Crickets and Honey

I was John the Baptist today. For some reason though, I allowed the thought of not having crickets to eat with my honey bother me all day. SUCH a busy day. I got to the office at 3pm from language school, and expressed my dismay at not being able to find edible insects to show the kids as I played John the Baptist during the kids' camp. (Edible insects are usually sold in the evening market only.) A friend (who remains unnamed par his request) went in the kitchen looking for bugs for me. I told him if I wanted that, I could have kept the cockroach I killed this morning in my bathroom. While I was dramatizing my despair, he found that the sticky contraption that catches rats under our office's kitchen sink had a cricket on it! (Still alive!!) My friend picked the insect up with his bare hands and put it in a bag. What a hero! I carted it all the way to the community. Who can beat having a live cricket and a bottle of honey to truly express the craziness of being John the Baptist??!!

Seriously, praise God for his idea and the follow-through. Many heard for the first time. The kids really listened and responded! I taught in Thai and it was understood! Please start praying for next week when I teach "Why Jesus Died". In a three-week time period, we are trying to give a brief explanation of Easter for the younger children's kids camp. It's summer break here now for the kids.