Halfway there...

Sorry it's been awhile since I've written...I didn't realize a week had passed by! We've reached the halfway point for the summer--1 month down, 1 to go...It makes me slightly sad that it's already reached halfway, but I'm glad for the time we've had and that we still have a whole month left :)

Some things from this week...
~you can definitely tell when rainy season is in full swing! The other day we went to the night market on campus and as we were finishing dinner, the bucket dropped...within like a 5-10 minute period, you could see the stark difference of color in the sky--as first just dark cause it's night, then unbelievable black as the winds came in and the Thais with their little booths started scurrying to take cover during the torrential downpour...So we waited for awhile, then left as it was sprinkling to catch a song-tao before it got to late and they stopped going around town. Then as we were on it, it poured and poured more and we saw lots of people that were drenched as they were riding their motorcycles...It's been raining pretty much every night now.

~Last week, we attempted to make pancakes at our apartment...somehow we didn't know how to read the ingredients or something cause the batter turned out REALLY watery. And it being about 7pm, we didn't have time to go to Big C, and none of the convenient stores have flour or some kind of other filling to make it thicker. So I figured hey, what would it hurt to put "Nesvita" in there, which is like a hot instant cereal mix that's powdery and sweet like malt. We put several packets of that in there, and just a little bit of oatmeal...Needless to say, the pancakes were slightly lumpy, but SO good! I think we've discovered a new pancake recipe haha ;)

~A friend of ours, Woot, took us to a vegetarian restaurant the other night...It was really good! And the lady that runs it, Pee-Ben, speaks fluent English and is so passionate about informing people about eating healthy, naturally grown foods to live a longer life. She is such a sweet lady, and I can't wait to go back...Please pray for her though because she told us she became a Christian (I think maybe when she was in Austria studying?), but now she is open to many religions since, according to her, they all teach people to be good...I pray that we'll continue to have more opportunities to speak to her and explain that we can never be good enough on our own, but desperately need the grace of God.

~The party last night went great...Most of the people that came last night were third year students and spoke great English (as opposed to last week, many were "Freshies"), so it was a good change to have a smaller crowd and talk more easily with them. Three of the girls watched Madagascar 2 with us (great movie by the way!) and they seemed to really enjoy that...them understanding most of the movie shows you just how much English they know :) Anyway, today we'll get to just hang out and rest...we may go to the night market--hopefully we won't get drenched ;)

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