Update from Bangkok

Wow! This place is amazing. We have so far been through several meetings with the church governing board and elders, plus gave our statement and testimony during both morning services on Sunday. We're fitting in remarkably well here, it's neat. Matthew is already joking like crazy with the rest of the staff, and is connecting beautifully with the youth. You can really tell he loves them already. I've expanded my Thai phrase repertoire to three now - Hello (same as goodbye), yes, and thank you.

Interesting things I've learned so far:
- I'm still no good at walking on the left! Currently I walk down the Soi (road) to the church correctly on the left, but keep walking back on the right.
- Thai taxi drivers must be part nuts. I have no idea how they fit cars through those tiny spaces!
- Light switches are backwards! I keep turning them off when I want them on, etc.
- Bring your own toilet paper when you go out (in your purse or something). Thai's
don't use it often and poor Matthew had to buy two little boxes at 5 baht a pop today!
- Guys on the street next to the palace will tell you the palace is closed as you walk one way, then tell you it's open when you walk the other way five minutes later. Guess that's why the sign on the Grand Palace says "Don't Trust Strangers!"
- Lays potato chips are ruffled like Ruffles! Except here the flavors were Cheese and Onion, Hint of Lemon, and Mexican Barbeque.
- Coke Light tastes suspiciously like Coke Zero. We had Coke Light a couple of years ago in Belize, so I know which one came first. Hmmm.

For some reason picture uploading is going really slow, so I'll have to keep trying.