our bangkok

pictures...

This is a park I get to walk through every day. It is small but a welcome change from the city! They even play music with some nature sounds so you don't hear all the traffic!


Tony and I on the way to Chatuchak weekend market... it is pronounced more like jatujak


Here is Tony and the King of Thailand. (On the skyscraper)

The market is HUGE. We didn't even make a dent in it. You're supposed to get good deals but since we are farangs (foreigners)- we didn't find any that day.


This is also where NL buys a lot of their beads...


Okay. Meet Benji. One of the cutest babies on earth.


See? I'm not joking!!Almost every morning we grab coffee from the sweetest lady who has a small coffee cart and makes a great iced mocha.

This is madness! A view looking down on some of Siam Paragon's escalators- we were on the top floor which has a VERY nice movie theater, bowling alley and karaoke.


This is the chandelier that hangs in the lobby area of the movie theater. You can't take pictures once you enter the theater, but the interior is as nice as the Buell Theater (for those from CO).

Here I am after I got my hair blow dried. I never thought I could enjoy having straight hair.


A sweet view from the boat we took down the Chao Phraya river.

A nice thai man took our picture on a boat we took to cross the river.


This is the Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn.

It was pretty hot that day.

The whole thing is very intricately designed with tiles, shells and even china plates.

Here we are on the third level, and behind Tony is the Kings Palace across the river.


Most people pose with the peace sign here- so I am fitting in nicely. That is more of the Wat behind me.


Scary! The stairs were so steep!!

This is more of Wat Arun and Tony!



Quick update:

Tony hasn't gotten to do outreach yet with MST yet. It has been raining a ton so it has been cooler but also more humid and muggy. Unfortunately, all this rain has made the roof of my bathroom fall through- due to rain collection above it for a long time. Someone should be out to look at it soon but some pipes for the AC run through there and my roomie and I were advised to not use AC. Thats the bad news- but the good news is that Tony will move into the other NL volunteer house and will get to sleep in AC!

We would appreciate your prayers for all the women we meet on outreach, and woman we cared for this weekend who is 5 months pregnant and has a 3 year old son. Other women of NL found her passed out on the road, kicked out of Starbucks and left on the sidewalk. They brought her to the house I am staying in and we kept an eye on her all night. Then in the morning NL staff shared with her about NL and offered her a job, but she insisted that she didn't want to be a prostitute and had another job lined up that she was starting soon. Please pray that she comes to NL and that her baby and son are okay.

Also, Tony just finished the book Irresistible Revolution by Shane Caliborune. He found it challenging and powerful as it states that it, "will disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed." A lot has been on his mind from and I am excited to read it soon as well.