The past few weeks have been pretty hectic as we've officially transitioned into Outreach Phase. Our first two weeks we spent doing local outreaches on Ambergris Caye, Belize. We had opportunities to teach Sunday school, lead youth group and Bible studies, tutor at the local school, and help out with manual labor at our YWAM base and at our neighbor's small grocery store. I think we all appreciated being able to spend some time reaching out in different ways to local people and ministries.
After our local outreach the "sailing" students and the "diving" students combined to form the "Mexico" team and the "Thailand" team. We have 15 students and 2 staff on our Thailand team. On Tuesday we left the Destination Paradise base to take two different water taxis to get us to the Belize/Mexico border. After crossing the border we took buses and taxis to get to Cancun, Mexico. From Cancun we flew to LA, then to Seoul, South Korea. From Seoul into Bangkok, Thailand. One of our teammates has a family friend who lives in South Korea and was actually able to meet up with us at the airport. We were able to see some of the city, go to the market, and eat a Korean meal before heading back to the airport to catch our next flight. We were all pretty pumped to be able to get out into the city instead of sitting in the airport all day. Little did we know how much of a different climate we were heading into... We left the 90 degree Belize weather in Belize and walked out into the 35 degree South Korean weather! My flip flops didn't do much to keep my toes warm that day. After four days of travel we finally are at our first stop in Thailand. We're staying at another YWAM base for the first few nights to rest and to learn more about the culture.
So, we've officially begun outreach, something we have all been looking forward to. It will be exciting to see what all God has in store for us as we join Him in the ministry He is doing in Thailand.
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