Today started off heading to the Thai Lutheran church in Chiang Mai. The people at the church were so welcoming to us. It was awesome to
be singing and praising God together in different languages at the same time. We
even went up there and sang praise songs in front of the church. During the
sermon there was a man who translated for us. What I took away from the sermon
was that because it is the new year we will face new obstacles and fears but we
have God to be there for us. Which was great timing to be reminded of as we are
on this trip. The church even made us lunch for us to eat after the sermon. After
lunch we went to an Orchid Farm. It was beautiful. The flowers looked like
something from a magazine. Then we headed off to the elephant camp and
unfortunately they were closed by the time we got there but one of the great
things about are team is that we are flexible and can adapt. We will be going
later in the week instead. Since we couldn't ride the elephants we went to the Tiger Kingdom instead. There were all size
tigers there to see from newborn tiger cubs to 300+lb adults! I(Jordan) saw the younger tigers that were 3-5 months
old. This has been on my bucket list for awhile but at the same time I was
pretty nervous to say the least. Inside the compound I got to pet, lay on, and watch the
tigers play. It will be one of those things I will never forget. Then it was time for family style dinner at a
Thai restaurant. It was delicious and of course lots of rice. Some of us even
got brave and ate whole peppers and fish eyes. I was definitely not one of them! We
finished the day with a devo led by Jamie and are now hanging out at our hotel. Thank you all who have been thinking about us and
praying for us.
Jordan aka "Funky Peas"
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