No turning back

1. I have decided to follow Jesus;
   I have decided to follow Jesus;
   I have decided to follow Jesus;
   No turning back, no turning back.
2. Though I may wonder, I still will follow;
   Though I may wonder, I still will follow;
   Though I may wonder, I still will follow;
   No turning back, no turning back.
3. The world behind me, the cross before me;
   The world behind me, the cross before me;
   The world behind me, the cross before me;
   No turning back, no turning back.
4. Though none go with me, still I will follow;
   Though none go with me, still I will follow;
   Though none go with me, still I will follow;
   No turning back, no turning back.
5. Will you decide now to follow Jesus?
   Will you decide now to follow Jesus?
   Will you decide now to follow Jesus?
   No turning back, no turning back.

No turning back. That has been on my heart since the beginning of my trip. "The cross before me, the world behind me; no turning back". We sang this song in worship today right after a song that repeated "I want more of you, God". I sang that from the bottom of my heart. God has been challenging me a lot in the last month (I have officially been in Thailand for a month!) and while it has been difficult I wouldn't trade these challenges for anything. I know I am going to come back home a different person, especially in my hunger for seeking God :) 

As for my weekend-it was pretty good. I taught English at Nak Suu again. This time I was teaching solo and to a group of teen boys. I was really nervous about it but it went well and I once again realized how much I enjoy working with teens. Saturday night I went to church-it had a college group feel to it. It takes almost an hour to get to this church (finally got to see a different part of Bangkok!)  and on the way home I was in charge of giving the directions to the cab driver. I was able to give the directions all in Thai and he understood me! Granted all I had to say in Thai was "Central Mall, go straight, 2 overpass, and then a handful of turn left and turn right".  But still, I felt accomplished :) I am also almost completely able to communicate with the Nak Suu kids during registration in Thai. While I can say the important phrases and they understand me,  I am still having a hard time understanding them. Sunday was a wonderfully relaxing day (besides the grocery shopping, it's so difficult to get anywhere here). So yeah now Monday is here and our 5th week begins! Our topic is world issues. Today Mr. Steve Good spoke about Refugees. I encourage you to look up refugee stats. We have approx 15.4 million refugees in our world today! That's just refugees for forceabily displaced people it's approx 45.2 million! Please be in prayer for the refugees. 

Another prayer request:

Team members are getting sick again. This time it's all different things: 2 with colds, 2 major nausea, 1 fever. Please be praying for healing and that no one else gets sick!