THAILAND 2011 - Kanchanburi to Bangkok

Kanchanaburi, Thailand

Friday, March 4, 2011

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Kanchanaburi to Bangkok

Pretty much a travel day today. Slept well in the tent last night. Had breakfast with Arun and Pang. They are a lovely couple and the first indigenous Thai YWAMers to start a base. Their heart is for Western Thailand which is virtually unreached by the gospel. They desire to train and send missionaries into Western Thailand and Myanmar. I just found out that we are only 20km from the Myanmar border in this village where the YWAM base is located. Pang told us that the border guards will let them through into Myanmar, but only if they don't go too far in. She said that there are no villages in that area of Myanmar close to the border...only jungle. We asked if our team could trek into Myanmar this morning to pray. We would have been able to except that only Arun knew where that road is and he was heading to an appointment somewhere else for the morning. Arun and Pang said that the majority of the villagers here are actually Burmese. Thay also said that the Thai and Burmese languages are as different as Thai and English are.

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After breakfast, we prayed for Arun and Pang. Then we loaded up our things and Pang's mother took us to some beautiful waterfalls where we were able to hike and swim. There are fish in the water that nibble on your feet and toes. It feels really weird...almost tickles.

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From the waterfalls we met up with the van that would take us back to Bangkok. We made good time. Now we are staying at a hostel more downtown in Bangkok. It's really nice and again, really inexpensive. Lonnie and I are sharing a room for $15.00 per night. That's only $7.00 each!

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Tonight is the night that the girls on our team did outreach in the bars to prostitutes with N.L. Guys aren't permitted to go on outreach into the bars with N.L. so the entire team had a time of prayer and worship with the N.L. staff. Then Jesse, Lonnie and I had dinner together. We were going to to witness to the men who buy the girls for sex, but we had to wait until Tanya got back with the rest of the girls from the team because Jesse had Zoe. The girls got back too late so we couldn't go, but I believe that God will give us more opportunities to do so, probably in Pattaya.

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Christian Young