Black Hair?

Hello! This has been a nice week. I have been able to rest more because I was able to have a weekend off. The weekend before people from the church and I took some students to Kao Yai and it was a lot of fun, but I didn't get much sleep haha. However, this weekend was nice. I went to a friend's graduation and enjoyed eating Subway. The last time I had a Subway sandwich or anything LIKE a Subway sandwich since January or February.

Tuesday night was encouraging. We had a cell group with some students from the university. We ate good food, played games, took pictures, and talked. Please pray for one girl named Wa. She has been spending a lot of time with us and she is looking for something to fill up her soul, but she doesn't know what that is. She is asking a lot of questions, but she is not sure why she continues to come hang out with us. It is very cool in Thailand to have foreign friends and she is not sure if she's coming to hang out with the foreigners or if she's coming to learn about God. She feels God's love when she is with us and she knows we are different. This is one picture from cell group. Some of the girls wanted to see what I would look like with black hair and what one of my Thai friends would look like with red hair, so we set up a chair and one person sat behind the chair while the person who had the hair colored desired sat on the chair and leaned her head back. The photograper, Arm, arranged the hair so it would look as natural as possible. Mine turned out better simply because the girl's hair was layered, but I think he did a good job on both pictures.

Today was a good day at school. In Listening and Speaking, we have been talking about celebrations, so I tested the students' knowledge on Christmas. Just as I thought, they knew a lot about Santa Claus and a little bit about Jesus. I had a chance to tell them the whole story about Jesus. Please pray as on Friday we will be talking about Easter. I will get to share the whole gospel with them. Pray it will stay in their minds and they ask me about it later.

This weekend will be very interesting. The church is having an evangelization retreat in a nearby province. I will be going along and hanging out with students and helping with whatever they need me to do. Please pray that God will move in these students hearts. There are also some boys who are interested in Christ, but because many things seperate guys and girls in this culture, I don't know many details. However, one boy was asking the Thai pastor questions for about an hour on Tuesday night. He looked serious like he was thinking a lot. I am pretty sure he will be coming this weekend.

It is a big deal for Thai people to become a Christian and it generally takes a while. Most people think about it and watch for a year and a half, two years, or more. Some may argue with the Christians while others will just hang out. Please continually be in prayer. Sometimes it is very difficult to see people who know the truth, but have not decided to follow God for various reasons. It takes a strong conviction and a lot of strength to go against everything you've been taught, your culture, and your family and become a Christian and then to continue walking with God. Your prayers are powerful and much appreciated. May God bless you all.