"Starting To Get Her Feet Wet"

Hello! Thank you for forwarding those e-mails! I SO appreciate it! And thank you for fixing my card. I was able to pull money out the other day, so I think that it is working fine! Thank you so much for taking care of that for me.
As far as time, I will be getting on around 8 am, so I think that it will be about 7 pm there, but Sister Lish says it will be like 6ish. I'm sorry I am not absolutely positive, but if you just watch your skype account from 6ish to 8ish on Sunday night I will definately be on somewhere in there. I am so sorry I don't know for sure, but once we get on and connect I will figure out time difference so that we know for sure. I cannot wait to talk to you! I miss you all so much.
Mama, what jobs are you working? Security? That sounds crazy! How is that going? I am so grateful that the Lord is watching out and providing for you all! I know that you are facing some tough decisions, but I know that God will help you make them, and give you guidance and comfort. I am so grateful for your wonderful example of relying on Him. Thank you so much for being such an incredible mother.
So, Thailand...is crazy! The food is good, but my stomach isn't quite strong enough to handle a lot of it yet, so mostly I eat PB &J (thank goodness I can get that here!) I ate this dish called Somtam for the first time the other day. It is this legendary Thai food, that is kinda like a really weird papaya salad. Basically, it is really spicy and really gross, but everyone says that you just have to keep eating it, adn you will grow to love it. The somtam we ate made Sister Lish really sick, though. It was kinda a sketchy little raan ahaan,(kinda like an outdoor restaurant that people run out of the front of their homes). SO we won't be going back to that one. Two of the members here, Brother Jack and Sister Dan have a little one out front of their home, that is really good, and it is clean, so we eat there a lot. The members here are all SO great! I love them all dearly! They all work so hard at helping me learn Thai. I seriously don't understand anything anyone is saying to me, so they all speak really slowly and repeat themselves multiple times until I get it. And they all tell me how geng I am when I speak, mostly just to boost my confidence a bit!
So, a few things that I have done and seen in the past week...
I went caroling with the members! SO fun! Thai people love to party and have fun, and caroling was no exception! So great!
I saw an elephant for the first time in Thialand. They are not really around this area much, but as we were out caroling, I saw this guy ride up to a restaurant on his elephant. I think all the Khon thai (thai people) got a huge kick out of me being so fascinated by an elephant!!
So we were riding our bikes back home from passing out flyers at the mall the other night, and in the middle of the road, Sister Lish loses her shoe! So all of the motorcycles are trying to get around us and cars are honking at us, and I was just laughing!!
I am in shock at the way some people live here, and it is totally normal. I have seen the poorest of the poor. People who live in little one room cement blocks. But I am always amazed to see the way the Gospel brings everyone together. It takes all kinds of people in this church and this gospel is true for everyone...the rich and the poor, the short and the tall, the crazy and the crazier!!! SO incredible.
Ok, well I am out of time. I love you all SO much! I miss you like crazy! Have a wonderful week, be safe, have a great Christmas, and I will talk to you all Christmas night!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!