Today marks our third day in Thailand. Going straight and hard for the past two days has started wearing on us. We are in need of pursuing our goal for rest/retreat. The trip has consisted of much sightseeing thus far. All has been well up through yesterday, in the name of orientation and acclimation. Deke and I have had to learn to more clearly communicate with each other. One of the two major lessons of this trip so far has centered on communication. I am learning, at least thinking more about communicating more clearly, with purpose and with humility, through both talking with Deke and Thais. I am enjoying this trip very much though. I enjoy talking to locals as they are very friendly. Beautiful smiles. I'm confronted with the truth that I need to smile more. I keep thinking about my brother Rhett when I think about smiles. Rhett always has a smile on his face. You see so much joy in his life. The same is true with Thai people. We have so much to exercise a joyful response to.
There is a beauty to this place.
I'm sitting here in a wooden chair, with a fan overhead, looking out at an aged wall. Before it lies a beautifully worn brick road. You see two phone booths with orange trim and blue roofs, but only after the lush green trees direct your eyes back down to the wall. A mesh of phone lines are stretched before them, spanning the distance of the eye, which is, regrettably, always beyond that which the camera can capture. It looks as if there is a jungle imprisoned behind the wall. A beautiful yet simple sight.Today we make way for Rangsit, a city north of Bangkok where Thammasat University is. There we hope to meet with a missionary team working with Thai students. It will be good to get outside of Bangkok for a time.
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The communication lessons are good practice for life :)
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