All the teams traveled to meet in Bucharest, Romania today. It was a great reunion as the World team arrived first. Bob and Ben Guida met them at the airport. The Guidas were in Romania all of last week touring the areas where Pastor Groves will...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Our last day was spent touring the area of Yangon City. The team went to a park-like compound where traditional housing of the tribal people of Myanmar was on display to show how they once lived. It was very similar to “Old World Wisconsin,” just...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The YEE students had their final oral exams this morning and every one of the students passed their tests! A lengthy graduation ceremony was held in the afternoon. Everyone was given an opportunity to speak about how their week went, and all...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Today we visited 3 of the churches in Yangon. The first was an English-speaking service at the Immanuel Baptist Church. Nels gave the message, which was well received. The church is a block away from the second largest pagoda in Yangon. The second...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Today, as the YEE clinic continued, Katie celebrated her 19th birthday! Happy Birthday Katie! She received a birthday cake and gift from the class. The American group continues to teach alongside the trainers here in Myanmar. In the early evening...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Greetings from Myanmar! We will be able to blog you while here in Myanmar! We arrived on Wednesday evening in the rain. We were picked up by Pastor Toe Toe's wife, Thiry and transported to our hotel. On Thursday, we prepared for the first day of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Our daylong sightseeing tour took us on the skyrail, to the river where we took a ride. Bangkok is a huge city of over 6 million people. It is under continuous construction of new buildings which exist alongside very old buildings. We got out from...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We spent most of the day traveling from the beautiful beach area of Khaolak. It is amazing that there are not more tourists here. Most evenings when we went out to eat dinner, there was no one else at the restaurants. This is the off season...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Today we spent the day traveling from Khoalak to Hat Yai. It was a 6 hour trip through mountain areas and open plains. The mountains are different here. They are not as long, but jut up from the earth and are covered with trees. The roads here are...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We had an easy day today. After a morning orientation with Susan Taylor, some of us went tubing down a river nearby. It was quite refreshing as it was another HOT day! We have had tremendous weather! Considering that now is the start to the rainy...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
