Our fellow Thai newbies!
We’ve been here for two months, experienced A LOT, and are continuing to get settled in. A lot has gone on, and thus, it is hard to know where to start.
First thing once we got started was to move to Lopburi, the provincial capital of Lopburi province about an hour and a half north of Bangkok. This is where OMF has their language school that new missionaries attend for up to a year of language study. Because there are currently so many new missionaries studying Thai at the LLC (Language Learning Center), Sara and I were unable to move into an actual home once we arrived. So, seeing as we have no children (yet) and are young (still), we moved into a one-room youth hostel. It was quite stretching to start with. I’d be lying if I said that tears didn’t flow from my wife’s eyes at times due to the circumstances (lack of kitchen, lack of another room, and lack of internet or even a computer desk to study at).
But even through that God was gracious. I was able to build friendships with the Thai people working at the hostel and honestly it made moving into our current home all the more sweet! Now, Sara has a kitchen, we have more than one room, two desks to study at and even internet to once again begin blogging and sharing our hearts with you as God grows our passion for the Thai people.
Aside from physical stresses, we’ve also experienced quite a bit of emotional and mental stress. Attempting to get back into the swing of being a full-time student was harder than we had thought. But even through this the Lord’s grace was there and we are (Praise the Lord!) able to remember much of what we studying almost 4 years ago when we lived in Thailand the first time.
This is just a short, sweet update as it’s been way too long. Thanks for checking in and we look forward to sharing with you more often now that we are getting settled in! Now off to sweat in our living room as it is currently 90 degrees Fahrenheit and Sara is off baking brownies for Fellowship Group tomorrow… yeah, she loves finally having a kitchen…
