June 19th and 20th

The finished joy kids room! (yes these are out of order) During the painting of the Joy Kids room! (sky blue)
Before starting to paint the joy kids room!



The amazing slushie! (blueberry shown here) The Highlight of Monday touring in Dawntawn Bangkok

This is Lynne and Heidi finally taking their turns blogging. These past two days we arose earlier than usual, it was required, and somewhat tough! Heidi will be the one typing, since i'm alot faster than Lynne....

Anyway, we have been the shopaholics of the trip, rachel seems to be afraid to go anywhere with us because we stop at almost every stand in the market to view their goods, and she isnt much of a shopper. we've spent alot of baht.

we cant get used to the smells. They have food laying out everywhere, with a large amount of it being fish! We eat at the same vender everytime we eat at the market. the owner's name is Awe. she's a very nice woman, and she makes the BEST SLUSHIES EVER!!!! Depending on which flavor you choose, (all types of different fruits), it is made with fresh fruit mixed in. We have had pineapple, coconut, watermelon, and banana. these are the only ones that lynne will order. Strawberry is my absolute favorite, with bluberry coming in second. I cant imagine how good they would be if my 2 actually had fresh fruit in them! wow would they be amazing... i bought slushie mix to bring back to the states. :) i hope i can make it as good as they do! The market is very unique, and our favorite dish from Awe is the Cashew chicken, it's very delicious! We've eaten almost every meal at this market.

These past two days have been painting, painting, painting! We've accomplished alot, even though the first day was somewhat difficult, trying to get into the swing of things, and there was a large amount of ''help'' which we were greatful for, but it created a large sum of people in one area, making a big crowd with lots of stuff in our way. It's tremendous to see the effects the painting on all the walls, it is such a great change! the cream colors and the sky blue in the Joy Kids truly bring a warm, yet ''cool'' feeling to this building. The building was built in 2000, and hasnt been painted since, so this is a very nice ''face-lift''. The ''New Community" as been in the building for 2 years now. Dave, the group leader, along with his son Jonathon and a few men from Mahatthai are bravely painting the outside of the building, keep them and their safety in your prayers! the building is 5 stories high.

The Thai people are very friendly with alot of smiles. we're both amazed at the niceness we've been shown. Not many people know any english, so it makes somewhat difficult to manage, but we're thankful for the MTW team that has spent much time to learn the language, it is very difficult to speak and even read, especially with the different alphabet. Almost every word even has 4 different tones to it, each tone changing the meaning.

Tonight we went to the park after our hard day's work. We enjoyed the very cool weather, especially in comparison to these days that have been over 100 degrees at peak times! We walked and played with PJ a bunch. Rachel was invited to play soccer with a few young boys, and they were very impressed with her skills, they used the little english they knew to tell us that she was ''very good!!"

Well it's getting late and we're tired, hope you're happy to finally here from us! Keep our safety in your prayers!!