Day 2 of the seminar

Praise God that our second day went well. Opening and closing worship with this group is a blessing. Today we sang Lord, I Lift Your Name on High and You Are My All in All (Jesus, Lamb of God) as well as some Thai hymns/songs of praise. It is such a neat experience going back and forth in English and Thai. We close with Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow often and the harmony is great. I took some videos of songs today, I hope it comes out okay. Those take quite awhile to upload, so if you want to hear a Thai song, go to Keith's blog. He put one on yesterday.

Today the women used bracelets made out of different sized and shaped beads to talk about three different things: Their life of faith in Jesus, the story of Jesus, and the Lord's Prayer. After we had the Bible study and explanation of each, we once again practiced telling the stories to each other at out tables so that we would all be able to tell the stories to our families, friends, and to children.

In addition to the Bible studies, we had lots of fun this afternoon. The Thai women taught us a fun song where we greet each other, then we taught them the fun song Shake a friend's hand. We were laughing and enjoying each other so much! When the men came to join us at the end of the day for our closing worship, we did another fun Thai song all together first. Keith and I both videotaped it. I so hope it comes out, it was great. We are really forming some neat new friendships as we gather together around God's Word and our common faith.

The two nurses in our group, Carol and Juli, both who work in hospitals specializing in stroke care and heart attack care, did a session on taking care of the bodies God has given us and educating us all on things we need to be aware of with stoke and heart attacks.

Just one day left with these wonderful people who are attending the seminar. The ladies can all say my name well because Diana does not have any hard sounds and they all know abou Princess Diana. Some of them jokingly call me that! Keith ate with our table of ladies today and I told him he should start calling me that! He just laughed, imagine that. One of the ladies gave me a neat visual aid that she uses to tell children the about their need for Jesus, and I am eager to show it to you all.

On Sunday, we split into two groups because the two worship services we are involved with are at the same time. At this time it looks like we will be in the group that worships at the same location that our seminar is at. The others will ride in a van about 15 minutes from here.

I had my first cheeseburger tonight since we left the United States. It was so good. I continue to enjoy the Thai food, but the burger and fries were great. After supper we went to the local Walmart type place (all walking distance from our hotel and the location of the seminar) to get me some Tiger Balm. That is what I am putting on my bites. They itch!! Neither Keith nor I slept well last night. I think I was afraid of more bites, and my tossing and turning kept Keith up. He is sleeping now, and as soon as I finish, I am hoping to sleep as well. I am taking antihistamines, but that doesn't completely take away the itching.

Keith had a busy day. He did quite a bit of the teaching today and will do most of it tomorrow. Since the ladies are having such a good time in the midst of all of our learning, he picked up a few fun items for the men tomorrow at the Big C (Walmart type store).

I so enjoy reading the comments that some of you are posting. It makes me feel closer to home even as we are so far away. God's continued blessings to you and keep praying for us. I will probably try to get some pictures posted tomorrow.