Bangkok International Ten's

This weekend is the Bangkok International Ten's Rugby tournament, where teams from all around Bangkok and the world come to raise money for Nak Suu and other charities. So naturally, since we are apart of Nak Suu, we have to help work the tournament. A sports DTS from Perth flew in to help us as part of their outreach, so that was extremely helpful. Kayla, Michelle, and Tim (a member of the sports DTS), and I were in charge of selling raffle tickets for the 50/50 raffle. Where half the proceeds earned went to the winner and the other half was donated to Nak Suu. We were out in the sun, walking around all day trying to sell these tickets. The only problem is neither Kayla or I like to try and sell stuff to people we don't know, so we recruited a bunch of people to help us and in the end we got 15,000 baht worth. Hopefully tomorrow we can do better, maybe it won't be so hot.

Rugby is a really cool sport, I wish it was more popular in the States. For those of you who don't know, its basically a combination of soccer and football. They can kick the ball, throw it, and completely tackle, but there are no pads and obviously the rules are very different. The first half of today was just a little kids tournament, so some of the younger teams were playing touch but others were playing tackle. It was insane how tough some of the kids are. There were four Nak Suu kid's teams, only one did pretty well and the others struggle. But, just remember,Nak Suu is a organization that teaching kids front he slum how to play rugby, learn b about God and learn some English, because otherwise they cannot afford it. Later in the day, the men's teams played. We got to watch our Nak Suu Warriors climb to the top of the tournament, in a face off for the finals tomorrow! It was so cool watching them slide, jump, tackle,m and protect each other from the crazy huge opposing players. I am excited for tomorrow to see more men's games, especially the Warriors. Go Nak Suu!!!

Recap

Wow it has truly been weeks since I have written on here, and I am so sorry. It has been an insane couple of weeks, full of being homesick, frustration and fun times. Lets start off by doing highs and lows:

Highs:
1. Getting two packages in one week from home!!
2. Going to Cookies and Crust for small group
3. South African Community night (such amazing food)
4. Hanging out with my favorite kids from Mahathai
5. Making cupcakes
6. Having a late night jam sesssion with Kayla, Bec, and Oo
7. Being able to talk to my family, and best friends!
8. Valentines Day: made breakfast for the boys, the boys served us dinner, saw Safe Haven
9. Ice skating

Lows:
1. Homesick
2. Life gets hard when you are surrounded by the same people 24/7
3. Miscommunication
4. Boring speakers
5. Heaps of things to get done
6. The fact that I am 3 weeks behind on my journal
7. Being in the blazing sun all day at the BIT (Bangkok International Ten's, rugby tournament)
8. Hurting my shoulder while ice skating (I'm a grandma)
9. Ikea for 2 hours

I love Thailand, but right now and the past few weeks, I have really just wanted to go home, hug my family and friends, curl up on the couch with my doggies and watch movie and be home and be relaxed, and not worry about what I have to do next or whatever. It sounds terrible, I came all the way over here, nearly 10,000 miles and right now I'm miserable. But I think I'm allowed that, to be able to miss home for a bit. But I'm not letting it affect the experience, I'm staying positive that soon this funk will pass and it will all be fine.

Depressing post. sorrrrry xoxo