Farewell Party or Birthday Party?
Tonight I went to a party held at a restaurant not far from here. Jum, one of my students from my Saturday English class, is moving to Norway this week. She is a newly-wed of 6 months, and her husband is Norwegian, hence the move.
She and her mother met me at a bus stop nearby, and we rode together in a taxi to the restaurant. We arrived at the restaurant about 6:00 and were brought food almost continuously for the next 2 hours. Of course, we started with only about 3 or 4 people, and more kept arriving for almost the next 2 hours as well.:)
At any rate, I thought it was a farewell party for Jum, but I think it was also a birthday party for her friend Gaew (also a student). I have now given my phone number to another--I don't know--3 or 4 people?? Some of them want me to teach them English. Given my current schedule, I can't really fit much more in. I wonder if I should ease out of some of my other volunteer activities and spend more time in the English-teaching capacity? Feel free to pray about that with me.
Jum with her mom and me
On the right is my student, Gaew, and her little girl (can't remember the names of the others.:)
Sorry for the quality of these pictures, but since they're the only ones I have...
Note all the yellow shirts. Today is Monday, the day of the week on which the King was born. The assigned color for Monday is yellow, hence yellow shirts in honor of the king.
