A Thai Meal

Me and Bow told Paul Friday night at the basketball court that they were going to come over on Saturday and cook us a meal. =) We were delighted to have them and excited that they initiated this event! We expected them to come around 7PM (when the guys finish playing "bas" (nickname given to basketball here). However, on Saturday afternoon Paul got a call saying they were going to come at 5. This caused me to get on the ball with getting the kitchen and downstairs cleaned up a little more! I had had a busy morning/afternoon at the office and so around 3 or so I sat down on our couch and rested my legs and body a bit before they got here. The whole family was doing the same! As I am in my light slumber, I heard voices after a while and realized someone was in our house! I woke up, turned around and sure enough Me and Bow were standing at the door wondering (probably) what they should do since I was snoozing there! I am sure it was quite comical. At any rate, I saw Bow hit Me (in a playful way) and say, "You told them we were coming at 5!" (and it was 4!!!) I told them not to worry and proceeded to get Paul and PJ.

So, onto the food. We had khaaw botkapi (rice with shrimp paste) and then you add toppings to it like fried little fish, cut up green beans (not cooked), egg, sour mango, and sweet pork. Needless to say, it was quite fishy tasting but not too bad. We then had a dish called plaaduk (I think). Basically you take a leaf of lettuce, put some white spaghetti-like noodles on it (called khanom jiin), some friend fish (see pictured on the left) and then some yummy spicy sauce. Paul and I really enjoyed the plaaduk. Bow made everything right here in our kitchen and I got to help! I fried the fish, made the egg omelettes, and taste-tasted the spicy sauce. It was all a lot of fun. They ended up staying here until 10! We were so blessed that they came and stayed. Please continue praying for them and for us. They've invited us, as a family, to go on a "thiaw" to Bow's home in the east sometime in the future. Please pray that God would continut to give us opportunities to spend time with them. *thiaw is the Thai word for a 1-2 day outing*
And pictured to the left is Paul eating his first plaaduk helping. He stuffed that whole thing in his mouth! I couldn't believe it. I just noticed you can see PJ looking on in the background!