Week Three

I can’t believe we’re at the end of week three already! This week’s topic was relationships. So far, this is my favourite topic we’ve covered (even though it’s only the second one haha). Our speaker was really honest and talked about things that some people don’t always cover, I wish that she could have stayed and talked for another week. She also talked a lot about family and how important family is, and how much it affects who a person becomes. One of the things that she said that I found really interesting is that by four years old, 80% of a child’s worldview has already been formed.  I found myself incredibly thankful for the family that I have. Sometimes I take that for granted, but to any family reading this right now, thank you for being amazing. J 
                On a more serious note, one of my roommates whose name is Mai (pronounced “my”), just found out some bad news. I’m sorry if any of this makes you uncomfortable but I need you guys to pray for her. She’s in her late thirties, and has a husband and three kids. Lately she has been bleeding really bad, so she thought, “I don’t have any pain, so I won’t go to the doctor.” But she prayed and asked God to get someone to tell her to go to the hospital if that was what she was supposed to do.  Shortly after that, she had another lady from the base tell her she should go to the hospital to get everything checked out.

                She came back with X-rays and a note from the doctor showing that she had a cyst on her left ovary that was 4cmx4.5cmx6cm. The doctor compared it to the size of a potato. Although she speaks English really well, she can’t read it. So when she called her husband, who is British, she asked me to read the doctor’s note to him. So I had to explain to him what the options were if it was cancer, and what the options were if it wasn’t. It was not nice to have to tell him about it all.

                This weekend she goes back to the hospital to get more tests and find out whether or not it is cancer. She told me it was okay to tell you guys about this because she wants all the prayer she can get. So if you could pray that it’s not cancer, or better yet that God takes the tumor away completely, that would be wonderful. Oh and she also told me to make sure I told you she is really beautiful. (She’s quite spunky haha)

                Well that’s pretty much it for this week. Everything is still going well, I’m learning a lot, including that I LOVE papaya! Who would of thought? It always reminds me of that Sunday school song, “I like bananas, I know that mangos are sweet, I love papaya, papaya?” It’s probably on my top five favourite fruits list now.

Today’s Fun Fact:

 The Thai word for grandpa is “Pu” which is pronounced “poo.”

To all of you who still have the heart of a six year old, I hope you enjoyed that.