3 Languages and a Baby

This was a very special weekend.


Pattaya had its first Russian meeting! The brother who gave the talk, Igor, is a brand new Papa too! Impressive. Having a baby for a week AND giving a public talk. Busy man!!
I was so happy for all our Russian brothers and sisters. They are so diligent about learning English, Thai and TSL but really miss hearing their mother tongue. I hope we can arrange these more often. Plus they bring lots of food and we hang out and eat after meeting. A habit I would like to get into.
I gave a tiny comment in Russian: Viera y moojestvor! (Faith and courage.) I'm learning weird little bits and pieces of Russian based on who I hang out with. Like, I know how to say "monkey with a hand grenade". When would I ever say this? Well when something or someone looks sketchy you say 'Ooh, it's like a monkey with a hand grenade.' Apparently. In the future, I will enjoy throwing that out there to Russians who think I speak no Russian. They will be correct, but momentarily astounded.

What else made this weekend special?  A deaf brother from America who now serves in Malaysia gave a talk in our hall! He and his wife want to move to Thailand so whenever they have to do a visa run, they visit a different part of Thailand to see where they might like to move. He gave a beautiful talk about avoiding spiritism. He showed us that when we are in a store buying a movie or game, Satan is watching us from the outside, waiting to see what we will choose. If we choose something with spiritism, Satan doesn't have to wait outside anymore. He gets to come right in and sit down next to us on the couch. He gets real cosy too, putting his arm around us, and shooting a look at Jehovah that says, "Told ya."
Makes you never EVER want to get anything contaminated with spiritism!

Not to be outdone, Brother Jordan gave the talk in Thai AND simultaneously translated bits of it into English for us (which surprised his wife who thought he had simply forgotten to speak in Thai) WHILE shouting over the torrential rain that pounded the hall for a good portion of the discourse. Then he went and participated in the sign language meeting as well. Why are there so many over achievers here??? Just kidding, I love them and they give me something to work towards :)

I will blog more later, but right now Amy and I are going to get some dinner. The cats say hi.