All in a day's lesson...beyond the words!

Meet our two good friends-Kipp and Anna. The little fella in the pouch is Levi. Kip is a Mhong American. That means his parents are from the Mhong tribe but he's lived most of his life in America. Anna is a MK. She was raised in Thailand and is back doing what her parents did...loving tribal people. They are currently teaching English at ARDA until the Lord opens up other things for them.

The other funny looking boy with his shirt off...he's parents are also trying to love Lao people. In fact, this little boy's parents organised this picnic on the river to get to know his English students better. They had a great day and got closer to the students. It was fun but trying. His parents had a long week and they've not been well. But they decided to press on and keep their picnic date. They were pooped when the got home and slept part of Sunday. But they pray that their efforts will be fruitful and meaningful relationships will be built up with their students. There's a lot of things to do when you teach beyond the words...

The students like to play songs, drink beer (the boys), laugh, joke and eat lots of good tucker...so that's what we did. We cooked bamboo soup, ate sticky rice, bbq fish and lots of other veggie, good for ya stuff with lots of chili.

The wife of the tribal boy with his shirt off is grating up carrot for the 'papaya salad'...

The blue insect and the red boy are sunning themselves on a hot rock, all part of the river's edge setting....