Good-bye Reachers!
We'll miss you REACHers!
We had a going away party Wednesday for our friends who have been with us for the past 9 months. From right:Ashley, Brittany, Deanna, Colleen, Joelle and Beth. We enjoyed being their outreach coordinators and friends. Our girls love them all and will miss them very, very much!
It was a wild party with a big Thai meal, everyone taking lots of pictures of everyone else, singing in Spanish, Thai and English, and an eating contest. The girls hung out until 2:30 and then left in three taxis to make their early morning flight.
Nixon and Efrain treated us to some "ranchera" music from Nicaragua.
The eating contest included such delicacies as dried squid, fermented fish paste, hot peppers, and for the grande finale "horse urine egg" (basically a black, rotten, hard boiled egg with a pink shell). The egg got to almost everyone and Brittany ate the most and was declared the winner.
We are so grateful for the team's time with us and all they contributed- especially in furthering friendships with Thais and ministry to slum kids, as well as lots of English teaching and leading our team worship (learning Thai songs and teaching them to us), as well as the fun and energy they brought! We really appreciated their interactions with our girls too, who loved their new Sunday School teachers, babysitters, and friends. WE'LL MISS YOU!
In other news, a few weeks ago, we had a very exciting development......our friend Pon who has been studying the Bible with Dan and Raul asked to be baptized. For more pictures and a description, please check out our friend Sharon's blog.....