Thailand Journal 2010 #17

‘Twas a full Sabbath! We were planning on going to the University Church. But Ciera called to let me know that they were invited to attend The Seeker Ministry worship service at the Language Center. So we went. It was like WWU Awakening – student-led and driven, upbeat and contemporary. I was most impressed with the dances – a great variety from classical Thai to African American Gospel with traces of Hip Hop. It was an outreach to Muak Lek; thus it had the same philosophy as WWU Improv. It was well supported by faculty and Staff and area pastors. But the big event of the day was the afternoon’s outreach to the Orphanage in Lop Buri. It is about one hour’s drive from here. What an experience it was. The focus is on showing Christ-like love and caring to little girls who rarely receive such intimate attention. You would have to be there to fully understand the experience. And not even the pictures does justice to what we experienced. The girls simply latch on to us and treat us as if we were their closest family. They took our cameras and took hoodles of photos; they combed our team members’ hair; they played games and puzzles, etc., etc. They wouldn’t let us go! If the distance wasn’t so far, I would definitely add it as one of the projects for our Thailand outreach. But at least next year I’ll again bring the team to spend the last Sabbath afternoon with these darling girls. We ended the day at our favorite restaurant – the Blue Restaurant. We got 5 dinners including drinks for $7.00!