Walking on H2O

Walking on H2O

We have our meals in this open porch-like area. There’s a door to the kitchen, and a door to the area where Tete & her husband stay. No windows. Just fresh air. After eating, Tanin & Akhom usually go off and do the next activity with the kids or whatever crazy thing that’s on the agenda. Tete, Uncle Sam & I are left at the table, and we talk. About everything. Even though we’re in the jungle (essentially), the people know a heck of a lot about the world. But those of us living in the biggest cities in the world don’t know much about the rest of it, do we?

So today after breakfast, we talked about Michael Jackson. Now, everyone has their own take on him and are interested in different facets of his life. Tete talked about the orphanage he supported & how he would borrow money from the government to fund the orphanage & pay the debt back with his performance profit. Whoa. Another aspect of MJ, I guess. Not the first thing that comes to my mind, though!

We spent the morning at the hospital. Tete has been having chest pains (pray for her!), so we went with her to her check-up. The Thai government recently built this hospital, and it’s quite a sight! You take off your shoes at the ‘entrance’, which is this open area with no doors. Really. And when a stretcher needs to go through the lobby, you’ve gotta push back the rows of chairs so it can pass through. But a hospital is a hospital, which is a great luxury to have. (I’ll post a picture of the dog that was roaming around INSIDE!)

Uncle Sam & I spent the afternoon teaching origami & playing games with the kids. Origami=great idea! Apparently Uncle Sam got the idea when he went backpacking in Nepal & visited an orphanage there; some Japanese girl brought paper & the kids had a ball. Same with Musekee. Origami is a universal language. :) One boy, Saksiy, is AMAZING. Like, he kept asking to do more & more things until Uncle Sam finally went and got the origami book he checked out from the library. Bright kid. Sweet kid, too. But Uncle Sam thinks this kid’s name is “Sexy”, and being the exuberant man he is, every time he sees Saksiy he says, “Are you Sexy?? Huh? Sexy?!!”

OYE.

The story of Peter walking on water came into conversation today. Peter walked on water. It’s not an ordinary feat, and he was doing just great. But we all know what happened: he sunk. Why? 1. Maybe he had fear. He looked around & saw the vast ocean with no land in sight. 2. Maybe it was pride. He was walking on H2O after all! You don’t need a Jesus if you can walk on water. But both 1. & 2. are wrong!

Think about it.