Learning Thai

Hi to all the kids at London Christian Fellowship. We love and miss you guys!! Thank you so much for all the cards you made us for Christmas and thanks for all the great questions you asked. We're going to try to answer a few of them here.....

Thailand’s money is called the baht. All of the money in Thailand has a picture of the King on it. There are five denominations of paper money – all of them are different colors and different sizes. This picture looks like a lot of money – but 1,000 Baht is only worth about $30. When we first came to Thailand we had to carry a calculator around so that we could figure out how much money we were spending.

This is what the Thai letters look like. This is a children’s book that Tom bought to practice reading. Claire and Eliza like it when he translates it into English. It’s about a little girl who doesn’t think that she will like going to school.

Here is a book that helps Thai people learn to speak English. When Claire goes to school she brings home homework with instructions in Thai. Tom has to help her understand what she is supposed to do.

Our family really likes the food in Thailand. There are many, many kinds of food. A lot of it is very spicy – and some of it is so hot that we cannot eat it! Thai people think that American food tastes bland and boring compared to their food. The food here is also very cheap – so a lot of the time we buy food instead of cooking our own. Candice is also learning to make some Thai food. Here are a few of the foods we eat......

Here is one of the very common foods that we eat several times a week- sometimes for breakfast. It's called "Kaao Man Gai" (Chicken with Rice) and is delicious!

One snack that Thais enjoy is fried bugs and worms. We have tried a few of these, and Eliza especially liked worms. They tasted like BBQ chips and were hollow inside.

We especially like to eat the seafood in Thailand. We eat fish, shrimp, squid, and oysters.

Thai desserts sometime seem very strange to us! Here is a dessert that our neighbor brought us...green pudding in a hotdog bun! Does that look good to you?

Most Thai people eat the same kind of food for breakfast, lunch, and supper. We almost always eat American food for breakfast but sometimes we eat rice and chicken or rice porridge with pork. Sometimes when he has only had a small supper, Tom likes to go out and buy rice with spicy curry on it late at night.

Thank you again for the notes, drawings, and gifts that you sent for Christmas. We are glad that we can still be a part of LCF and we’re glad that you remember us and pray for us. If you have any more questions about what living in Thailand is like just leave a comment on this blog and we will do our best to answer it.