Genesis 22:1-14

rain, rain, go away...

was back to being "miss van" for today. stayed home in the morning to teach the kids...but only john could get down to doing work cos geoff was a bit off. poor boy came down with a fever and threw up during dinner. pls pray for him to be well soon.

experienced my first flood in chiangmai. the whole porch was flooded up to the first step...i had to pull my jeans up to my knees to get to the car this evening. was telling sis pat, "when i see koi, i should tell her there's no need for us to go to the sch's lake to canoe. we can do it here on the porch of bro nat's home".

had planned to canoe with koi but m glad i went to see the nav team off at the train stn this evening. looking at the no. of payap students who turned up to say their goodbyes, i tot to myself, 'you reap wat you sow'. this team of nav team who went to payap really went the extra mile to build rapport with the thai students, meeting them after sch to teach them english, gng out during the weekends for karaoke, etc. it was a stark contrast. the team to chiangmai uni had only 1 student turn up to see them off. not saying tt they didn't put in as much effort. perhaps it was becos they met many more students and couldn't afford to build stronger ties (the team to payap stuck to 2 of bro nat's eng classes).

tmr will be my first attempt at teaching (no, not kids...but uni students) during the english conversation club meeting. if anyone reads this in time, pls say a word of prayer for me...to teach the right stuff -with confidence - and tt i'd use this opportunity to build bridges. it seems difficult, esp when m alone, but again, m reminded of what i learned during camp while looking at the lighthouse. it is when m out alone in the dark, tt all the more, i need to stand strong and shine for Him...so others may see the Light. see Him in me.

posted by gwyneth @ 9:43 pm