First day in Udon Thani

After a 55 minute flight from Bangkok, two of the Udorn elders welcomed us at the airport. Sister Phorn (pronounced pawn) from 2nd branch also met us there. The elders put our suitcases in a tuktuk and Sister Phorn drove us to our new home. We were excited to see where we would spend the next year. It is lovely and comfortable. The young sisters and elders live in the same townhouse complex--the elders two doors down, the sisters four doors down.

We unloaded our suitcases and headed for the church to meet some new friends. The sisters rode their bikes and nearly beat our tuktuk. They are really speedy.

These are such good, faithful people. They welcomed us with open arms.

We were hungry, so we walked around the corner from the church to a little restaurant for some som tum and pad thai. It was very delicious! The sister missionaries joined us. We love them already.

  

Sister Sahagun                          Sister Maughan

                                         Sister Tilley     and    Sister Her

We called a tuktuk to take us home. We went back home feeling very exhausted but happy. Our time zones had not adjusted yet so we were not sleeping well.

When we arrived at home, we found a sweet welcome note from the sister missionaries ["Welcome! We are so excited to serve with you here in Udorn (written in Thai). Heart, the Sisters"] with some cherry lifesavers. I told you, we loved them already!