Each day I wonder if it could be any better than the day before and so far I am filled with awe as every encounter brings new meaning to this trip. We started the day with our third and last visit to a public school to present our program one last time and just like every time before, it was a wonderful experience to be able to share Jesus with kids in school who may never have heard His name.
It was a great morning as we all spent time with the kids after the program was over, working on the craft they would be able to take home as a reminder of God's love for them. I'm kinda getting used to being sweaty and dirty all the time since we end up sitting on the floor with the kids to help them and it's hot and humid here! I just want to know why only us Americans are sweaty all the time...why don't the Thai people ever seem to be hot?? Guess they are just used to it =)
After lunch we headed back over to Zoe to spend a couple of hours with the Bible school students, working on conversational English with them. It's so cute to see some of them giggle when they try and speak English. Some are really getting good at it while others are too shy to even whisper a word. We wrote a bunch of get-to-know-you questions on a beach ball and in groups of about 8 people we tossed it around and had them answer a question that their left thumb landed on when they caught it. We then played a few silly games with them and laughed much - I love these students!And as if the day wasn't already full of great things we had the opportunity to do, we were able to go out with the students after dinner to do street witnessing! Wow! What an amazing time! They paired two of us up with one student. I went with Susan and Sing which was great because Susan has been my roommate on this trip and Sing was in my conversational English group - both wonderful women to be around!
We headed over to the Chiang Mai University where the street outside the school is full of coffee shops, stores and street vendors. In our group of 3 we started down the street with a handful of tracts in Thai and started passing them out to everyone who came across our path. There were a lot of people on the street and many opportunities to share. I'll just mention one in particular - we came across 4 students sitting at a table doing homework. Sing approached them first, said something I didn't understand, handed them all tracts and then told me to go ahead and share. She said they understood a little English and she would translate the rest. We talked for quite some time - at least 10 min maybe a little more - about Heaven, Hell and Jesus and the Gospel. What an experience! And at the end they allowed me to pray for them...words cannot describe!
We had a several more encounters like that, handed out many tracts and the hour and half we spent on the street seemed to pass way too quickly. The others from our group also handed out tracks and many Thai people heard about Jesus for the first time that night. Praise God!
...for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" ~ Romans 10:13-15
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