Archive for May, 2008
Snapshot #13 - Bangkok under Water
Even thought the last couple of days have been dry, for a little over a month it has rained in Bangkok pretty much every day. This is the aftermath of one pretty good rainstorm.
Students by Scores
We had close to eighty students come and sign up for the English program at the Somprasong 4 Church of Christ. From experience, I know that a good number more will join us as well. Our Aggie friends from Texas A&M arrived last week. We’ll really enjoy having them here to help us teach and [...]
Snapshot #12 - Bangkok at Night
Photo credit: Rungnapa Srisathit
Cha-am Beach Bible Camp 2008
The Cha-am Beach Bible Camp ended a little over a month ago and I have yet to post anything about it. I was waiting on finishing a video, but I didn’t think it was interesting enough, and I thought that it was going to be entirely too long. I may still complete it, [...]
Snapshot #11 - A Bench at the Beach
This is an old bench under the meeting pavilion at the Cha-am Beach campsite.
Quickie Thai Facts 7-9
7. The name Thailand means Land of the Free. The Thai people actually call their country Meung Thai (เมืองไทย), which translates “city of Thais”.
8. King Ramkhamhaeng, who ruled at the end of the thirteenth century, created the first Thai alphabet.
9. There are approximately 3.6 million rice farming families in Thailand totaling around 20 million [...]
Newsletter for January-April 2008
…and we’re back. We didn’t go anywhere, though. We’ve been here this whole time doing the same old same-old.
You can read what we’ve been up to in the latest newsletter. And you can download it here.