Working with the BSC

In addition to my work on weekends with Immanuel Baptist Church, I also continue to volunteer with the Baptist Student Center here in Bangkok. The BSC teaches English to thousands of Thais each year, and uses that platform to introduce Thais to the gospel. I simply show up when I can to give the students the chance to practice their English in informal conversation. I also attend their "Friday Night Live" gatherings, where they get together to sing and play games in English. As I developed relationships there, I began to look for chances to build on the informal conversations and began to go shopping or to dinner with a few of them at a time. Three of the students I see a lot of are New, Pen, and Pai. New is 22 and heading to Saudi Arabia to be a flight attendant with Saudi Airlines. Pen is a bit older and works for a shipping company. Pai is a 20 year old college student. At this point, only Pai has crossed the line of faith, but New and Pen are very close, I believe. There will be more about "Bamboo Pai" in another post.