My first couple days...

Hello beautiful people. So I realized I haven't blogged since I got here and decided to make a little time to do so.
So Wednesday-Thursday was the longest flight EVER. Just saying...
Friday was our first day here and we got a little chance to chill out and relax and get accustomed to our jet lag. Pretty much we ended up sitting in a circle staring at each other because we were all half asleep haha. But we did get to know each other and I'm very excited to get to work with all the others here! They are so amazing. We had lunch that day at one of the local places. I ate cashew chicken, but it is far different from American style founded in good ol' Springfield. It was so good though. And for dinner we went to the huge mall. The mall kinda sort of led to a state of culture shock. Everyone went to the food court but three of us decided to try to find somewhere else to eat. We went looking for a pizza place which led to us wandering around a little lost. When we tried to talk to some of the people who worked there we had a lot of trouble communicating. Of course the only Thai we know is how to say hi and thank you. They didn't speak any English either. It was a little confusing and super frustrating. Eventually we just decided to go to McDonalds. Of course, their Mcyd's is different than ours, but it was good and helped ease off the shock. We went to the grocery store and around an open market thing, kind of like our flea markets, or open air markets maybe.
Yesterday, we had our orientation. That was long and a bit draining especially since jet lag was still prevalent in most of us. Plus it was a ton of information all at once. But it was very comforting and left me feeling cared about and even more excited for the semester ahead. I'm so certain this is where God wants me and that he has awesome plans for me here. I can't wait to see how the story unfolds and all the awesome things he's going to do.
As for food yesterday, it was pretty American. Pizza for lunch and some Cajun like rice that Tammy made for dinner. We had our first "family dinner" which was so fun. We played a really intense game and then also played Settlers, which I failed epically at haha. And then to bed, to crash, because jet lag still isn't fully out of my system haha.
Well, this is all for now.
Love, peace, chicken grease. :)