Today i heard good news, on how our team did while in the village. for we spent two weeks there staying with the host families.  and the good news is that the people who were hosting us in the village really saw a difference in our team. for our host mother said " she misses her Black Sons and that they were Black on the out side but White on the inside" well this broke my heart. because while staying with her she would show no emotion or whatsoever. and and it was hard for her to even smile,even when she was happy.and if i am correct by saying they were "white" i think she meant that spiritually pure. or it could been what was our intention going in there and that was to love the people and through that they will see the love that Christ has planted in us.

and above that was a picture of her,and that was her husband driving and he was an amazing man, we were not able to speak a single word but we loved them and they loved us back, but one could easily see that they were not complete. they had a few statutes on their property, which is a very common thing in the Thai culture.
we had a little sister who also didn't say much but she was amazing, one thing i have learnt there was "love is never taken its given" and i believe that all these things that are happening here are just a piece of what God has planned for all of us.

This has nothing to do with the village but i have had a great week, working in the Red light district.this is our last week in Chiangmai and but it has been the best, i had a huge negative attitude towards Lady Boys. and i still do, but this week i met a Boy who Goes by the Name Rose, first let me explain where i am coming from, i will try not to generalize here but, i was shocked when i heard what they do just to be Woman, and as old as i am i never knew people really did such sick things, a Sex Change here is not that big of a deal, amazing but disgusting.
Now let me continue with the Rose Dude, well he was different compared to other Lady Boys. he was more of a lady. and he had so much respect for us and he did not see us as Business. like others do, with in a weeks i can say have grown in knowing Her/Him, and he was open to everything He had the best questions.and the one question that made me Happy was when he asked why am  in Thailand and why Do i waist my time with her? it was at that point where i saw that God was doing something greater than i could ever imagine..
God is Good and will never change...... i will continue on this story..

Funky food in Fang and hard work...

we have been in Fang a village that's three hours away from the city of Chiangmai. and basically what we have been doing since being here is serving the people in all aspects of their day to day life, and this is a farming community, of hard workers who work over 10 hours a day, for their lives are of the soil.
our first day was not very eventful for there was Funeral on that day, we were placed in different homes in pairs. well for me personal the biggest challenge has been the food its so funky that the one thing i have known is Rice,
we have spent our time working in the fields, ploughing soy beans, and its been hard work for we don't know the local language and the people don't speak English. besides that's we have had a kids programme where where we play games with the kids and then tell a story from the bible and the theme has been "intimacy with the father" i am not sure of how the parents are taking our presence here especially with the kids, for most of them think we are just here to learn how to work hard and every form of hard work has been given to us, its still okay but waking up has been an adventure, muscles sore back pain i think that's a deadly combination. and it can make one moan about the whole Target of being in the village in the first place. which is to Show the local people Gods Love through our actions and Worship.

Israel my room mate and I have served in the house, Chopping wood and assisting in whatever we can do, its all been Fun but for me personally the biggest challenge or obstacle is still time. I have small time with the Lord on my own since being in this Village, with hands that's have blisters and a sore back from hard work at the fields, i have used most of my free time soaking my self on my matters and that's been going well no mosquito bites from that one yet,

this place has a Buddhist temple right at the entrance, and it has got this huge shining pagoda i hope that's the right spelling for it,

Prayer request :

• Positive spirit within the team and individually.
• Team unity, some times we get agitated over the smallest things.