Month 2, Lad Krabang

It has been a really long time since I have written. I apologize for that, but I do have an excuse. I haven't had easy access to wifi for the past two weeks, so with my busy schedule and no wifi in my room, it has been pretty much impossible to update my blog. But, I have wifi now, so I can write as much as I want. 

The last few weeks have been really busy and have gone by very quickly. Last Saturday I moved to Lad Krabang to teach at the second Santisuk English School. It was interesting to pack and move all of my things from the first location to my new location. In Lad Krabang I have a new roommate. Her name is Jodeé and she is from South Africa. I met her in June when I was here the first time but I didn't know her very well. She is very sweet and it has been really nice being here with her. 

My second session began on Monday. This session is much different than last session because I am teaching only one class and I am taking a Thai class. At first I didn't think I would be able to study Thai  right away, but everything worked out for me to take the class this month. There are 4 other people taking the class. One of the 4 is Jodeé and the other three are Filipinos that live in Thailand. My teacher's name is Pim. She is 20 years old and an English major at a local University. Her English is okay, but she isn't fluent. This is her first time to teach and it's exciting to see her learn as a teacher and for us to learn as students. I have survived 4 days of class and I'm really excited to learn more! Please pray that I would learn quickly.

I'm only teaching one class this month, so compared to last month, I'm really enjoying the break. I'm teaching an Advanced Conversation class. This is basically a class that students will take after they have completed all the other levels. To take this class, the students should be close to fluent, so the class is like 2 hours of talking to each other. I am really enjoying that class as well.

At SES Lad Krabang, we have some upcoming events that could really use some prayer. First of all, on November 22, we are doing an English Day camp at the Local High School. There will be over 25 Foreign teachers and 8 or 9 Thai helpers. We will play games, sing songs, and spend time with the high school students. Over 200 students are signed up to come, so please pray that this event will go smoothly and that people would hear about and be interested in studying at Santisuk so they can hear about Jesus. Also, on November 24 we are having our first ever "Friendship Sunday". This is basically a normal church service that we really encourage our students to come to. After the service we will eat together and play games and hang out. We have over 50 students studying this month, so please pray that many of them would come for this Sunday. 

Thank you so much for your prayers. I really appreciate it. I am doing great. I'm still so thankful to be here. I am thoroughly enjoying my time with my students and friends here. Please continue to pray for me, my work here, and my potential future with this ministry. 

-Bethany