Bokaew Christmas

A Christmas surprise! We received a card from Miss Buppha and the students from Bokaew school! What memories this brings back. And we wish them a blessed Christmas and God’s blessings for a great 2008! God bless our friends at Bokaew.

AME Thanksgiving

To wrap up the AME trip, we had a Thanksgiving session on the Saturday after we got back from Thailand. The Soymilk + C team planned the program and made the arrangements for our parents to be present.

Our guests

The evening started with Evangeline welcoming the guests and we praised God with Jeremy Tan leading us in songs. Different team members shared their reflections on the trip. Jeremy Chan started the ball rolling (Developing my relationship with the team) followed by Grace (Developing my relationship with the Thai Christians), Amanda Soo (Developing my relationship with the people in Cambodia), Kenneth (Developing my relationship with the people in Thailand), and Jeremy Tan (Developing my relationship with God).

Jeremy Chan

Grace

Amanda Soo

Kenneth

Jeremy Tan

A video of the AME activities done by Brendon and Kevin reflecting the trip was shown followed by P. Robert’s encouragement. Soymilk then sang “A New Anointing” for our guests.

Soymilk sings A New Annointing

Parents listening to reports

Food was delicious and prepared by the families present. We ate and talked and had fun at the Bedok church garden. A birthday surprise for the Ang twins – Keith and Kenneth - ended the evening’s fellowship.

Potluck brought by parents

Jeremy's masterpiece

Aroy Mak!

Fellowship in garden

Happy Birthday Keith & Kenneth!

Indeed, we give thanks to God for a meaningful and encouraging AME. Blessed be His name!

Day 15 (04 Dec, Tuesday)

When we left for the airport, we were almost half an hour behind time. So it was a rushed trip to the airport.

We all decided to wear the ‘Same same but different’ t-shirts we bought as our Soymilk team t-shirts were already worn and dirty. Surprisingly, no one cried at the airport… no teary goodbyes for us. Because most of us would probably head for Chiang Mai again and experience P’ Robert’s new house.

What we’ll miss is the people. Most of them could not see us off as they had school… and Evan is ‘super, super, super sad.’

The cool weather and the low humidity. The cold wind lashing at our faces. Truck rides with loud singing and clapping. Table tennis. Late night devotionals. Warm kaya bread and milk drinks from P’ Little’s stall. Shopping. Baw Gaew kids. So many memories. So little time to write.

This AME was packed full of activities. We did a lot of the organizing like the English camp at Baw Gaew school, the English camp at the Zone and the Talent Nite… kept us busy for most of the time but we’ll always find time to eat, hang out with the Thais… especially with snacks at night.

Looking out at the fluffy clouds outside the airplane window, we realize how we have grown in so many ways... we have definitely come a long way from when we left and traveled in the opposite direction 2 weeks ago… It’s always amazing how much we can do and experience in just 2 weeks away from home… Thank God for the 2 uncles and Uncle Robert for making this trip possible.