Well...we have been here for about five days, and are just barely figuring things out not only in the world of blogging, but also in the city of Bangkok.
After a seemingly never-ending flight from SLC to Bangkok, we were picked up by our hostesses (the girls who run the school) Jan and Pim. We stayed a couple of nights at Pim's parents, because the air conditioner in our apartment was broken. Saturday Pim's dad, who is the branch president, took us to a huge market. There they sold everything from squid on a stick to pet squirrels on leashes.
The following day we went to church with Pim. Denise fretted over whether her shoes were dressy enough or not. She needn't have - because all shoes are removed before entering. Laura prayed that she would be able to understand at least something from the meeting - her prayers were answered when both were given earphones and had the whole meeting interpreted by a missionary.
Supposedly the shopping in Southeast Asia is incredible. Our first experience yesterday told us that we are definitely on the "larger" end of the size spectrum. The guidebook tells us that the "attendants will bluntly steer us towards slimming colors and sizes that will fit our sturdy frames." We had hoped that this would mean that we will find even better bargains, because of the gargantuam feet we have compared with most Thais....but we came up barefooted yesterday, when the attendant told us he didn't have shoes large enough to fit our size 40 Cinderella step-sister tosies....
After a seemingly never-ending flight from SLC to Bangkok, we were picked up by our hostesses (the girls who run the school) Jan and Pim. We stayed a couple of nights at Pim's parents, because the air conditioner in our apartment was broken. Saturday Pim's dad, who is the branch president, took us to a huge market. There they sold everything from squid on a stick to pet squirrels on leashes.
The following day we went to church with Pim. Denise fretted over whether her shoes were dressy enough or not. She needn't have - because all shoes are removed before entering. Laura prayed that she would be able to understand at least something from the meeting - her prayers were answered when both were given earphones and had the whole meeting interpreted by a missionary.
Supposedly the shopping in Southeast Asia is incredible. Our first experience yesterday told us that we are definitely on the "larger" end of the size spectrum. The guidebook tells us that the "attendants will bluntly steer us towards slimming colors and sizes that will fit our sturdy frames." We had hoped that this would mean that we will find even better bargains, because of the gargantuam feet we have compared with most Thais....but we came up barefooted yesterday, when the attendant told us he didn't have shoes large enough to fit our size 40 Cinderella step-sister tosies....
