We arrived last night in Maesot after a 6 hour-ish bus ride, met up with Mimee at the bus stop and made our way into Maesot (I got to ride on the back of Mimee's motorbike!). Thankfuly David and Chuilian managed to catch the last bus of the night from Tak to meet us at the hotel shortly after not being able to catch a direct bus from Bangkok . We are staying on the highway (105) that leads into Maesot at the Pin Guest House.
Last night was an early night and we had a guided tour of Maesot today with Mimee, mainly looking around at the market (lots of interesting sights and smells... pigs heads, fish paste and live frogs :S ) Tonight we will be heading out to two different churches New Years / Christmas parties (we managed to double book because the two invites we accepted were thought to be for the same party...) of the local churches. Over the next few days we shall be having some cultural and Thai lessons from Mimee as well as catching up with many missionaries that Peter and Chris know in the area from previous trips.
Prayer for quick adjustment for the whole team to Thailand and also for some good team time over the next few days as they are expected to be a bit more relaxed than later on in the trip...
I believe that Mike has all of our Thai phone numbers if you want them or I have my normal number as well. Until the next post :)
Last night was an early night and we had a guided tour of Maesot today with Mimee, mainly looking around at the market (lots of interesting sights and smells... pigs heads, fish paste and live frogs :S ) Tonight we will be heading out to two different churches New Years / Christmas parties (we managed to double book because the two invites we accepted were thought to be for the same party...) of the local churches. Over the next few days we shall be having some cultural and Thai lessons from Mimee as well as catching up with many missionaries that Peter and Chris know in the area from previous trips.
Prayer for quick adjustment for the whole team to Thailand and also for some good team time over the next few days as they are expected to be a bit more relaxed than later on in the trip...
I believe that Mike has all of our Thai phone numbers if you want them or I have my normal number as well. Until the next post :)
