Finally I got internet long enough so I could post on here! Thailand is incredible. We got 3 days ago, and we are enjoying it so much. The first two nights we stayed in the hospitality house of YWAM, and we got to go to the market there and see a lot of authentic Thai. We saw a women cutting the nails off of chicken feet, meats, fruits, and a bunch of foods we did not recognize.
The next day we decided to move into a hotel and be closer to the more tourists parts of Bangkok. We got a taxi and drove about 30 minutes to the center of downtown Bangkok, where our hotel is. It feels like New York City, its amazing. We went to a cute little cafe to have our first official meal in Thailand, Mom had a Hawaiian crepe and I had some pasta, it was delicious. After we checked into our hotel, we walked around downtown, found the mall and went shopping for a few hours. We saw a few Starbucks  When we got back, we sat by the rooftop pool for a little while then snuggled up and watched some Bones (of course).
I am loving Bangkok, while it is hard to think about me not coming back to the states for five months, I am so excited to get my time in this beautiful country. A lot of my team is starting to fly in and arrive, I will meet up with them in the next few days and my school will start early next week.
I am so excited for the next few weeks and months that lie ahead of me! I cant wait to begin forming relationships with the people on my team, and the people of Thailand. I think I am most excited to see all the beautiful sights, I think Thailand has a kind of forgotten beauty, and I cannot wait to experience it.
A few things I definitely want to do:

1.  Go up north to Chiang Mai
2. Go down south to the beaches of Phuket
3. Ride an elephant 

Right now, Mamma and I are going on a tour of the Grand Palace, and I am so excited for this. I shall write another post when we get back later this evening. xoxo