Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Off We Are!


Hello everyone,

Today begins a long journey for our team. We welcome you to check on what's happening with our Asia team here. We will blog as often as possible and as long as the spotty Internet connections in those parts will allow us to.

We are excited to represent our church in this trip, especially because we will have the opportunity to hug the children that we have rescued in both Thailand and Cambodia. We realize that even though this is a tough trip that requires gobs of time and commitment on our part, it is also a TREMENDOUS PRIVILEGE to be able to do it.

Thank you for praying for our whole team. I am fighting a sinus infection right now. Uhgghhhh.... Saw my wonderful doctor yesterday (Dr. Fast) who gave me some antibiotics. Hesitantly, I started the regimen last night. I am praying that the meds will work or that God will cure me without the meds. Thanks for joining us in your prayers.

I am trying to finish last minute stuff before we left, but wanted to do this quick post to share our schedule with you. Please bear in mind that all times listed are local times in the city listed. Cambodia and Thailand are 12 hours ahead of us right now. We should be arriving in Phnom Penh, the Capital of Cambodia, on Thursday, 10 p.m. Wooster time, which will be Friday, 10:00 PP time, on January 22. But it won't make any difference because we won't know where we are by then! Later that day we drive to Battambang, the second largest city in Cambodia and will probably arrive there 9-10 p.m. on Friday (9-10 Friday morning in Wooster). Are you following all of that?

Okay, here is the schedule:

SE Asia January 2010 (Tentative) Team Schedule

Wednesday, January 20,1:00 p.m. – leave from the office to Cleveland Hopkins
5:00 p.m. – flight to L.A.
7:09 p.m. – arrive in L.A.
11:25 p.m. – leave for Taipei, Taiwan

Friday, January 22, 6:00 a.m. – arrive in Taipei
7:25 a.m. – leave Taipei to Phnom Penh, Cambodia
10:00 a.m. – arrive in Phnom Penh
12:00 p.m. – team goes to the hotel
2:50 p.m. – Faa arrives in Phnom Penh
4:00 p.m. – team leaves for Battambang
9:00 p.m. – team arrives at the TEO hotel in Battambang

Saturday, January 23, 8:00 a.m. – breakfast and team meeting at the TEO
9:00 a.m. – team rides to Grace Place: Battambang
12:00 noon – lunch with AH staff
2:00 p.m. – team returns to GP:BT
6:00 p.m. – supper at restaurant
9:00 p.m. – back to the TEO

Sunday, January 24, 8:00 a.m. – breakfast and team meeting at the TEO
9:00 a.m. – church service at the pavilion (worship with the orphans)
12:00 noon – team takes Kanes to lunch
2:00 p.m. – visit points of light, micro-
enterprise projects with Kanes
6:00 p.m. – team returns to GP:BT
9:00 p.m. – back to the TEO

Monday, January 25, 7:00 a.m. – breakfast and team meeting at the TEO
8:00 a.m. – leave for Phnom Penh
1:00 p.m. – arrive in Phnom Penh, go to the market, shop
6:00 p.m. – dinner
8:00 p.m. – back to the guest house

Tuesday, January 26, 8:00 a.m. – breakfast and team meeting
9:00 a.m. – visit Toul Sleng museum
10:00 - 1:00 a.m. – visit/work at the dump site, pack lunch
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. – visit the state orphanage
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. – visit other AH orphanages in Phnom Penh, meet with AH staff
7:00 p.m. – dinner at the Thmorda
9:00 p.m. – back to the guest house

Wednesday, January 27, 6:30 a.m. – breakfast and team meeting
7:30 a.m. – leave for Phnom Penh airport
9:40 a.m. – leave Phnom Penh
10:50 a.m. – arrive in Bangkok
12:05 p.m. – leave Bangkok
1:20 p.m. – arrive in Chiang Mai, Go to G.R.O.W. home
2:00 p.m. – lunch at Ga lae, (Thai food) , after lunch possibly to slum area for Hill tribe people
Thursday, January 28, 8:00 a.m. – breakfast and team meeting
10:00 a.m. – visit International Justice Mission
12:00 –lunch with Kaow soi (Chaing Mai food) and shopping
2:30 p.m. – visit AGAPE ministries (dealing with AIDS patients)
4:00 p.m. – Garden of Hope (street children)
5:00 p.m. – prayer walk in slum are for Hill tribe people in CM
6:30 p.m. – supper at Night Market or Palad tawan wron
9:00 p.m. – go to Flinchum’s

Friday, January 29, 7:30 a.m. – breakfast and team meeting at Flinchum’s 8:00 a.m. – leave for Weing Pa Pao, will spend the day and night there with kids at Grace Place:Thailand)
Saturday, January 30, 8:00 a.m. – dedication of GP:TH
12:00: p.m. – lunch
2:00 p.m. – return to CM, go shopping
7:00 p.m. – dinner
8:30 p.m. – team meeting

Sunday, January 31, 7:30 a.m. – breakfast
9:00 a.m. – church at Doi Soket 1 (with all the orphans)
12:00 noon – lunch
4:30 p.m. Student Center worship , Afterwards, got to walking night market (Optional)

Monday, February 1, 7:30 a.m. – breakfast and team meeting
8:30 a.m. – leave for youth detention center, do service there
12:00 noon – lunch with AH staff
Afternoon – shopping and packing

Tuesday, February 2, 8:00 a.m. – breakfast and team meeting
9:00 a.m. – leave for CM airport
1:25 p.m. – leave to Taipei
5:55 p.m. – arrive in Taipei
11:40 p.m. – leave for L.A.
7:05 p.m. – arrive in L.A.
10:55 p.m. – leave for Cleveland

Wednesday, February 3, 6:16 a.m. – arrive in Cleveland

Note: All times are local to the city mentioned. Both Cambodia and Thailand are 12 hours ahead of Wooster, OH. There is a chance Jeana, Nathan and Pastor Ivanildo will be returning to Cleveland on 2/6.

Thanks for your prayers!


Pastor Ivanildo C. Trindade

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi team! Praying for safe travel for you. I am so excited for you and can't wait to hear and see the pictures. Wish I was with you.

Love, Diane T.

Lucy C. said...

Hi all, I have enjoyed looking at the pictures you posted today...I'm hoping to be able to go there myself some day....I will be praying for you all while you are there. Love, Lucy C.