Monday, Jan 7, 2013
I woke up at 5 am when our AC unit began making terrible noises and leaking water into the room. Needless to say, I couldn't go back to sleep. Craig this morning woke up with some stomach problems, but they later cleared up and he is fine now.
Our breakfast this morning was just like yesterday except there was not fruit. We ate breakfast with a group of Korean businessmen who were getting ready to fly back to their homes. The bright spot of the morning was that we had HOT water!! Thank you Lord for your wonderful blessings that we so often take for granted.
Lazarus picked us up at 8:30 am and I started teaching the students at 9 am. There were 44 students and about 10 adults in the class. I decided not to show any of our videos or use our power point slides in that most of the students do not speak or read English. Lazarus served as my interpreter. Everything went really well and I was able to cover the material within the time that I had been given. We started at 9 am and took a 30 minute break at 10:30, restarted at 11 am and I finished at noon. The students then wanted to ask questions so I stayed another 30 minutes with them. It was obvious by their questions that they were "getting" what I was teaching them. They were very attentive and everyone took a lot of notes.
We left for lunch at 12:30 pm. Lazarus took us to the City Center Shopping Center food court and we ate grilled chicken with rice, soup, and a soft drink. All this cost us about $15 US for all five of us; really cheap and really good.
After lunch we went back to the hotel to rest until Lazarus was going to pick us up at 3 PM. When we got back to our room, the AC unit had leaked water all over the floor. We again notified the manager and he quickly mobilized the maids who came and cleaned up the mess. They later sent someone who was supposed to fix the AC. At 3 PM, we went with Lazarus and his family to a church for a wedding reception and dinner. It was a strange reception in that the bride and groom were not present. They were married several weeks before in Japan where they now worked and lived, so their parents had a reception for them at their home church.
After we returned from the reception, we sat around the hotel and played cards and talked until about 10 pm and then went to bed. I was able to use my iphone and talk with Michelle, who is in Florida, using Face Time. What a great thing! Here I am on the other side of the world and able to not only talk with Michelle, but to actually see her!
I continue to be impressed by how welcoming and friendly the people of Myanmar are to us. Tomorrow, I will resume my teaching of Lead Like Jesus to the students and will complete the section on the Heart of a Servant leader and hopefully be able to finish the section on the Head of a Servant leader. It should be a good day, but it is supposed to be 90+ degrees again. Continue to pray for us.
Blessings from Myanmar.
Fred R. Waggoner
Fred R. Waggoner
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Soli Deo Gloria - "For God's glory alone".
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