My third summer in Thailand is approaching and this one is likely to be the busiest yet. 8 American University students will be arriving here next Friday evening. We are all looking forward to their arrival! What makes this summer different than the other 2 is that I will be in charge of them. My supervisor and his family will be going stateside in 3 days so i will be overseeing everything throughout the summer!
We already have a skeletal calendar for the whole summer with lots of fun events planned. Another thing that will be different this summer is that we will mainly be focusing our ministry at the BSC (Baptist Student Center). We will go to Sripatum University only 1 day a week and to Chula university 1 day a week. We will be spending every evening teaching English classes and Bible/English classes at the BSC.
I am already very busy because the 7 week term at the BSC has already started so I am currently teaching 3 English classes (M,T,W) and 1 Bible/English class (Thursday). The summer team students will be taking on some of these responsibilities once they arrive but for now i am busy teaching. I am a teacher by nature so it's not too difficult and I love doing it!
My favorite part is still teaching my Thursday night English/Bible class. I know I have written about it many times on my blog but I still am in awe of how the Lord has used this class to reach people. I first started teaching this class in January with only 2 people attending. That first 7 week term the most I ever had was 5 people on a Thursday night. Then the 2nd term started and the most I had in one night was about 16 and the smallest Thursday night group I had that term was 9. Wow, what a change! I am currently in my 3rd term teaching this class and it is still going very well. 5 of the students that studied the very 1st term are still studying with me on Thursdays. Since I use chronological Bible storying they have gone from Jesus birth all the way to tonight studying about when Jesus ascended into Heaven after being on earth for 40 days after His resurrection.
I know I don't update often on my blog but if you notice even a longer period of time passing by you will know why......the crazy summer has begun!
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