I'm a Christian girl that loves adventure. I enjoy hiking up a mountain; and I always have fun camping and going on car trips with my family and friends. I also enjoy a good book, reading my Bible, and writing. I love hanging out with friends, and making memories. I have made it possible for anyone to comment on my post (You don't have to be a member)On this blog I will post: verses, quotes, about Thailand, funny clips, songs, updates, and more...
Please pray for me today as I prepare my lessons for my first teaching job. Yes. I will be teaching at a PUBLIC school English. All I know is that I will have 20 students; from the ages 3-6. I know, I know, THREE year olds. But you would be surprised; they send there kids to school really early. the 3 year olds are learning the ENGLISH alphabet.
My class starts at 10 and goes until 11 Monday evening(your time-PA) This is something new to me and I'm going to need a lot of prayers. I also have a REALLY bad sun burn; I mean REALLY bad. It hurts to move. (We picked up Annie at the Refugee Camp; and I was sitting on the back of the truck for three hours; and let's just say that wasn't such a good idea.) So please pray for that as well.
Thanks so much! I'll let you know how it goes...
Sadly on March 5th, 2013 at 7:00pm (our time, 8:00am for you in PA) my big older brother left Asia. :( I'm going to miss him so much! He'll no longer be here to make me laugh, and he's not going to be here to teach me guitar, or just have fun. Thankfully I'll get to see him at Christmas.
Tonight Megan Yoder comes over here; she may be staying with us we're not sure. I hope she does; but you never know. :)
I'm also working really hard on school! I'm going to try and have the school year done by the end of this month. ;)
Please pray that I will be intentional with my Bible study; and that I wouldn't just try and get the time in but that I would be able to learn what the Lord wants me to learn.
Please pray that I could be a witness.
And that I would NEVER loose sight of the goal.
Pray that I would know what my Father wants me to do.
The Thai people are so graceful. PLEASE PRAY THAT GOD WOULD GIVE ME GRACE.
Annie is feeling like her old self again, although she has to continue to take pills. The doctors say she should live longer because she naturally has a lower blood pressure.
God as blessed us with safety!
Stories,
We were amazed at how a stove affects you in the morning. The first week we went without a stove, we had a sink and fringe and a grittle, no toaster, microwave (which we still don't have.) oven, hot water or stove. And I must say that out mornings weren't going the smoothest. Then one morning (The first morning we had a stove.) we had an awesome morning, everyone walked around with HUGE smiles. :D
My sister (Annie) and Mom have proven their blondness. Annie was riding Chad's bike, which was having problems, when it stalled and then wouldn't start at a red light. A guy with an English accent was behind her and asked if she needed help, he tried to start it but still couldn't. They weren't far from the center and so he offered to take her there; she accepted. When they got there Annie was thanking the guy and was trying to get the strap undone on her helmet; but couldn't. The man finally said, "I'm not going to wait for you to take that helmet off," then smiled and rode away. Annie turned around and Rhonda noticed the problem; it was already undone! Boy did we die laughing!
The next week my mom rode for over half an hour to the center, when she got there she couldn't get her helmet off. She called my dad over; he turned around and just roared with laughter; there was several other people around (including me) and we just split up. Here my mom had worn her helmet backwards the whole way there!
OH and MIRACLES OF MIRACLES, my MOM is driving a MOPEDE!
Well there's lots more stories, but I don't want to bore you. :)Were all doing great over here; and we're finding a "normal".
Specific prayers for me:
Please pray as I study Thai, plus do school.
Pray for me as I consider teaching English at a Thai school.
Pray for me as I ask God what I should be doing.
Pray for my family:
Chad will be leaving in April; and it's just not going to be the same.
Pray for us as our prayer dedication for our house is this Sunday.
Pray as we look for a building for our coffee shop.
Please pray that the powers of darkness will not overtake us.
Picturse are coming...
THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL THE PRAYERS!
~Sarah
P.S. There's nothing like riding FOUR people on one bike; it's what we sometimes have to do to get around.
"There's nothing like singing to the same God, in different languages. And yet all singing in one voice on the hallelujah!"
If any of you have questions about what its like here this is the place to ask them. The questions can rang from, Do I get homesick? to How is the food? to What's my bedroom like? Any and all questions will be answered. I will first post the questions and then the answers within the next month or so.
So ask away,
~Sarah
P.S. You can answer by scrolling down to the bottom of THIS post, Next to "Posted by Sarah at so and so time," there is a "No post" or "1 post" and so forth. Just click on that. And don't forget YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER! :) Hope to hear from you.
Praise God; we have finally rented a house for a year. It's small; but all of us have agreed to make it work. We are near the areas we feel like God is leading us to. In fact we are in walking distance of the very college we want to witness to.
And so we are now looking for a coffee shop; please pray for us as Chad starts to figure out our budget for the shop.
Thank you for all the prayers.
By the way Annie is still at the hostile and would appreciate all the prayers she can get.
About this time I will be boarding an air plane. I will have said my last good bye. I will probably have a sickening feeling in side, why? Most likely my emotions will be all mixed up. I am so pumped for Thailand, and I know it's where the Lord wants us. But it is hard to leave everyone behind. But once I get there I know it will be even better.
After so long of talking about it, it's hard for me to believe it is really here...
Please pray for us, especially in the next couple of weeks a my family and I live in a motel And eat rice everyday, from the street. Pray for us as we look for a house, and as we try to get settled. Please pray for us as we try to learn the language. Please pray for me as I try to figure out what He wants me to do there. AND ABOVE ALL PRAY THAT WE CAN BE WITNESSES!!!
We did sell our house! We also sold our rabbits, dog and a lot of our furnitur. We still have a lot of stuff to do before we are ready to leave for Thailand.
Hey,
My family's once again in New York City. We just have one last week of training. Please pray for us as we witness and study. Pray that God will put people into our lives, and that we would be a light in the city. Pray that we could focus, and that I could get at least a little school done. :) Thank God for giving us this opportunity. I wish everyone could take this course, it is soooooo good!
