A lot has happened since the new year began. Our wonderful trip home over the holidays was an AMAZING whirlwind of a time, but even now after having been home for nearly 2 months we feel like we are still trying to get back on the saddle that is life and ministry here in Thailand. [...]
If you look at my previous post, you’ll see we’ve been plenty of busy the past few months. Even more so, these past few weeks have been CRAZY busy! We’ve been running all over taking care of all sorts of business, connecting further with family and friends (in Thailand and at home), leading Christmas parties [...]
So, we’ve been at this language learning thing for quite a while… About a year and a half to be exact. In that time I’ve managed to tell an office full of bankers that I am gay, learn to read and write in Thai, and have been able to build some decent relationships with Thai [...]
Today I finished up yet another language exam. It’s hard to believe that I’ve now completed 8 of the 9 modules for language study here in Lopburi. It’s been a good couple of weeks. For this last module I actually studied outside of the language school with a “normal Thai guy” rather than a trained [...]
I had my language exam today. And overall, it went… …ok. It wasn’t awesome; although, I didn’t make a single mistake in reading and telling my two stories in Thai. But another part of the exam is to just explain how you would use these stories to teach other people about Christ. No problem, I [...]
So, it’s pretty obvious that I have been the world’s worst blogger since the first of the year. For that I am sorry… I’ve been meaning to get some new content up on here for a while now but, truth be told, I didn’t know how to just jump back into it. I’ve decided there [...]
So, Sara and I have been learning to read and write in Thai as many of you already know. It’s been quite fun and quite exhausting at the same time. The Thai language continues to evade our grasp! Just when we think we have the hang of it, it jumps about 10 steps forward and [...]
