We are lucky enough to celebrate Thanksgiving four times. Our second Thanksgiving celebration was at the church with the children from Gethsemene home. We ate chicken, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie. After we were finished eating, Ben gave a talk about the first Thanksgiving and customs Americans partake in on Thanksgiving. Next, the students helped us put on a skit to further explain the first Thanksgiving....
Thursday, November 28, 2013
This morning we woke up early and went to a Lahu village Thanksgiving with our friends from Gethsemane home. When Americans say Thanksgiving, they think of the holiday celebrating their first successful harvest with the Indians. This "Thanksgiving" is to thank God for the crops they have collected. They also use it as a way to tell the other people in the village about God. We drove about two hours outside of Chiang...
Saturday, November 9, 2013
This past week was full of teaching English. English is such a funny language. I find myself learning new rules as I teach. We also traveled to our friend Na's village. Na's family made us Karen (Karen is a hill tribe of Thailand) food, and we made them tortillas. We ate lots of sticky rice that was grown on their farm. Na's family showered us with mountain delicacies. We ate grilled corn, grilled bananas,...
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