During our first visit with our doctor here in Bangkok, our doctor noticed the cross on LB's necklace and asked if we are Christians. We said yes and she invited us to a Christmas Eve dinner at her church. There were about 1,200 people there and 1,194 of them were Thai. Her church is associated with an all girls Christian school, and the school was hosting the dinner. We ate Thai chicken, pork leg, fish stomach, cashews, tofu, rice chips, lotus soup, Sprite, Coke, and water. The entire service was in Thai but some of the Christmas songs were in English (Jingle Bells, Silent Night, and one other).
We are very thankful that our doctor invited us to spend Christmas Eve with her. There are not many Christians in Thailand, most Thai are Buddhists. Also, the Thai are very personal people, and they do not often invite outsiders to spend personal time with them.
Our doctor lived in Germany for 20 years so she's had a lot Western influence and also she is just a wonderful Christian lady.
This was our second Christmas away from family, and although being away from family is never fun, for the most part we enjoyed it.
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