Well I have been back in Thailand serving my 2nd term for almost 2 months now and loving it! The weird thing is that it feels like a much longer time and hard to believe that I was in America not long ago.
Maybe the busy schedule is the reason for it feeling like a much longer time. Immediately upon my return to Thailand I began studying Thai at ULS (Union Language School). The schedule for studying is 8:00-12:00 Monday-Friday so I am getting 20 hours of formal language study per week. I understand most things and can usually answer the question in Thai but the vocabulary is overwhelming. We learn about 30 or so new words per day which averages to about 150 per week. My poor little brain can't take in that many but I do the best I can do.
2 weeks ago the Universities here began the new semester. Different schedule than America. The semester here goes from June-October. So now after studying Thai for 4 hours I go to Chulalongkorn University and meet with students. This past week was amazing! I had appointments to meet with different students that I know every day and each of them brought 3-5 friends with them so I met about 10 or more new students this week.
In the evening I still go to the BSC and try to meet students and talk with people I know from before. It is a long day for me but I always feel so blessed with all of the great Thai people I meet throughout the day.
Sometimes I wish I knew God's plan for me for the next 3 years but it doesn't work that way. I know God has great and mighty plans just like the Bible says in Jeremiah 29:11-13. I am overwhelmed right now with the many doors that God has opened for me and am just asking daily for His leading.
