Day 3 Bangkok

We arrived in Bangkok 2 hours late due to the deicing at Seoul.  Took an hour to get everyone on the bus, then a long ride to the church/school we will be staying at before we head up north.  We got the group settled around 5:30AM, turned the lights out at 6:10, wake up call at 6:30!.   Uh…not much sleep.

We gave a chapel for the local high school at 7:00, then breakfast, then get ourselves organized to take the overnight train to Chiang Mai.

 

This is our group in front of the 400+ students at the school

Big group of kids.  This is an “English Language” school.  Students are from the wealthy residents of Bangkok.  Drivers bring them to the school in very nice cars.  Religion is taught, but they call is “values class”.  Only a smattering of the students are Christians, a few Buddhists, most have no faith background.  Kids are very smart but also very materialistic.  As the pastor told us, “we plant the seeds”.   I think it appropriate.

It is unlikely I will be able to upload my blog up north.  The village is quite remote and it is unlikely I will be able to get to Chiang Mai during the week.  I will journal each day, then when we get back to Bangkok, I should be able to get caught up with the uploads!