Riding the bus makes you a bit nauseous! Today it rained on the way to work, so the bus driver was pounding the brakes. Getting on the bus is a trick too! While you are getting on the bus is pulling away. And it is a leap to get off and of course, again, he is pulling away mid step! It was ridiculous. We almost hit so many cars, and the bus is constantly weaving in and out of traffic. I think the driver thought we were a mo-ped. In other words I think that he thought he was the smallest thing on the road and definitely drove like it. So, I spent the better half of my morning stuck on the bus as it almost rammed 20 different cars. It was an experience for sure, not to mention on the back of every seat is an advertisement of canned fish with this sauce on top that looked like thick blood. Yum Yum...they just wanted to add to the nausea! Yay! I will defintely get you a picture of that fish...it is super delicious looking!
I cut hair today...quite a few of the girls watch me from a close distance(there are 5 girls that are hairdressers and at least 11 that are making jewelry). It is a little nerve wracking, but I managed to show them how I do a long bob. It turned out great and it was nice because it was one of the girls in our sewing program and she was able to get a haircut. I took over 17inches off. It was intense.
After the haircut. Prai, the head of Rahab at the moment and the jewelry designer, taught me how to make some earrings, since I will be filling in as teacher for her class. That should be very interesting. She made me practice until I was confident though and that was so nice. I will get to teach 12 students at the International school on Monday.
Prai also has had me filling order of earrings and other jewelry for the organization. She tells me that right now the jewlery is their main form of income. They have to pay the girls' wages monthly, so the more they are able to sell in a month, the better.
The hairdressing part used to be a large part of their income, but recently a few bar/brothel owners have opened their own salons where their girls can get ready and won't hear about ways to escape. I get it, but that is sad for Rahab. Hopefully, that will change and girls from the bars will be able to come again. It was a huge outreach for rahab too! They were able to chat with girls as they helped them get ready for the night!
Definitely keep me in your prayers...A lot of the girls' speak very little english and the ones that do, I still have a hard time understanding. Pray that God will be gracious to me and help me to hear with clarity and be able to communicate with them well!
I will get to teach English classes twice a week, but I am not sure when that starts, so hopefully that will help brigde the gap!
Talk to you soon!...
Laura (or Lala as Thais say it)
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