She knows how to pronouce "Chocolate"

We woke up bright and early and met Chis at Bangkok Univerisity. We arrived at the milk run a few minutes late and there wasn’t much for us to do because there were plenty of volunteers today. After spending some time there we decided to grab some breakfast at le bon pain. Next, Jodie and I gave Chris a grande tour of Mercy. None of the children were around but we able to give him a chance to see the children in the kindergarten who extremely cute and playful with us.

A few funny moments of the last couple of days included Galong walking into our room unannounced. He sat down beside me while Jodie was getting a shower. To her surprise, she walked out in a towel and burst out in laughter to see Galong hanging out on the bed. He proceeded to cut and file his nails while telling stories in the “language of Galong.” A language not understood by anyone else. Galong is like the Mr. Bean of Mercy. He points, uses gestures and makes funny faces a lot.

Another recent visitor included Folk who also came into our room while Jodie was in the washroom. I hid him under the blanket and surprised her when she stepped out of the bathroom. Folk then borrowed my headphones and attempted to sing along to “Under my umbrella” At one point the three of us were jumping on our beds dancing and singing along to the song. About 10 minutes later he left and snuck by the house parents and headed back into bed. Earlier in the evening he was showing Jodie his chocolate treat by pointing to it and saying chocolate. Jodie responded by repeating the word chocolate. Then he said in Thai, “she knows how to pronounce chocolate” haha. He considered chocolate to be a Thai word and was surprised that she knew how to pronounce it.

A visit to Mercy 6 today also allowed for some good laughs. Si Jie bought a pair of shoes at Tesco today. She put them on in and did a little fashion show in front of 6 little girls from Mercy 6. I accompanied the fashion show with some made up music. All of the little girls irrupted in laughter so then we each gave them a chance to put on the heels and do a little dance. It was pretty adorable. Mom you would have particularly enjoyed this show. I’m positive that we have some future high heel lovers on our hands.

Aunt Betty sponsors one of the older Mercy 4 girls and she wanted to take her shopping at Tesco. Si Jie, Jodie and I were invited along and we helped the girl pick out a new wardrobe on a budget of 1000 baht (30 dollars cdn). We left Tesco with 2 pairs of pants, a new shirt and two pairs of shoes. Aunt Betty, along with her sponsored child seemed to really enjoy it.

That’s all for now. Sending love from Thailand,

Misty