Good evening... or is it morning?

I guess a 7 hour layover at Bangkok is a good chance to update the blog!

This is Cheryl writing, coming to you live from the Starbucks in Bangkok, Thailand for the last update before we return to the States.

Last evening we went with Lynn and Silk to Dongul for their regular time of weekly ministry there. We visited 2 women in the village before church began. For those of you who heard Kris Garis speak at McBIC or at CrossWalk the other week, you may remember the woman who was paralyzed on one side. I have no clue how to spell her name, but this woman was one of the ones we visited. Silk read with her a book that they had given her a little while ago. This woman never learned to read, but she is able to read this book! We prayed for her, about her paralysis, and after we finished, she wanted to try to walk, so with assistance from Silk and Ae, she walked around the room a couple of times. She has been paralyzed for several years, so this was huge!

The church at Dongul consisted of about 13 people, with the four of us. They started out in worship, and even though the words were all in Thai letters, and we had no clue what the page in front of us said, we followed along in the song packs. The songs were not typical of what you would hear in the states. They were that of the culture, and the style was that of their culture. It was so incredibly sweet to hear and be a part of it.

After the service was over Silk, Lynn and I had the opportunity to pray for a number of women in the church. After we were finished praying, it was supper time. Sticky rice, and a number of dishes to eat with it... chicken, mushroom, peppers, something with mint in it... a lot of spice and flavor!

This morning then we headed over to Lynn and Amy's one last time. John and Scott had a time of ministry with the long term team, and Andrew and I entertained the kids outside with water balloons.

After the ministry time and lunch were finished, it was time to say goodbye... or c-ya later... as we started our about 30 hour trip home. I personally never completly adjusted to the time change, although I now realize how much more of a night owl I tend to be as opposed to getting up at 3:30-5:30 AM.... it gives you a lot of time to think and pray... which is always a good thing :).

So here we are... about 4-5 hours into our journey. It amuses me that even though this trip takes us litterally as far away from home as possible, all of our travel takes less time than when my YES team went from Lithuania to Wales- where it took a total of 53-54 hours to travel approximatly 1,500 miles. (thanks to google maps for that info). We're here in Bangok for a couple more hours before flying to JFK and continuing our journey home.