I'm here!

I made it! I am back in Thailand...after the longest travel days of my life! We took off from JFK almost 4 hours later than planned! Our plane was delayed coming in and then we finally got on it almost 2 hours after we had planned. Boarding took FOREVER and then there was so much air traffic at JFK we got in a very long line. As we are waiting to leave, a woman passenger began to freak out that she wanted to stay in New York. She began to run up and down the aisle screaming she needed to get off this plane! Her husband and the stewardesses attempted to calm her down but she was slowly becoming hysterical! Finally they decided to go back to taxi the plane back to where we had started from and let her out. We went through that long process, then they had to go below and retrieve her bags. Now our plane needed more fuel. By the time this was all done, we got back into an even longer line of planes. BUT I made it through the travel experience. I got to go outside in Germany! So all in all it wasn't so bad!
  
I arrived in Thailand around 10:00 Sunday morning. I got through customs and got my bags no problem. I found Solomon (one of the school administrators) and we got in a taxi and made the long trip from the airport to GES! I have to say I had forgotten how hot Thailand was until I stepped out of the airport!
  
I must confess on the plane from Berlin to Bangkok I was having my first ever series of doubts since this whole experience began! I started to think, "why did I ever want to do this?" "PA isn't that bad!" But as soon as I got through customs, I was standing at the baggage claim waiting for my bags and I smelled it! Bangkok has a very distinct smell...kind of like dirty sewer water. Call me crazy though but I like it. It grows on you! As I was standing there I smelled that dirty sewer water smell and I was comforted. I knew that I had made the right decision! This is where I wanted and needed to be!
 
Now I am all unpacked (for the most part). There are just a few things that I need to get to be completely settled in. I am so happy to be back in Thailand...and to not have to go on an airplane for several months! :) Thank you all for your prayers!

Leaving PA

So today I am leaving for Thailand. Slowly but surely it is starting to set in. I am beginning to think of all my "lasts." Last time I wake up in my bed, last time I brush my teeth at the sink, last time I hug my mom goodbye. But with lasts come firsts too. This will be the first time that I am really on my own and I am ready for it! My whole life is packed up in two (extremely HEAVY) suitcases. I'm ready to go. I'll write again on the other side of the world! :)

God is good! :)

Tonight I was reminded through people lifting me up in prayer how blessed I am with the people that God has placed in my life! Thank you everyone! It was so encouraging and appreciated! God is good and faithful!

Side Note:
  Some people have been asking me what the title of my blog means. It's called Tuesdays in Pink because every Tuesday at the school we wear pink shirts in honor of the king. The color use to be red but a local group that is involved in some of the political unrest wears red so as not to be associated with that groups, the color was changed to pink.