This past week, I got to play host as volunteers from the Christian Volunteers in Thailand (CVT) Program had their summer retreat and training program in Sangklaburi. On Saturday I went down to Kanchanaburi and spent the night so I was able to meet them Sunday morning at the War Cemetery in Kanchanaburi. After walking the grounds and reading the history, we went to the Museum across the street and learned even more about the Death Railway and the workers that built it. After spending time at the museum we visited the Bridge over the River Kwai and had lunch there.
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| The War Cemetary in Kanchanaburi |
We then drove to Hellfire Pass and were given half an hour to either look through the museum or head down to the pass itself. I had been through the museum before, so chose to go down to the pass. It never ceases to amaze me the size of it and how difficult it must have been to work on it in the rainy season with sickness and other things complicating it as well. We then drove the rest of the way to Sangklaburi, had dinner, and settled into our resort for the week.
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| The Bridge over the River Kwai |
The rest of the week we spent talking about teaching, sharing lessons we've taught with each other, getting to know each other, and encouraging each other. We had some free time on Wednesday and visited the Mon Temple that was built in the Burmese fashion, but I think we did more shopping than looking at the temple. We also went to where the famous monk who passed away over 13 years ago's body is being kept. After that we got on long boats and visited the sunken temple. However, due to the low water level, the temple is all above ground. so we were able to get out of the boat and walk around and take pictures.
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Hellfire Pass
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Overall, we had a great week getting to know each other, encouraging each other, and catching up with each other. While I am no longer officially in the program, it is still very near and dear to my heart and I always love spending time with the other volunteers and encouraging them in their teaching, as well as giving them advice about living in Thailand, etc... I'm blessed to know all of them, and glad they were able to get out of their cities and see the countryside of Thailand a little bit for a week.
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| Sharing lessons and teaching experience |
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| the Mon Bridge |
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| Where they are keeping the monk's body |
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| getting on the long boats |
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| the sunken temple that is actually above ground right now |
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| celebrating 39 years of marriage |
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| I stayed in the bungalow on the left side |
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