Law Laew!

Yesterday afternoon, a friend wrote to say what an encouragement I'm being to him in his weight loss journey. I'm so thrilled to be able to help some others start this process or encourage them on the way. For me, it's a real sense of accomplishment, that I've learned enough along the way to help others. I really sense that God has a plan for these lessons I'm learning.

Last night Cindy and I were going over to the YWAM Base for worship and a talk by this week's DTS speaker. On the way we stopped at a local place where students often eat. The food's inexpensive and we know that they do a great "Pad Paak Ruam Sai Gai", which is sauteed vegetables with chicken.

One thing I like about this food stand is that she's always got a smile for me when I'm out on the bike or going for a run. She's seen me throughout this process drop the weight, and gain health. After we ate, we got talking and she asked how much I'd lost. I told her 41 kilos (91 lbs) and she smiled and started almost jumping up and down. "Law Laew! Law Laew! Law Laew!" It means you're already handsome!

After the worship meeting, several girls from a local group home all came over and were asking about the kilo's lost and how I felt. Several of them said they hadn't initially recognized me :-)

The day was filled with a great sense of acknowledgement for a job well done.