5.03.2006

Thailand Journals: Day 7

Friday, April 14, 2006

Today was a lot like yesterday. We worked until lunch…except for today; we wrapped up our projects and then took a group picture. Also, today when we left Mae Tang Children’s Tribal Home, it was for the final time.

This evening we got to visit one of the Lawho villages. The children who live at the Mae Tang Children’s Tribal Home are from Lawho villages. The villages are in remote parts of the mountain. You have to have a four wheel drive truck to get there and it took wasn’t just an easy drive. It was beautiful though. When we got to the village, some of us took a tour of the village, but immediately a soccer game between the and our kids got started. We played them last year and they beat us bad. They pretty much did the same again. After the tour, those of us not playing soccer, pulled out the balloons and started playing with the kids. This was a precious time. There were a few old ladies there who enjoyed the balloon just as much, if not more than the kids. After all this, they served us dinner. They know how to cook! It was probably one of the tastiest meals I have had the entire trip. After the meal, we held a special service. Our kids played about six songs for them and did one of their skits. By the way…this is one Good Friday…though I keep forgetting. One of our skits is about how Jesus took on our burdens. In the skit, Jesus in crucified, and comes back. After the service we have them all some Easter eggs that we had brought with us with candy and/or a small toy inside. We also had necklaces for the ladies. It was such a blessing to be able to share these things with them.

However, one of the highlights of the nights was actually right before the service when one of the head guys in these villages shared with us a little of the story of the Lawho people and how they first came to hear about Jesus. I might not get all the details straight…but apparently someone had prophesied that a white man would come and he would have the answer for them. I forget the details exactly. Anyway, one day they find this white man in a pit in the ground. I can’t remember exactly what he was doing...but this guy was a missionary who had come to Thailand and had spent months learning the language and stuff only to, for some reason I don’t remember, be kicked out of the city. When they saw that he was white they asked him if He had the answer to whatever it was they were searching for. He said yes and shared Jesus with them. It is a really neat story…I just cannot remember a lot of the details… that is why you really should journal the day something happens…not later. Anyway, now there are multiple Christian Lawho villages. This one village is made up of about 400 people, all Christians. They have sent a couple out from their village to another village that does not believe in God. This is amazing to me and such an example of how things should be. Here we are in a village where by outward appearances, it appears that these people are lacking. But really, though they may lack some earthly pleasures, they are rich. It is so cool to see how God is moving and working…even in remote villages in the mountains of Thailand.

The visit to this one Lawho village was the highlight of the entire trip. We once again got home…but actually at a decent time. This is good because we need to check out of our hotel before breakfast in the morning. Goodnight.

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