I have been in a video making mood today and decided to cut together some footage from the first time that we made tortillas. One thing that's hard to come by here is Mexican food, so we decided to make it ourselves. Since this video was recorded, we have probably made tortillas and salsa about 10 times. It's comfort food and its easy. Enjoy.... We sure did.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Last night we attended a four year old's birthday party. The lucky girl was Champoo, the daughter of the cleaning lady here at the Zone. The party was at her house which happens to be in a Habitat for Humanity neighborhood. We have worked with Habitat for Humanity in America, and it was so cool to see how the work they are doing in Thailand is benefiting people we love here. We drove to the party after Gethsemane Home and proceeded to worship, eat (they made spaghetti for everyone because they knew we liked it- Thais are so generous and thoughtful), and then shower her with presents. Kara bought her a full set of princess gear. Then, they cut down a full stock of sugarcane, chopped it into take home lengths, and sent us on our way with a snack for later. We are so exited that we got to attend, and admire her parents for including worship and prayer over her as part of her party.
Here is Champoo with her family and friends from the neighborhood.
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Here is Champoo with her family and friends from the neighborhood.
Princess Champoo
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We found the cutest cake at Big C.
All the kids playing with bubbles that Champoo received for her Birthday. The kid in the Spider-man costume is hilarious. You know a kid has personality when he shows up to a party wearing a Spider-man costume.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Kara and I spent yesterday in bed recovering from food poisoning. Luckily, Monday was our day off. The story behind our poisoning is pretty exciting. We were on our way to 7-11 when we ran into a guy named Riit. Riit was a student at Payap and graduated about 5 years ago. He then moved to San Antonio to attend San Antonio College and then graduate school at UTSA. Since we had the connection of living in San Antonio, we talked for about an hour and got to know him better. We found out that he has a sister named New who is going to attend Payap next year. We invited them both to cell group. After cell group, New signed up for a weekly English lesson. We all talked about going out to eat diner one night that weekend. We ended up going to watch the soccer game at a restaurant. We sat outside and hung out and watched the game and ate some pretty good tasting food. Little did we know, but that cashew chicken was TOXIC! And that leads us to yesterday, one of the sickest days I have ever had. At least we know that our sickness was the result of our efforts to bring people into The Zone. Here is a picture of New and her friends that she brought to her lesson.
Ben Wilde
Friday, October 4, 2013
First of all, sorry for our absence. We have been super busy these last two weeks since we got back from Pai. I will attempt to catch you up on our lives in this post. We have past the one month mark here in Thailand and things just keep getting better. Here are some photos that we took during our first two weeks in Thailand.
Kara at the waterfall on Doi Suthep
Under an umbrella canopy
Ben at Payap University
At the Big C ( walmart)
Birthday party for Wi
Pai was a lovely town. We spent Sep 10-16 there. Our main purpose for going to Pai was to teach English to the court staff of about 15 people. We taught in the evenings from about 4-8. We also stayed in a resort with them so that we could hang out and talk after hours. We toured the beautiful mountain town during the mornings on the motorcycle furnished by the court. Here are some pictures of our time in Pai.
The container viewpoint
Ben in a container
Mor pang waterfall
Mor pang waterfall
A geyser.... They sell eggs at roadside stands nearby and people stick them into the water in baskets connected to sticks to hard boil them. Try that at Yellowstone!
After we returned from Pai, we came back to Chiang Mai on the most curvy road I have ever traveled. We settled into our routine of teaching English, Visiting the Gethsemane Children Home and hanging out with students.
There was major development that occurred shortly after we returned to Pai. We learned to make tortillas! It's really not hard.... just some flour, salt, garlic, and oil. We are having a great time eating some true Mexican food.
This is chaampoo helping us make tortillas. She is the daughter of the cleaning lady at the zone.
This week, we went to Gethsemane on Monday to help them pour some concrete for an entrance gate that they are going to install.
I hope to visit Gethsemane more often to help out with construction and maintenance projects.
Until next time,
Ben Wilde
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