Back in good ol' Khu Khan...

Well, I'm back safe and sound from Chiang Mai, after getting to visit there for 3 days. It was really cool town because it was so much bigger than I thought it would be, and it was also a very "touristy" area so I got to do several adventurous things during my short stay. I got to go to the night bizarre which was HUGE! and also, I got to fly through the rainforest, which not a whole lot of people can claim they did during their summer vacation ;) It was a series of ziplines through the rainforest a little ways outside of Chiang Mai...they harnessed us up and we went from tree to tree "Flying like a Gibbon" (whatever that's supposed to mean...). I enjoyed getting to see a beautiful orchid farm, butterly garden, and one of my favorites--the night safari! There were so many animals and it was a gorgeous park they had them in...me and a friend even had the chance to pose for a picture while holding a baby puma/cougar! Anyway, so thankfully I've made it back safely to Khu Khan, where I'm glad I get to see all my friends again...

Today turned out to be much more fun than we expected...David, Amanda (the new summer missionary), and I went to follow up on a school where we had passed out tracts a week or two ago. Each kid that filled out a response card and checked that they wanted a free Bible story book and DVD, got them(all 60 of them!)...Then we were just hangin around a little bit before going back, and we noticed a whole bunch of kids were running laps and about to play soccer (school was just finishing). So Amanda decided to go play "futbon" with the kids (mostly around 10 years old or so) while I just chilled and took pictures of them...then a girl I had talked to a little earlier came over with a volleyball, so we started playing and a few girls one by one came over, so towards the end we had about 6 or 7 girls in a circle hitting the ball around and it was so much fun! Then when we got back to the house, we were pleasantly surprised to see the twins Gao and Kwan, who are 15 yrs. old and we've gotten to know them pretty well. They speak fairly good English and are very talkative and sweet, so it's great getting to spend time with them. We went and played badminton for a little while, then they invited us to go have dinner with them, so we headed to the market to eat. I'm really gonna miss Gao and Kwan when I go back to the states, but I'm glad God is blessing me with even more time to spend with them before I leave.

I can't believe I only have 6 days until I come back home! I'll be really sad to leave my Thai friends and the Cobbs, but I'm really excited to see my family and friends back in the States again...thanks for all your prayers and encouragement--God has given me an incredible experience here.
Until my next post...