Today we went to the grand palace with June and her two children. Today is mother’s day because it is the queen’s birthday! They do not have a lot of money so these kind of trips are not an option for them usually so it was very special to be able to treat them. June’s testimony is amazing and the way that God changed her life is drastic. She, as do all of we, has a long rode ahead but is making amazing progress in her spirituality which has flown over to other aspects of her life like being a mother.
So, at the palace Thai go for free, but us Farang(foreigners) had to pay 300 baht(7 dollars?) to get in which I thought was funny. Jessica got to wear this nice wrap around skirt they handed out because her ankles were showing, the heathen. The palace was overwhelming:statues, temples, incensce, gold! The biggest temple was interesting we sat in there for awhile and watched all the thai bow and pray to the buddha statue. No pictures of that because we were not allowed to use cameras. It was pouring rain and most of it is outside so our trip was a little dampened, but what we did see was amazing.
The day ended with mcdonalds because thats what June’s youngest daughter loves mcdonalds :) The food from mcdonalds here is the same price as in the states, so thai see it as very expensive… It kind of is considering that we can usually get a meal for 20-40 baht (50 cents-1dollar), and a big mac meal is 160 baht(4 dollars)! So here Mcdonalds is a classy restaurant! Ah, culture is a funny thing.
Elaina
PS Jessica’s eyes are healed!
