Hitting the ground running...

After only a week of being here in Thailand, we hosted team from Wadena, MN. We had been planning and preparing for the team for a little over a year - but from the U.S. As time grew closer for us to leave for Thailand, so did plans for the team from

Wadena.

The project: 2 classrooms, an office, a storage room and a kitchen at Pastor Prasomsuk's Maneenorporat Church. There weren't any rooms to have Sunday School while church was going on. The children were meeting outside, under a tarp next to the church.

We had one week in country to prepare for the teams arrival. Drawing up plans, ordering materials, gathering all the tools. It doesn't sound like much, but when you are dealing with jet lag, in a country where you can't buy all the items under one roof, you still don't know all the names for things, products are different, or they don't tell that it is a special order item until you arrive to pick it up and they don't have any...it can make things just a little more complicated. Even through all the ups and downs, when the team arrived - we were ready and excited to get started.

The team arrived late on Tuesday March 6th, and by Wednesday night they had traveled around the city getting to know the transportation system, bartered with the locals learning how to handle Thai money, as well as learning a little about Buddhism and Thai culture.

On Thursday, the construction began. They built a two-room addition to the church as well as finished a kitchen area, office area, and storage area. With some extra funds and a little extra time, they decided to throw in a new platform.

During there time here, they also had an opportunity to do ministry at a new school that had been started by Pastor Prasomsuk. They played red light, green light, taught American football, blew bubbles with the kids, and as a part of the lesson had water balloons thrown at "Goliath" (Caleb Monson) with the kids pretending they were "David". The team also had a chance to go to the new Hope House dorms and paint the Living area and bedrooms for the girls.

We are so grateful for such a wonderful group of of people who sacrificed so much to come and minister here with us!! We can't wait until we have another opportunity to work with people like these! Please pray for Team Possible as we continue to host teams and work towards sharing Christ's love to the Thai people!

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