Oct 11

Oct 11

Today I was able to buy a bicycle finally. That was pretty nice since now I won’t have to pay the motorbike taxis for rides to work anymore, plus I’ll be able to get a workout at the same time. The bad thing is that the brakes don’t really stop me, just slow me down a little bit. The bike itself however was pretty cheap, I bought the bike and a lock for $40 USD. I’ll be able to leave it for other volunteers when I leave too so that’ll be nice for someone to use.
This weekend we’ll be going to Rayong, which is a beach a few hours away from here. We’re going with a group of Thai people who volunteer their time with other children from Thailand. Most of those kids have been abandoned, primarily due to AIDS. It’s going to be good to meet up with them and share with them why we would travel from around the world to spend time with these kids. Most of the people from this other organization are not Christians, so it’ll be nice to share with them. They have a big heart for the kids though and hopefully this will make for good connections between CCD and this other organization. They have a retreat every year for the kids in Thailand and try to bring kids from CCD as well. During our time in Rayong we’re going to plan for next years retreat and also build friendships with the people there. I’m looking forward to it, should be a good opportunity. Only the volunteers are going to be going on it though and I think that the Thai lady who lives in our house is a little disappointed that she wasn’t invited. The culture here is very passive though so she wouldn’t speak up about it. I’m not sure if I could say or do anything to help, but I think it’d be best if I just stayed out of it. She might enjoy a more peaceful weekend anyways with all of us gone.