greetings from the land of smiles!

Wow, what a week it’s been! Today marked our last day of Thai classes for the week (we just started to learn characters!) and tomorrow our group from ISDSI (there are 17 of us all together) is going rock climbing. This week has been very intense but good. Mostly we have been learning basic Thai words and phrases this week. I have learned things like..”Di-chan cheuu Betsy ka” (My name is Betsy). There are some phrases which have become quite helpful, such as “eeem mao” (I’m full) for when my Mae tries to keep putting more “chao” (rice) on my plate. I also have most recently been nicknamed “Sao-Nuah” (young girl from the north) by some of my neighbors. Haha, I love it, because all I can do is laugh. ISDSI tells you alot of things to prepare you for living here, but one thing they did not warn me about was how beautiful this country would be. The weather is perfect, not too hot, not too cold. And the sun is always shining! My Mae and Paw keep asking me how much snow Michigan has, and when I tell them they both laugh and say “too cold”. I have some time off this afternoon so me and some other students might walk to Ajaan Danai’s (professor Danai-one of our Thai instructors) coffee shop in the city and relax–sounds perfect! Until I post again, Sawadee-ka!

Oh, I almost forgot. I read on the cover of the Bangkok Post this morning about the earthquake in Haiti…Wow, how devastating. I think there is an interim trip in Jamaica right now? I hope that they are all safe and sound. Please, pray for the survivors, for the dead, the wounded, and the country of Haiti in general. Blessings!

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