The time is quickly approaching, and as I now have my visa, I can officially say, "I am off to Thailand next week"!
So, yes, perhaps I am announcing this a tad abruptly, however, as I only received my visa as of yesterday afternoon, I felt it best to wait until everything was set in stone. It now is! I will be leaving for Bangkok on Monday, with a two hour layover in Mumbai, arriving in the morning (meaning I have to spend the entire day recovering from jet lag...fun). After a few days of orientation to Thailand, we will be headed to our leaders familys' ministry up North, where they run a home for girls and young women, providing them with education and a safe place where they learn to work together and live in community. After a few weeks, my first ever hot Christmas and birthday (Twenty Y'all!), we will be headed back South and working with different ministries in one of two cities, with a focus on children and women in prostitution with possibly slum ministries as well.
I am incredibly excited to be heading out this upcoming week. In all honesty, I don't really know what to expect from this time, as I have never been to Thailand. But I do know that God has big things planned!
The team is very excited, however stressed they may be in terms of packing and cleaning beforehand, with a Christmas party planned every night from now until we leave. Exciting, but very tiring!
This may be my last post for awhile (unless I find time this weekend to shoot off another quicky). With that in mind, a few areas that could really use prayer:
- that the team will have all their finances by the time we leave (we are still short quite a bit of money)
- for safe travels via plane, car, etc and that no one will get travel sickness/jetlag
- that God will be giving us clear insight into which ministries, churches, and charities to get involved with when we're there
- for a fun Christmas and birthday (and with that, no homesickness for any of the team)
- and just for a really great, amazing time in this beautiful country!
Thanks so much to everyone who has been praying and donating money to me, my team, and the rest of the DTS as well. God Bless you all and have a Very, Merry Christmas!
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