Of Church and Coffee Shops, Corn and Pineapple
Today I met Trish at the full Gospel Thai church for their 10:30 service, which has headphones for English translation. I hope for a day when I will be able to understand without the use of translation, but it hasn't happened yet.:)
The message today dealt much with a call for believers to fast and pray that the people of Thailand would come to faith in Jesus. I have often been touched with the heart many Thai believers have for their own people to know Jesus. They say their people live in fear, and thus try to appease many idols and/or seek good luck charms. The Thai pastor this morning was appealing to his congregation to commit to prayer and fasting one day a week (for practice), leading up to a time when he hopes to have a 40-day fast for the people of Thailand. What a challenge....
After church, we found a coffee shop where we ate lunch and then studied Thai for a couple hours. Now I am back at my apartment and just had a very satisfying meal of corn on the cob and fresh pineapple. Yummm!
When I bought the corn, the vendor asked if I wanted him to dip the ear in a pot of hot water he had sitting nearby. I asked him what it was, and he told me it was salt water. So I said, sure, why not get my corn salted for me? And it was perfectly seasoned that way!
The corn cost 7 baht (about $0.22), and the pineapple was leftover from last night; I'd say the half I had today probably cost 5 baht, or about $0.16. Hope the pictures below make you jealous!:) Actually, I think the pineapple pic looks a little anemic, but it tasted WONDERFUL!
