First Experiences in Thailand

I've been in Bangkok for about 10 days so far and it already feels like home. I have my favorite street vendors to go to for fresh smoothies, my preferred 7-11 to hit up, and I'm able to ride the sky train like the best of them.

Rather than go through everything in excruciating detail, I'll simply highlight some of the things that have been going on.

• Visited the Old City and saw a number of buddhist temples and sacred sites
• Went on an outreach at night near the red light district and saw a couple of healing's and salvations and faced a bit of persecution which was more fun than anything
• Seen the largest market in southeast asia, J.J.'s, which is more of a labyrinth than anything
• Eaten some of the most amazing foods I have ever had in my life and burned my mouth in the process
• Worshiped on the top of a skyscraper
• Met with a ministry that helps to relocate girls out of prostitution
• Prayed with lady boys that are employed at a coffee house ministry (lady boys are often men whom either believe they are women trapped in a male body or have been raised by their family to believe that they are a woman)
• Connected with the Iris Ministries team that is currently long-term in Bangkok

For about the past two weeks, God has really been highlighting India to me. As such, I'll be traveling there starting the 19th, so long as my visa all comes back by then. 

At church, I had a man come up to me and invite some of us to come to his village and his wife's village whom there are no christians at and to use his bungalows and motorcycles to travel around these remote tribes and share the good word. Needless to say, reaching the unreached is precisely what I'm wanting to do and am planning on going with a few guys to the Karen people just after our trip to Isan.

Now for some of the fun things that I've been eating of since my last blog post: dog (while the head was looking back at me), pig heart, frog, dragon fruit (which is now one of my favorite foods!), and I'm currently on the lookout for some insects which I've been told will be easy to find once we travel up north.

I'll keep you all posted on more adventures as they come to pass.  Until then, enjoy the pics!