song for the because even if they couldn't quite pick up the words of the song, they could at least do the motions of clapping their hands, etc. There were about 12-15 kids there this week which I think is about average for the Saturday ministry. I enjoyed going to church in Khukhan on Sunday, although I went by myself because the Cobbs went to the other church in Sisaket and Kendall wasn't feeling too well. Afterwards, one of the ladies and a couple of the girls lured me into the kitchen to help them make lunch, which made them so happy to be able to teach me how to make papaya salad. I've found several Thai food I really enjoy, you just have to be careful because the majority of Thai food has lots and lots of peppers in it, so it'll catch your mouth on fire, including papaya salad!

I'm continuing to try to learn some of the Thai language, but it's kinda difficult since they have 5 different tones, so you have to be careful how you say things... It's great though that body language and smiling can go a long way!

I continue to look forward to all the new opportunities God gives me everyday; thanks for praying for the missionaries and the Khmer people!

~Hannah

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