TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVES MORE
We met at Brian's home yesterday after the late church service for more Thailand information. Brian's wife, Amy, prepared us the most unbelievable Thai luncheon: Easy Green Curry with Pork over Jasmine Rice, Fried Spring Rolls and Pad Kee Mao (Drunken Noodles). WOW - Amy is one awesome cook and a hostess with a servant's heart. Everyone present knows what at least one of Amy's God-given talents are. Thank you Amy and Brian for sharing your home.
After our fabulous luncheon, we all gathered in the family room for devotion and prayer led by Pastor Whitfield from Psalm 18. We moved on to talking about our God sightings and several of us commented on how God was working through our friends and family to support our fund raising efforts. This has been an overwhelming and humbling experience. Sandy said that a 10 year old boy gave her $30.00 that he had put aside from his grass cutting money to help with our Thailand trip. Several of our members talked about the support they have received from their employers which allows them to leave their job for a couple weeks. We are blessed with understanding families and supportive friends!
We discussed more about clothing "dos and don'ts" and found out that Thai women prefer proper dress. Here's an excerpt from a letter we received from our "Thai sponsors": For the women on your team, modest tops, knee-length skirts, nice slacks/pants/capris are good when doing team ministry activities. Nice shorts are fine for free time, shopping and sight-seeing (except in temples and the Grand Palace where long pants are required for everyone). For the men on your team, sport shirts or polo shirts and nice pants are good during team ministry and nice t-shirts and shorts may be worn during free time.) So much to learn! We also talked about proper footwear. While sandles may be fine for our personal time, having our toes covered with good walking shoes may be more appropriate. Don't forget to bring your umbrella! It will definitely be hot, humid and sometimes rainy!
While we understand that the members of our team have the same goal in mind, we talked about how to handle any conflict that might arise on the trip. Afterall, we will be away from our loved ones, in a foreign country, eating unfamiliar food and living with people we don't know too well. Hmmmm, sounds like it could be difficult once in a while. We talked about our individual triggers and resolved to care for each other and be open about problems.
After our meeting was over, Amy served a wonderful berry dessert that Ann brought to our meeting. The dessert was light and wonderful. Thank you, Ann. Do you see what I mean about "servant hearts"?
We discussed more about clothing "dos and don'ts" and found out that Thai women prefer proper dress. Here's an excerpt from a letter we received from our "Thai sponsors": For the women on your team, modest tops, knee-length skirts, nice slacks/pants/capris are good when doing team ministry activities. Nice shorts are fine for free time, shopping and sight-seeing (except in temples and the Grand Palace where long pants are required for everyone). For the men on your team, sport shirts or polo shirts and nice pants are good during team ministry and nice t-shirts and shorts may be worn during free time.) So much to learn! We also talked about proper footwear. While sandles may be fine for our personal time, having our toes covered with good walking shoes may be more appropriate. Don't forget to bring your umbrella! It will definitely be hot, humid and sometimes rainy!
While we understand that the members of our team have the same goal in mind, we talked about how to handle any conflict that might arise on the trip. Afterall, we will be away from our loved ones, in a foreign country, eating unfamiliar food and living with people we don't know too well. Hmmmm, sounds like it could be difficult once in a while. We talked about our individual triggers and resolved to care for each other and be open about problems.
After our meeting was over, Amy served a wonderful berry dessert that Ann brought to our meeting. The dessert was light and wonderful. Thank you, Ann. Do you see what I mean about "servant hearts"?
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