Food, Friends and lots of FUN!

One of the first orders of business in Chaing Mai....FIND THE DQ!

And we did. Here we are with our teammates and friends from Canada. The 6 of us hit it off at training in Colorado and spent some good quality time together in Chaing Mai. We hit the beach with our Canadian friends as well, so you'll hear more about them later.

Also on the menu....PIZZA HUT!

We had to get all the junk food cravings out of our system. Pizza Hut restaurants in Asia are way nicer than in the States. They are quite a bit fancier in general, but are still about the same price or even a bit cheaper. :) And still the same yummy smell of pizza when you walk by! Although, the topping choices are a little strange...shrimp on pizza?

 We really loved Thai food, especially at the little places tucked here and there where you could get a meal for $1 each. This was our first eatery of this sort and it was really yummy. We ended up each getting 2 dishes...here's a taste of one of them....

We especially liked all the fun ingredients in the Thai food such as lemongrass, coconut milk, curry and many other new flavors. One of my favorites was a Massaman Curry dish with chicken, potatoes and peanuts. I found a pre-packaged sauce and bought a few to have back here in UB. I think we may even be having that tonight! I'll let ya know how it turned out.

Here we are at another local eatery with some of our other friends from training. It was so good to see everyone again and catch up on life in their part of the world. We've made some really great friends through our organization...everyone has just been so wonderful - from the staff in the US to our team here in UB to our friends scattered around Asia. We're so blessed to be in such a great community...more like a family really.

And of course, it was so great to make new friends along the way as well. This dear family was staying at the same place as us before our conference started (here we are having our free buffet breakfast!). They are like-minded folks from Australia and are taking a year to travel around the world with their family! They are staying for about a month in each place so they can really experience the culture. It was so great to get to know them and share our experiences (and a few meals) together.

All you can eat breakfast...mmmm, mmmm. 

Let just say we had several opportunities and struggles on our trip to overeat (during conference we had 3 meals a day of buffet!), and our Father worked on us a lot during that time. At first we were so excited to try everything, especially since my skin was doing so well and the food wasn't causing any problems. But we knew we needed to limit ourselves, even though our eyes were much bigger than our tummies. :)

We are still working on doing everything for His glory....even eating well!

May you also continue to do the same!

Many more stories to come.....