A Childhood Dream Come True!

 Here's one of my entries from last Friday Evening!

5/16/14

Today was a beautiful day! It was a Friday. The last class of the second to last week of this 6 week media missionary course I am teaching here to the Karen students! I taught a bit on Photoshop today, mostly with Eh k' nyaw. He looks to be a promising possible media worker here in the future! While leaving the studio mid afternoon and walking through the rice fields and orchard to get to my place, I realized that I was in one of my childhood dreams! I came up to put my clothes away from drying on the line and get ready for Sabbath! After taking care of everything, as I sat there on the front porch of my Medical Missionary building eating some supper of Karen food, mostly rice, and looking at my partial view of the valley and surrounding hills, it was incredible!
We had sunshine most of the day and the typical afternoon thunderstorm with some rain which had just passed. In the lush green valley below as Sabbath was drawing close I could hear the beautiful voices of the Karen students from our foundation singing 'Little Brown Church in the Wildwood' in their native tongue! What memories that can bring back! I almost felt like I was in one of Eric B. Hare's stories!
I went down a little later after supper after the students had finished worship and were practicing their memory verses. I wore my Lugi, a Karen mans Sarong, and was standing visiting with Eh too and the gardener and his wife when the students were coming out. The kids were all happy to see me. One of them pulled me along to come to the dorms. It was fun! I played with some of the boys in their dorm then hung out with some of the boys and girls in the girls dorm. The kids always enjoy when I pull my iPhone out. I try to get a few pictures with them but before I know it they are looking for the guitar app so they can play the guitar! :) these were fun times that I won't forget! And now to sleep dreaming of a new and exciting Sabbath! Thank you Lord!