First Thai Hospital Experience

This past week I experienced my first Thai hospital experience. This is one of the two reasons why you have not seen a blog post in quite a while.

First, my MacBook charger saw its last day… and Apple products are stinkin expensive out here! So my mother came to my rescue and mailed me a charger. Praise the Lord my computer stayed alive as I completed my last grad school paper {literally with 15 minutes to spare- Praise Jesus!}  And of course, Caleb’s computer started acting up around the same time…

Second, I got sick. Really sick. As in, I can’t remember the last time I was this sick- sick.  After reaching out to some coworkers, I learned that when you get this sick in Thailand it is best to suck it up and go to the hospital. We have some crazy illnesses/diseases here, so while we don’t legally need a prescription to get any medicine from the pharmacy- you can’t always rely on Dr. Google to diagnose you and tell you what medicine you need. So after a lot of hand gestures/pointing to body parts, some testing, and countless hours in bed, I finally found myself  with 6 little ziplock bags filled with my prescriptions. Yes, ziplock bags filled with individual little pills. Welcome to Thailand ha. But I am doing better and I am incredibly thankful.

And then I finally returned to my precious 3rd graders. Kind of funny story- Yesterday when I finally got back to school I could only speak quietly, so my poor students had to be even quieter than normal. Unfortunately, one of my sweet little girls {named Ice} did not want to be quiet. When my students decide they would rather talk than be respectful students they must stand in the front of the class or do planks/squats for 5 minutes {the later is mostly for the boys… and don’t worry- I take it easy on them :) }. So I made her stand in front of the class while I continued to teach. Ice was mortified and silently cried during her punishment. It was heart breaking and sweet at the same time. Finally, I let her sit down. Today, when I entered the classroom Ice approached me with the biggest bag of fresh fruit I have ever seen. In Thailand we skip apples and go straight to the good stuff- tropical fruit. So today’s fruit was something called mangosteen and it.is.delicious!! When I asked her what it was for she said it was because I had been sick and because she was sorry for yesterday. Can we just sit back and laugh about how sweet that is? I made her cry and yet she brings me treats?

I couldn’t help but think about how this reflects the Lord. Regardless of how many times I let Him down or offend Him, He continues to bless me with His love and renewed grace. Do I deserve it? Not at all. But Abba gives it just the same.

I will be posting regularly again soon!! Missed being part of your lives while I was MIA! Hope your week has been filled with blessings.