wow, time flies here! I’m sorry it’s been awhile since my last post! I feel like I have alot to catch you up on. I’ll try and pick out just a few things. So last weekend the nah-suk-sah (students) moved out of our home stays and moved in the apartments! There were a few random instances when I felt myself really missing spending time with my family. One time in particular, I was in the 7-eleven (there’s one about every block here) below the apartments and I was brousing through the aisle. I saw “Hello Panda” snacks (they’re like Koala’s March but not as good) and instantly thought of my younger sister Nong Yeen who loves Pandas even more than she loves me:) Anyway, I am going to Doi-saket tonight to eat dinner with my family so I am excited to be with them again. Even though the move was a little bittersweet, it has definitely been amazing to get to know a different part of the city. Chiang Mai is a beautiful city! And there’s so much going on here…I feel pretty lucky that I get to live here:)
In a two days I will be leaving for a 3 week time span for Ubon (a province in Northeast Thailand). All of the students will be canoeing down the Yom River and studying river ecology. We will also be visiting a couple different dams in the area and learning about the effects they have had on the river and the people living there. I am excited to learn from these people, and to get to know some of my instructors better! Oh, also I should let you know that during these 3 weeks I will not have my phone or internet, so it will be another long gap before my next post (sorry). Well, this is all for now, please pray for our group as we head out into the field!
lovelovelove,
Betsy
