Day 6: Church and R&R – May 16th, 2010

This morning we woke up later and got ready for church. We went to the church that the FCF is a branch off of. Great service. Time spoke on Genesis and creation. He spoke mainly about how we are created in his image – Imago Dei. It’s lovely. He spoke about how a lot of people hold all creation at the same level as humans, that the animals in the rainforest are just as important as us humans, and Tim rebuked that and said it was not true. The Lord God has made us in His image! The Lord’s image is not equal to the cows and mountain lions. His image is special and beautiful and only placed in us. He said that we are the inheritants of the earth, and so we should be good stewards, but we cannot deny that because the Lord has given us certain characteristics that are from and of his image we cannot ignore that we are different and special. It was a great sermon indeed.
After church we went to central mall for lunch and window shopped. All (nearly/all that I have seen) the food courts in Thailand require you to buy coupons and then use them to buy the food. After you get the food, you can return left over coupons for Baht. Because it is so fantastic, I decided to have chicken fried rice again. It was delicious, as always :o) When we finished eating we went around and window shopped. In the process, Crissy and I stumbled upon some amazing massage chairs. They were free and gave fantastic full body massages. We decided to stay for the fifteen minute cycle and we had a chance to talk. It was a great bonding afternoon for us. We walked (and got lost) in the rest of the mall. Vogue Avenue was uber fun. There was a strip of stores that had boutique esk clothes. Crissy and I decided to try on a couple of outfits. They were a little expensive… around $30 usd, so we didn’t buy them but took pictures and enjoyed the experience. After we left the mall, we came back to Thong house and were planning on going to the Sunday night market but TADA! It rained – for a long while. It was the first time it’s rained thus far so Trayce and I went and got drenched dancing in it. Because the rain continued, Nate decided it would be best if we stayed in. In Thailand, McDonald’s delivers! So we ordered in. It took Nate like 40 minutes to order and then another hour after that for the delivery to get here. Haha But when it did, it was quite the experience. We had a killer awesome bonding time – watching silly YouTube videos, and Linda braiding my, Eli, and Shannon’s hair. We just had a great time with each other. Kels, Jess, Stacey, and I did 8 minute abs – what a work out! Phew! It was indeed a great Sabbath! :o)