Learning Thai

Our Regional Director (and friend and teammate! :)), Dan is headed for America and Latin America for a three month home assignment. He will also be speaking at conference in Iowa on Sunday morning, so we wanted to give him a blessing and send off as he goes. Some of our Thai friends (Piak, Pon, and Dtukdaa) joined us and we did a string tying ceremony as a blessing.

Dtukdaa reads blessings from the scripture.

Pon explains the string tying and it's meaning and purpose.( String tying is a traditional Thai ceremony that some believers adapt as a blessing).

Pon (who was baptized by Dan) ties on a string with a prayer of blessing and encouragement for Dan.

We are sad to see him go for such a long time, especially as we will be headed to America very soon after he returns, but are glad for this chance for him to reconnect and to share what's happening here.

Silas also got his share of attention as he practiced his crawling (and walking) around the circle.

-Candice