We arrived in Thailand this past
Monday night and were picked up at the airport by the Language and
Orienation Director to be taken to our new home in Lopburi, an hour or
two north of Bangkok. We live in a small two floor condo-type
apartment in a row of attached homes on a narrow street. Motorbikes
zip up and down the small lane day and night as a shortcut between two
major roads. We have been have orientation sessions at the OMF mission
home in Lopburi, the Lopburi Learning Center (LLC) where new
missionaries study language, and around town and we get a feel for what
is located where. We opened a bank account, Sun bought a bicycle, and
we met with the language advisors at the LLC to chart a course for
language study. There is so much more to tell and hopefully we'll get
some pictures of our new surrounding up on this blog in the following
weeks. However, the priority at the moment is getting our new house
set up, starting language study, and becoming familiar with our new
surroundings. We feel blessed in that, unlike most new
missionaries, we both have some language ability and are not limited to
pointing, smiling, and playing charades. However, my Thai is a bit
rusty and Sun doesn't technically speak Thai, but the related language
of Laotian. So, sometimes she can understand and make herself
understood and sometimes not. I'll write more about our settling in
and adjustment later. For those who are praying for us, thank you.