Surprise!

Following a long day on Friday, we had plenty of time to rest on Saturday. On Sunday, we went to the morning service at Tha Rua church, and were pleasantly surprised to see some of our friends from the Lopburi Youth House! Nung (from the Youth House) was preaching, and it seemed to be a really good sermon, though as usual we didn't really understand any of it! We went for coffee together after the church lunch, and they ended up accidentally missing their train. Mai pen rai! This meant that we could spend some more time together and had a litttle worship session before the evening prayer meeting. The meeting was really good, and a great opportunity to hear specifically what kind of things people in the church needed prayer for before we leave in a few days time!

Today we met with one of the ladies from the Church, Anne. We were expecting to pray together and then have a look around her neighbourhood, but she seemed to have other plans! We ended up heading straight to a pre-school, where they were expecting us to do a programme... We sang a quick song with the kids with Brenda's help, and then she told the story of the prodigal son. Thankfully, after this rather short affair it was time for them to have lunch and a nap, and we had to leave, so didn't have to worry about performing anything more. Thank God that this surprise encounter may have opened up doors for Tim and Brenda to reach this community!

We've had a few giggles reflecting over the past few days, too!
A child in the school we visited on Friday was fascinated by Siobhan's pale skin. She then proceeded to point at her freckles saying 'dirty, need wash!'...obviously not familiar with freckles! haha.
Joe managed to lock himself out of his room on Saturday night, much to our amusement, though due to a lack of spare keys this meant calling in some people to come and pick the lock! Really not the British way... ha. Being extra careful not to lock ourselves out now!
We have also learnt a new word,"suai", which means beautiful. Unfortunately, if you get the tones wrong when saying this,  it means 'bad luck'... Much to Sarah's dismay, this information brought her to the realisation that she had accidentally told a young girl that her hair was bad luck... Not good for a Thai! No wonder she hadn't recieved the compliment how Sarah had expected she would...
There have also been plenty more adoring fans in the street shouting "Hello!" and "I love you!".... Don't blame them really, ha. Being in Thailand really has given us all an ego boost.

Only 3 more nights left in our mansion... we shall miss it dearly... ;)

Siobhan, Sarah and Aileen