bangedi cell group

monday night we had plans to go into the neighborhood called bangedi in our town, chiang klang. the missionaries do a lot of work with these people. the kids who go to solid rock have been from this part of town. anyway, a lady in the neighborhood actually went to the missionaries asking her if she could open up her home to start a Bible study with their help. of course! so, every monday night we do that. this was my first monday night to go. there are always different things going on different days with different groups going out, so you choose which one you want to help serve with. julie and i both went with mindy, amy, bruce, luke and anna. several of the thai staff were there, too, to help lead it. it was in the home of this lady who i met on sunday. we met her b/c she offered to make outfits for julie and me that were made out of beautiful thai fabrics that we got to pick out. we did that sunday afternoon and designed our own outfits, if you will. she is gladly sewing them and it was cool b/c monday night she already had my skirt done. when i got to the house, everyone was sitting on the floor and they wanted me to try the skirt on for all of them. so, of course, i put on a little fashion show down the runway with the full pivot turns and all. occasionally, i stopped with one hip out and one arm swinging. you get the picture to know that everyone was laughing hysterically, including me. just when they thought i was done, i did it again. okay, enough! i had to settle down, we were going to do Bible study afterall. it's just that when you can hardly speak a languate, sometimes actions do have to be louder than words, and that was a way of expressing myself to them in a humorous way to bring smiles to their faces. we would be used to that in america, but let me assure you, they are not used to that here, so it was hilarious.

back to the cell group- on our way there, mindy and i picked up an elderly man. he asked if he can start coming to cell group b/c his wife died a few years ago and he is lonely and wants friends. bless his heart, so now he comes to the cell group, he's probably in his late 70's. God is truly doing mighty things in hearts of all ages here in thailand. i'm amazed! the lesson was great and we had a worshipful time singing songs. as i sat on the floor of this woman's house, all i could think about was, "thank you, Lord, for these Thai people who desperately want to know you and are willing to come meet every week to grow in their walk with You." i know we have that in america, but it is so easy to become complacent or busy and not go or desire to do that. may we all stay inspired by these thais here. they truly desire it.