We are in Thailand!
My mom took this picture of
us when she dropped us off at the airport, and here we are with all our
belongings! 2 suitcases, a carry-on, and personal item each. Thankfully,
everything went well with our move!
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| Leaving Atlanta Airport |
Boy, who is our Thai tutor, and
Vicki from Special Blessings/Blessing Home Isan, picked us up from the airport
and walked us through our transition for our first week in Thailand. We would
have been completely lost without their help! Going days without having a
phone/internet/being able to communicate with people in a new country is
extremely stressful, but having them with us made everything ok!
All the TMM missionaries get
together every 6 weeks. The meeting fell after 1 week of our arrival. Having
everyone in one room eating together really felt like a family holiday for
us. It was also a surprise baby shower for Boy and May, and a surprise
house warming for us.
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| Me and May |
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| All of the TMM missionaries |
We started language school!
We have about 10 students in our class. We have class 4 mornings a week and 2
teachers each day so that we can learn from a variety of teachers and become
acclimated to the different accents and dialects. The class is small and
intimate and we enjoy our classes and teachers. We had been studying Thai language
for the last 6 months before we moved. Within a week our class had caught up to
us! They really threw us in, which we are thankful for and hope we learn
quickly!
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| Walen language school classroom |
We don’t have a car yet, so
we have been using public transportation. Usually we walk everywhere or take
the songthaew. A songthaew is a normal truck that has seats and a cover over
the bed of the truck. They have different colored trucks and routes. A lot of
Thai people use this everyday to get to school or work. The most common form of
transportation is still the motorbike. It is extremely common to see whole families
on one motorbike.
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| Songthaew we take to class |
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| Traffic near our house |
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| Family on a motorbike |
Many of you know that leaving
our dog in Georgia was very hard for us. Our dog, Cinnamon Bun, is 15 years old
and we didn’t believe that this move would be good for him and he has now
become my parents' dog. Shortly after arriving in Thailand, our friends Boy and
May who are about to have a baby had decided to rehome their dog, Nano. They
gave us Nano and she has been so good for us! We know that this was a blessing
from God, and that He knew when we were crying leaving Cinna in the states that
Nano was already waiting for us in Thailand.
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| The moment we got Nano |
