They Called Me Teacher....Thailand Part 1

I know that there will be many entries about this trip as I process everything. It was amazing in so many ways I will never do the full story justice. Pictured above are the teachers and the 49 students involved in our camp. 17 of them were our Korean students and the rest of them were Thai students. All of them ranged from age 12 to 19. All of our Thai guests were 12-16. 

First of all, I would like to thank all of you for your support and good wishes through this time. We needed them. These kids really made some lifelong bonds I think. It didn't seem to matter that there was a rather large language barrier. I have never seen teenage students let their guards down enough to become friends so very quickly. They learned a great deal from each other and just spent some time being kids. There were mosquitos and lizards and heat and scrapes and bruises and tearful goodbyes but some wonderful memories and work well done. 

Chester the snake...we were friends to the
 horror of many of my students

I think I will break this adventure down to a more day by day account. I am glad I kept a journal! What I will disclose for now is that we were in the southern region of the country. The trips are organized by Korean missionaries so I had a hard time following what was going on since there was quite a bit of Korean spoken as well as Thai. Once we got to the English part though I picked up a few words here and there. When you get chances in your life to take an adventure, do it. Just Do It. The slogan works for Nike so why not try it? Look at what can happen if you do?

So please stay tuned for some interesting stories. If I don't go to bed now though, I will be a mess of a teacher at school in the morning! So I am going to take some of my own advice and Just Do It. (Go to bed that is). Good night all!