Fleeting Christmas and Bangkok

What did i do over Christmas?
Mainly packing...Here's a shot of me and my roomie Justin trying to pack.
We have 2 Simons and 2 Justins in my room.
Wasn't easy deciding what goes to Thailand and what doesn't.



but we(Sports DTS) did try to make Christmas memorable. YWAM Perth has a tradition of putting stockings with your names on and people come by to drop pressies inside
(see photo). It's really nice. We had a school Christmas dinner where we cooked ham, chicken, salmon and the usual salad, chips, drinks, ice cream. There was also a gift exchange among us and we had to write a poem about the person we bought the gift for. It was really fun and some poem were hilarious. Just before we left for the airport on the 24th, we opened our stockings and found that we were the "best stocked" school..the other schools also came by at 10pm to say goodbye and it was really nice.

So off we went, transited in KL for a few hours and finally got to smoggy Bangkok.

We stay at YWAM Thailand for 2 nights and it serves as a holding area and orientation for all outreach teams in Thailand. It was nice and fun. Food was fantastic. We shopped, played a scavanger hunt game where we had to talk to students, ask for directions, eat some local delicacies etc.

The next day, we did a temple tour..more like a prayer journey actually. We visited 4 famous temples and prayed hard there. It was pretty cool. I would never have gone to visit temples but we were there for a mission. We prayed and declared God's reign over the city of Bangkok and it was great. It also served as an orientation for us about the Thai people and their way of life.

It was sad seeing people getting small change and dropping them into these little containers, making little tinkles as they drop the coins, hopping to catch the attention of their gods with their acts of charity.

I wouldn't be able to fit into one of those.



spooky !

We then proceeded to Siam Bangkok Church, our home for the next 4 weeks.
This is an excellent church..not too big because it's the holidays and people are home, but they definitely have big hearts. Their prayer meetings are inspiring and really long! But that really shows their desire for God..It's always the size and passion of your prayer meetings that counts



That's our team hanging out at the corridor. This is the corridor like the one we had in Hyderbad in OM base. We have a day off every week and i blew my shopping at MBK mall, and in the process understanding why every other Singaporean has been to Bangkok for shopping.

I bought nothing!!

cool huh?

I surprise myself sometimes.

will update again.