Wow! Time really flies when you are on outreach. After three weeks of amazing ministry and so many good moments, our time in Ratchaburi is now at an end. After one night on a comfortable bus, we arrived in Thailand’s Northern metropolis: Chiang Mai. We knew that these days were the last days of Songkran, the Thai New Year’s celebration. Still, most of us were not prepared for what we would soon experience. Basically, the whole city was one big water fight that includes every person outdoors, willing or not. Armed with water guns we went out, but we soon found ourselves outmatched by pickups packed with Thais and filled buckets. So we were soaked, but we had such a great time!
Soon though, we were back in the warm reality of an average temperature of 37 Celsius. As I write this it is statistically the warmest day of the year, which is quite easy to notice. Luckily we are provided with one amazing invention: fans. We live in a building which is both a guesthouse for teams like us, and a café run by YWAM. Our ministry is a part of a bigger ministry called Lighthouse In Action, which focus on students, prostitutes, and villages in the surrounding area. We, however, are mainly focusing on the student ministry. Next to the café is an enormous university area with around 40,000 students (10 000 due to Thai vacation). On many days we go out there and meet the youth. Our goal is to get to know them as friends and hopefully, connect them to the café and YWAM. As we build relations with them we believe in a God who is mighty and loving, and who can meet these people through us. After all, He longs for them to meet Him, much more than we can ever do.
So God is good, fellowship is good, food is good, temperature is almost too good, and next week will also be good (and hopefully contain some more pictures).
Magne, DTS student
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