Of Fun, Food, and Fellowship
This weekend has been fairly full of activites. Friday after lunch I stopped over at the neighbors to say hi. Uncle and Aunt are always happy to see me; I know I haven't gone often enough to visit them. This time quite a few others were sitting around visiting as well.
As I was sitting at the table drinking the sprite they gave me, their huge cat jumped up on the table, and Luung (Uncle) poured out some cat food on for the "obviously starving" cat (no sarcasm there:).
Here are the ladies joining the conversation.
A little bit later, the ice cream cart came by, and before I knew it, Noy, the 18-year-old boy on the left, had bought me an ice cream cone. I love that ice cream, so it was no hardship to eat it.:) Noy, by the way, is the young man who I am told has cancer. But, Thai style, that info is being kept from him to keep him from getting depressed. I am planning to start teaching him English this week; he is excited about that. I am considering using a Bible story or two as part of the curriculum.
Friday night Anita, Candice, and I celebrated Candice's birthday by getting massages and then dinner at the Coffee Beans Restaurant in Bangkok. Coffee Beans has wonderful food, including a host of gourmet desserts.
Our main course was lasagne, caesar salad, and garlic bread.
Our desserts were coffee, brownie cheesecake and--I forget the name of my cheesecake. But it was absolutely luscious! I think it was some sort of special white chocolate cheesecake.
Saturday morning I had breakfast with Jerome, a guy from the French Mennonite Church, and Dan. Jerome was on his way to Chiang Mai, where he is volunteering at an orphanage; but before he left Bangkok, he wanted to meet up with other Mennonites in the area. We had a very nice time talking together before he needed to head for the airport again. Sorry, I forgot to take a picture.
Saturday afternoon I taught my English class at Promise Baptist Church. This group of students is a lot of fun, and the two-hour class passed quickly.
Saturday evening I met with my friend Kwan at Seacon Square, the huge mall not too far from where I live. Kwan is so much fun. We walked around the mall arm-in-arm and sometimes hand-in-hand (Thai style), giggling and laughing together like a couple of teenagers. She brings out the kid in me.:) We finally decided on a place to eat--just the foodcourt--after checking out almost every other restaurant on the 4th floor.
This morning Gop (the manager's 12-year-old son) came up to study English for an hour, then stayed another hour playing games on my computer. His mom came up at 12:00 with a tasty snack that was so filling it turned into lunch for me.
Later this afternoon my friends Nun and Lek picked me up to go to another little concert at Seri Center. The same group was there as before.:) I had to laugh at how some of the Thai people got up and motioned to the lead singer to come to the edge of the stage so they could tip him a couple hundred baht. This happened several times throughout the afternoon.
Tonight after I got home, my friend Dtaa came to visit me and to bring me a gift from her older sister whom I have met only once or twice! Below is the picture of the beautiful little purse and change purse she made.
