Saturday, April 14, 2012

Songkran Festival

Yesterday was Songkran.  The Thai people are on the road side and in the streets throwing water all over everybody and putting some kind of nonstaining paint on others' faces.  They actually celebrate it for a few days, but yesterday was THE day.  So we had the kids in the back of the pickup with their squirt guns and garbage cans full of water.  Great to see so many smiles and laughing.  Some drink heavily (not our kids!) but I only saw one aggressive man.

Songkran is the celebration of the new year here.  The throwing of the water is supposed to be a form of blessing I hear.  And as hot as it is, it is a blessing!  I haven't had any time to do online research since I've been here, so I don't have any detailed facts to share.

I've been at the Bamboo School www.bambooschool.org since I arrived in Thailand.  I've come to learn about orphanages and the culture and seek God's guidance in my daily walk.  So my only plan right now is one day at time, and probably visit other places in the future. 




  Watch out when you pick up your clothes.


 Second one I killed.  1st one the first night.




  Sunrise view at Bamboo School.

I have many more photos but limited time.  Hope you subscribe to receive my new posts to your email!





9 comments:

  1. As of now I did not recieve an email for this post so I need to make sure I have my settings correct.
    Holly smokes that spider and scorpion freaked out Sage and Rach lol...and honestly I wouldn't want find it in my clothes either lol.

    Talk to ya soon Bro. :)

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  2. Ah I found it...just at the bottom of this section there was a "click here to subscribe by e-mail" once I clicked that it said all posts from here on will go to my e-mail :)

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    1. Good, thanks for the feed back Shawn! :)

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    2. Well I still can't figure out how to subscribe to emails! I scroll down to the bottom like Shawn said he did and only find "Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)! What the heck is "Atom"??? When I "subscribe to ..." all I get is an icon to click on for comments. Why do they make it so hard? With Wordpress (where I have my blog, it clearly says "subscribe to email updates"! Yah got to make it easy for us blondes (even if the blonde is more gray than blonde cuz it goes ALL THE WAY TO THE ROOTS!!! LOL!)

      Looking forward to your next post! :o)

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    3. I am not completly sure I have it correct either. I get e-mails anytime someone posts in this thread, but not in the new thread? I think we may have to subscribe to every thread....which is dumb!

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    4. That is a pain. Hmmm, makes me want to switch to a different blog if it's like that.

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    5. Yes it is a pain..and I do have to subscribe to every thread to get e-mails about that thread. Another thing I don't get e-mails when there is a new thread created either :( if anyone has figured out how to get e-mail updates on new posts Chad makes then let me know lol thx.

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  3. Hey Chad,

    Looks like the kids (and you) are having a great time. Your mom is following my blog so when she posted this, I came on to take a look! The bugs...creepy!! The kids....adorable. I'm currently in Chiang Mai but leaving for Bangkok tomorrow! And yes, Songkran is so fun and so, so, so wet!!! Loving it!! Wishing you continued happiness on your journey. Thanks for what you're doing for others!

    Cheri :)

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    1. Thank you Cheri, Let us know if you'd like to visit here!

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