Teacher= Ajan

This week has been great (like the rest :) We've been teaching, and now that we're really in the groove of everything, we're getting to know the students and enjoying the time we spend with them so much! We have a set schedule for teaching, and we all get to teach with the others of our team different days, so it helps things not get boring or mundane...This week we did lot of fun games and taught the students mostly about occupations. On Monday, our group (Stu, Lydia, Sarah Beth, & me) finished about 10 or 15 minutes early,so we decided to let the kids (about 30) teach us the Thai names for the occupations we had taught them...now that was hilarious! The words seemed so hard to us and the students got quite a kick out out of us trying to say them, especially since here and there would would mess up the tones :)

I love me & Rachel's Wednesday class because they are 3rd year English majors and they can speak English really well...We played a word game called Blurt and Scrabble, which they seemed to thoroughly enjoy. We got to eat with 3 of the students as well after our class, so it was great to get to know them better.

Nothing much has happened out of the ordinary, except it was great because a student named Oui came to our class in the Hotel Managament Faculty, but she had been Wednesday so she already knew occupations...She asked us some interview questions that she had to have for another class, and somehow we got into why we had the names we had. Lydia proceeded to tell the story of Lydia in the Bible, and I got to explain about Hannah in the Bible...for the next 30 minutes or so, Lydia and I sat with Oui going through stories in the Bible to explain the gospel to her. I'm not sure she understand all of it because she's not fluent but she did seem to understand some of the major points Lydia was trying to get across, so please pray that we'll have more opportunities to further explain, and use a Thai Bible, to show her the truth and hope God gives to those who follow Him.

We held another party at our apartment last night, which we've decided to do every Friday because they are such a success...A total of about 30 or so students came, and it's lot of fun to get to hang out with them and have more one on one conversations than in the classroom. One of the 3rd year students from mine & Rachel's Wednesday class came (Tongz) and brought a couple of friends, so Aaron & I got to talk with them for a long time and play some Uno as well :) And oddly enough, another one of their friends came who was from the Philippines! His name is Jake and he lives with his parents right around the corner from our apartment...He's lived in Thailand for only a year now, and is originally from Manila (he speaks fluent English)...his parents are Christians, and he said he is, but as he stated he's "not the religious type" and hasn't been to church in about 6 months. Please pray for Jake and that God will break down those walls so he can experience the grace of God once more and live completely devoted to the Lord.

Today we get to rest and plan some, so it's a nice break from this a busy week...I'll probably head to Big C (like Walmart)sometime this afternoon, which is usually a pretty hap'nin place lol :)

*Random Facts for the day:
-a 1st year student, or freshman, are called "Freshy"...Our Monday class is all "Freshies" haha
-ALL students wear uniforms to school...including college students!