Fun in Fang

After a 3 hour drive up North from Chiang Mai, we made it to Fang! Our new home for the next 6 weeks! We are staying at the outreach center, a 3 story building with a pristine view of the jungle and hill tops! The showers are cold, but when it is 80 degrees Fahrenheit and humid, it's more than tolerable and actually quite refreshing! The staff of the Ywam school along with Tore, our contact in Fang, had a welcome dinner for us! We had a Shan dish, noodles & sauce, kind of like a twist on spaghetti! We also tried the tamarind fruit, as well as a fruit nobody new the name of, it looked like a rounder kiwi but tasted more like a pear or apple! Anyways it was a perfect first evening! We 

are so blessed that we have a stove to cook with so this morning for breakfast we were able to have oatmeal! :)

My heart is exploding with love and happiness after this morning! We went to visit the Ywam school we will be working with for the next 6 weeks! Some of the kids are Shan refugees, others Thai, and others are Karen refugees.  The school is a safe place for the children to be while their parents are working in the orange fields! They are taught bible stories, English, Thai & Shan! As soon as we got out of the car children came and jumped on us hugging us, just wanting to be loved! It brought some of us to tears to see their beautiful smiling face and to hug them tight! After multiple hugs we had a prayer meeting with the staff and then taught the children a bible story! We acted out the Good Samaritan, sang songs, and drew pictures! We then were able to just play with the kids, paint their faces, play soccer, give piggy back rides, and give endless amounts of hugs!

Tonight we will go to a house visit to meet one of the local families! Continue to keep us in your prayers!

• Prayer for Unity in the team
• An openness to the gospel for the Shan people
• That we will see God's hand at work through healings, miracles, and salvations
• That we can be a blessing to the community and encourage them in their walk with Christ
• For safety, health, and protection

I will add pictures asap! God bless you like you all have blessed me!

Eliana