In the absolute sense, we will never be fluent in Thai, at least not in the way that a native speaker is fluent.  However, for practical purposes, both of us can hold our own in most conversations in Thai, although we often don’t get 100% of everything that is being said.  We can read and write Thai although admittedly much slower than we can read and write English.  The Thai language has its own alphabet and is read left to right.

We can share the Gospel in Thai and Karl preaches in Thai about once a month although it will take a long long time before we are anywhere near a native speaker.  Thai is a tonal language and that presents an ever present pronunciation challenge for us.

We have both completed OMF's Thai language curriculum which is one year of full-time language study, followed by two years of part-time language study.  But language study is never really over and we will always be learning and growing in our ability to speak and understand Thai.