Hey friends and family!!! This is Lauren writing! 

We made it to Thailand! Our first day in Bangkok was very interesting. We started of walking down the street for breakfast at this little hut. Since I am allergic to Gluten i just ordered bananas and peanut butter. The other girls ordered peanut butter and banana sandwiches. Since there is a language barrier we had a miscommunication and we waited an hour for us all to get banana's and peanut butter. haha then we had orientation on our do's and don't. 

 Now we are safely in Phuket! The ride here was quite the adventure I may say. I got sick half way threw our 12 hour drive. So I made a trip to the bathroom where it was not very pleasant and made me nauseous even more. After I got the sickness bug out of me I was able to sleep the rest of the way. Arriving into Phuket was exciting for all of us for the fact we could FINALLY stretch out our legs and have some fresh air. The driving situation here is a little bit different here then in the states. There are heaps of mopeds here that just drive crazy. It is quite hilarious to watch. We are staying at the SHE ministry housing. Its very nice. The weather is very warm and humid. We are all trying to adjust our bodies to always sweating. haha  Our days consist of Waking up for devotions in the morning with the thai woman who work there then having breakfast. Around 11 we do team devotions and then lunch. After lunch we go and do prayer walking where we walk around to Patong and we pray for the girls that we minister to at night. During our free time we have quiet times to spend with God and we build relationships with the Thai children in the community. After supper we have Prayer and Worship before we head out for the night to minister to the girls. when we get back we debrief and pray for the girls and conversations that we had. 

 We are all doing really well. Nobody has been really sick yet. And we are making really good relationships with the people of Phuket. 

Packed into the back of the truck

A market we walked through

The coffee shop we always go to.

One of the closed doored bars. PLEASE PRAY

One of the streets we minister on.

Just waiting for the bus.

Sawadee-kah

Prayer Request:

- To continue building closer relationships with the women in Patong. 

- And that we would be able to keep building their trust

- For rest in our team and continued unity

- HEALTH and safety!