A hot date, cool sign, and fun with Aunt Anita
First for the hot date.....Tom and I have enjoyed a couple of nights out thanks to Anita!
On Saturday we enjoyed a date to the Jim Thompson house. Jim Thompson was an American military officer who lived in Thailand after World War II and made Thai silk internationally famous. He had an amazing house consisting of six traditional Thai teak houses which he brought into the city, connected and decorated with European marble and a crystal chandelier as well as many antiques including Ming dynasty china and ancient Buddha statues. He also had a jungle-like garden in the middle of the city- the birds of paradise flowers hanging from the trees were amazing- some maybe 8 feet long! Interestingly, he disappeared in Malaysia in 1967. Hmmmmm.
We also enjoyed dinner at a Japanese restaurant.
The girls had fun with Aunt Anita playing games, doing chalk drawings, and watching Cinderella. They love it when we leave! We've also been having other fun times with Aunt Anita over the past few days including....ice cream and a movie with Claire, lots of shopping at the weekend market, going out for Pad Thai with our landlord, haircuts with my friend Chaweewan, buying vegetables at the market, and feeding an elephant on our street.
Fun with Aunt Anita....
Tom was able to hang his new sign this weekend. It says: "Receive English teaching from an American- every level. Teacher Mast. Phone numbers." Cool huh? Hopefully we'll soon start getting some phone calls. He does have a few leads for people who are interested in studying. He also be distributing leaflets in our neighborhood this week.
Ben brought his new crazy looking dog, Buddy to team church at our house this morning. Claire was in love! Both she and Eliza are sick with fevers right now, so this brightened their day!
In other exciting news, our landlord Seri unexpectedly attended our worship time this morning. He arrived with fruit just as we were beginning and stayed for singing, scripture study and prayer. It was neat to have him there and to see him reading the Thai Bible study and observing our worship. It was also a blessing to have Raul, our new Costa Rican teammate at our meeting for the first time. Praise God for his amazing answers to prayer!
- Candice
Comments
Wow! Wow for Anita! Wow for Tom and his awesome sign! Wow for your neighbor!!!
Posted by: Kris | August 20, 2007 09:38 AM
do i see that aunt anita has peirced her ears????!!!!
Posted by: sonya | August 21, 2007 02:01 AM
Sorry to hear that the girls are sick. Tell them that we hope they are both feeling better soon. So glad to hear of the good time you're having with Anita, the progress with Tom's new business and especially to hear of Seri joining you for your worship service!
Posted by: Doris | August 21, 2007 04:07 AM
What fun, to be able to have a date and to not have to worry about whether the girls are having fun with the sitter. You deserve some time to get away. Yay for sisters. I miss you two. Love, C
Posted by: C | August 22, 2007 06:08 AM
Claire, that icecream cone looks yummy!! And I bet you love that puppy, he is so cute! And, Tom, the sign is very impressive!
Posted by: grandma | August 22, 2007 10:26 AM
Good to catch up on the blog again. Praying you will get some work soon Tom, but not too much in October! Wonderful the land lord stayed for the worship. I bet Claire and Eliza really loved that dog!
Posted by: Grandpa Mast | August 23, 2007 12:11 AM