Welcome to PlaaPlaaPlaa!

So you may be wondering why PlaaPlaaPlaa? What are those strange fish symbols above? What is ปลา and what does it mean? In short, this is a blog site, so surely there's going to be plenty of rambling. Unfortunately BlahBlahBlah was already taken, so I had to settle for the 'Plaa'. But there's actually more to it then just ramblings. The first fish symbol is actually a Christian symbol meaning ICTHUS - a greek acronymn which means "Jesus Christ is God's Son, the Saviour". The other strange letters you see in the last fish is actually the thai word for fish which funnily enough is pronounced "Plaa". So when you put it all together, this site is going to be my ramblings in telling people about how Jesus Christ is God's Son, the Saviour in Thailand (with plenty of good stories about food in between). Happy reading.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

A wave of opportunities

I've now officially been here for 2 months already! Time has really flown. In some ways it's felt like i've been back forever, but in other ways, I also only feel like I've just started to settle down now that i'm finally in my own place. The past week has presented many unexpected ministry opportunities. I'm really finding that i'm needing wisdom to decide what to take on, what to say no to, and especially try to work out when would be an appropriate time to actively start taking on various ministries. Up til this week, apart from looking for a car and house and moving in, I've got back into language lessons, slotted back into my old cell group (which has been an awesome way to 'ease' back into things with a bunch of friends who know me well and understand me), I've been sitting in on Sunday School prep as a way to help with language, I've been helping do the sound desk at church on sundays and i've been spending time with lots of friends to build relationships. It's all been heaps of fun and pretty cruisy (apart from a bit of stress leading a couple bible studies). But suddenly over the past week, it feels like there has been a wave of ministry opportunities that have emerged. Like getting more involved in music at church in both playing and giving feedback on how things are done, helping tutor a non-christian kid with some english literature (of all things) with the hope of building relationships to bring them know God, I've been asked to consider doing a kind of Christianity Explained course on Sunday mornings with an interested non-believer who has started coming along to church, there have also been some opportunity to help do some graphic design for a new ministry that a friend is starting up, and that's all within the past week. While helping teach english literature is a likely 'no' (i think i'd be more of a hinderance than a help - i'd probably just get them to watch the movie!), many of the other opportunities are really exciting things to get involved in. But the big question - am i rushing in too soon? Am i ready? Will I ever be really ready? Would really love your prayers for wisdom on all this.
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