Saturday

Yes today starts the first weekend of my stay in Chiang Rai. I am posting again from the orphanage. Last night there were a few problems concerning staying at the team house, but they all sorted out without any further issues. I ended up staying at the Kirwans last night. Tonight two more girls will be coming from Bangkok so I won't be there by myself. Last night I also got to go Youth Group with all of the children together. It was amazing see all of the kids and leaders praying together!! We sang songs that we normally sing at church like "Blessed Be Your Name" and were translated into Thai.

I also found out that I will be teaching English classes like the LCBC trip to the Czech Republic. Yeah!! Today was my first day with the kids. I arrived around 10:30. At first they were very shy. I was helping fold laundry and one of the smaller girls came right over and sat in my lap. After that several of the girls decided to braid my hair (I am quite beautiful if I do say so myself) and drew me pictures. It feels like they really just wanted to play with someone. One of the girls was fascinate by my skin. She would poke it and watch as a finger mark for linger for a few seconds. We had a lot of fun this afternoon. Tonight a few of us are going to night bazaar. I am very excited!!!

Talk to you soon,
Cory :)