Well, I just got done spending over 3 weeks in 3 different villages here in Thailand and my emotions are definitely going through a whirlwind right now. It's bittersweet because we are leaving the dirty and rough living conditions, but from now on we will be in cities... being from Guys Mills -- my preference would definitely be the village country living. It was so terribly hard to leave the people of the 3 villages. They were the sweetest and the most hospitable people ever. I really cherished the times that I was able to spend with these people and their children. The kids were amazing and their smiles put so much joy in my heart. I could sense a difference in myself when it was time to leave, part of my heart would harden up because I was silently bitter and angry deep inside because I don't understand what good it is doing to come and stay for a week and pour ourselves into these people just to turn and leave when they really begin to soften and open their hearts up to us. There is no doubt in my mind that God used us in big ways while being in these villages... it just breaks my heart to leave, knowing that we could have done so much more, given the chance that we would have had more time to share our lives, stories and knowledge with these people. On the bright side -- after leaving, I found out that these people were unreached people groups in Thailand and that we were the first group to come in and share the name of Jesus and His Word with these people! I pray that the hunger and the curiousity that I saw spark in the lives of these people continues to grow and that there will be ample resources for them to learn more about our Lord!
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