Rice Grains

Today my entire English class ate lunch together at a little shop at the Pak Nam market. What fun!

Tonight as I was cleaning, I looked out the window and saw a beautiful sky.

And tonight when I went to my favorite bamee stand to buy my supper, Somchai stopped me in my tracks when he said "Prajao uaypawn khun!", which being interpreted is "God bless you". Somchai and his sister smiled big smiles when I asked them if they know Jesus, and they made the sign of the cross. I hope I get to have more talks with them.

Thursday afternoon I went to The Well; I got out my camera to take one picture, and once again there was an onslaught of girls wanting their pictures taken. On an earlier post I showed one of the girls with Judy, who along with her husband, directs this ministry. Thursday appeared to be "Pose with Jim" day (Jim being Judy's husband). Below is one of those pictures.

I read a thought-provoking quote in the book, The Story of Watchman Nee, Against the Tide, by Angus Kinnear. Regarding wars taking place during Nee's time, he said, It must be possible for British and German, Chinese and Japanese Christians to kneel and pray together, and all to say Amen to what is asked. If not, there is something wrong with our prayer....The church must stand above national questions and say, 'We, here, ask neither for a Chinese nor a Japanese victory, but for whatever is of advantage to the one thing precious to thee, the testimony of thy Son.' (pp. 196-197).

I will end with a VERY lighthearted encounter I had this week (I seem to have a tendency to go from quite serious to quite UNserious, as someone pointed out in a previous blog.:) This week I went to one of my regular food stands in Bangkok, and upon hearing that once again I was ordering a dish served with chicken, not pork or shrimp or crab, he joked, "You order chicken so much that your face is beginning to look like a chicken!":) It was really funny. I guess you had to be there....:)