Travels

Waiting for my first flight out of Green Bay

Hello everyone! I have arrived safely in Bangkok, Thailand. My flights were all on time, and all of my connections went smoothly. In total the trip was about 24 hours. I sat next to two engineers from the Grand Rapids area going to Korea for business. Their kindness and companionship was comforting. I didn’t sleep much on the flights, so by the time I got here, I was pretty exhausted. Brittany took Wednesday off work to help me adjust to Thailand. We rearranged some of her furniture, ate yummy Thai food from this hole-in-the-wall restaurant and got massages. The masseuses gave me a Thai name. Apparently Thai children are given a legal name that is really long, and then their parents give them a nickname that means something. When Brittany first came to Thailand, the kids at an orphanage she was visiting dubbed her Fa Sai, which means clear sky. The masseuses, knowing that, named me Da Wan, which means the sun. I’m pretty excited about that J. Brittany showed me around the YWAM base and I met the other Thai Song staff. She taught me how to get around by myself on the busses and trucks. All in all, I like Thailand so far. Jet lag is rough and I feel like I’m walking around in a fog all the time, but Brittany assures me the first two days are the worst. It’s so great to be here with Brittany in her world! I’m finally getting the chance to see for myself all of the things she’s told me about in the last two years.