Children's Day

Three members from Krabi Baptist Church helped Richard and Linda at the Children’s Day program in Khao Phanom. Children's Day is an annual event celebrated throughout all of Thailand. We arrived about 8:30 in the morning. Many excited children dressed in their school uniforms were already at the field in front of the city building. Most came to play games, do sports activities, and go from booth to booth gathering free food and free gifts. At our booth, we passed out over 1,000 Jesus booklets and made at least 600 balloon animals! At times, it was hard to keep up with the crowd. In order to avoid confusion, we ended up having the children form lines (which is very un-Thai like). The balloon animals went over well. However, several people fussed at us passing out the "Jesus" booklets. After talking with one such lady, Linda convinced her that Christians have had a positive influence on Thai society by following Jesus example of showing love toward others.