Basketball Boys BBQ

Thank you to those of you who prayed for our evening of BBQ with the basketball guys from campus. We all had a really good time of karyoke, eating, laughing, chatting, and eating some more! This time we had a couple new faces and some who were here way back in January when we last had a Basketball Boys BBQ. This time, we were much more prepared with a LOT more food..thanks to Bow (Me's girlfriend) and Paul made sure we had enough shishcabobs (not sure on the spelling on this?)...I think he said there were 125!!! Bow made a really yummy fish soup that you eat with this white spaghetti like stuff called Khanom Jiin. When she asked if I wanted to try it, I wasn't too keen on the idea but it was delicious! I had seconds...soooo good! Oh, I also made chocolate chip cookie bars and they were gone in no time! Taa told me that I should sell them...hmm, maybe I will, in my spare time, right?! They were all telling me they were the best in the world..so thanks to Betty Crocker...oh and I even messed up the recipe. Instead of putting in 1/2 tsp of baking soda I put in baking powder. Pretty funny! I think there were about 14 of us all together, including two girlfriends and two Bangkok Bible College interns (Tang and Ying) who work with our team. Pictured above is Ton, Paul and Me messing around!

Pictured above here is Taa (on the left) and Boy (R). These two were SO funny singing karyoke. We laughed SO hard at them and with them. It is truly amazing to me how outgoing Thais are when it comes to karyoke...they are not ashamed or shy in the slightest!

And above is Taa's twin brother, Jay (on the right), Brandon (the American in the middle who works with YWAM) and Nut....showing off their cabobs.

And pictured above here is Ying. Ying actually was an intern with our team last school year but just graduated in June. She is now working with our team until December at which time she is hoping to marry the love of her life and move up north to be a missionary to tribal people. She and Tang, both, are such servants. They came to our home at 4:30 and didn't leave until 10PM! It was so great having them here to talk to the girlfriends that came. Ying and Tang came over last Saturday also and helped me out as we hosted a dinner party for a couple of my English students and their families. Again, it was so nice to have native Thai speakers who love Jesus available to aid in conversation and be a source of general encouragement. Thank the Lord with us because He has give us such great girls to work with here! Ying's older brother also works with YWAM and plays basketball frequently with Paul but he wasn't able to come last night to our BBQ.
So, thank you for praying...please keep praying for these guys and pray for Paul and me to continue to be faithful witnesses. Our prayer and hope is to see this group of guys gathering around God's Word, praying and studying together and growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord...please pray this with us. Oh, and Paul hurt his knee the other day, please pray for God to heal it and for wisdom for Paul to know when to play "bas" and when to take a break and pray that he wouldn't over do it on his knee.