Well yesterday was awesome! We enjoyed a day of rest and fun on a private beach. The ride out their was beautiful and the time spent laughing, hanging out, just enjoying each other was great but wow being in God's creation taking in His amazing beauty and glory was breath taking. It was a good day...a gift from Tracy and Keith and we were honored to be a part of it.
Today was great!!! We went back to the same hospital we were at on Wednesday to throw another party for aids patients. We again had no idea what to expect and when we showed up the head nurse met us at the vans hugging everyone and thanking us for being there. Then before we knew it we had over 40 people there. Some the same from Wednesday but alot of new faces. It was a day full of joy and laughter....something these people don't experience much of. In fact the head admistrater and the head of the district hopsitals showed up and by the end of the day they were wanting to know if we could all come back and how soon. They said that these patients come every month for check ups and never smile and all they did was smile all day and that brought them joy! How exciting to see God move the way He did!! The whole team jumped in and out of their boat of comfort and interacted in ways ....well we will leave those stories for later...but one has something to do with B Wall singing "Stayin Alive". It really was a blessed day of fellowship and encouragement between team members , the Thai people and the community leaders and the Richards. God is good!! To leave you with one last thing....we ended our day with worship songs and it was so cool to see and hear the leaders talking about how we were praising God and thanking God ....they heard the name of Jesus !!! Praise God! During our worship one man came up and began to sign with us and do the motions with us even imitating our faces...and I couldn't help but think of the verses in Ephesians 5 "Be imitators of God therefore live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." We were being imitators of Christ and they saw the love and I just can't help believe that he wanted what we have .....Christ. The Spirit is moving and it is exciting to be a part of it!! We are heading out tomorrow to help encourage some believers and we know that they will encourage us!!! It is sad to think it is coming to an end but crazy good to see what God has done and is doing in us and in the Thai people!!
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