MicahJohn

Last night I came out of the shower wrapped in a towel to a wide open front door. Awkward! I then noticed that my computer wasn’t on my desk. Panic! I ran outside and asked a neighbor who was just getting back if they’d seen anything. I then ran back into my room trying to find my computer. As if I might have decided to hide it under my sheets instead of leaving it on my desk. Realizing it was indeed gone. I put on enough clothes to go back outside.

Long story short: Computer and wallet disapeared from my desk. My guitar, my cello, my camera, my bike, my phone, etc, were not taken. Someone presumably saw something they wanted through the open curtain, saw an empty room, and moved fast.

I’m still praying I get it back.

It’s always nice to get asked to do something you’d like to do anyhow. I was recently asked to go down to Bangkok to help some friends with a move. I’d been wanting an opportunity to see some of my friends in Bangkok.

I’ve now started and deleted a few paragraphs trying to say how much I enjoyed my time in Bangkok. It is tricky to explain without giving the wrong impression. I enjoy hanging out with Thai friends in Ubon; I like using and improving my Thai; but it was nice to just sit back and joke around in English. I like my Christian friends in Ubon and I value diversity in my interactions, diversity of age, marital status, nationality, etc; but wow was it nice to spend a few evenings with other young, single, American, Christian folks. I rejoice when I see Thai Christians being Christian in Thai ways; it make me sad when I see Thai Christians distancing themselves from other Thais by taking on Western forms of “Church;” but it was rejuvenating to be a part of an amplified, guitar-drum-keyboard, (there’s a word I’m missing here) worship time.

I enjoyed my time in Buntharik (minus the part about being sick). I’m now getting ready to head down to Bangkok.