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Hello everyone!!

I thought I’d update you on my first two days at IMC! I arrived here quite late on Monday and settled into my room in IMC! I was obviously too excited to unpack and went down to greet the others in the lounge area.

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After a catch up with some encounter 2′s (those who went to second week interviews in March!), I finally met my teammate Jamaiko!! We bonded immediately and were sure we’d get along great in the weeks to come!

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Arriving a little bit later was Kathy! My roomie! So of course it was only right that I introduced her to our new headquarters for the next 4 weeks! I got to meet her mum and she was very lovely! I can’t wait to meet her again!

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Last to arrive was Richard of course last but not least! He completed out Thai team and the tight bonding between us all began. Richard is also bunking with Jamaiko, so they got a bit of manly time to bond together!

I’m amazed at how God matched us so well!! Thankyou for that!

From an awestruck Nicola

08/09/14

พบกันไหม่ = “pop kan mai” = see (meet) you later!

Hey again it’s Nicola!!

Jamaiko, Kathy, me and Richard! Team THailand WOOH!!!

The title kinda gives away the theme for today my goodness! It was so busy! From filling out visa forms to writing blogs to pub quizzes it was truly an exciting but busy day!

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I started the day feeling a little poorly but God soon rid me of that and felt good enough to participate in the afternoon/evening activities!

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The most memorable activity had to be finally getting to meet Bob and Charmaine for the first time! It was nice to meet them and chat about the experiences they have opened up for us to partake in! From working with hope home, to night light, to going to a conference in (I think ) Chiangmai!! Which we get a free T-shirt for!! (Free T-shirts are always good! )

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We also had our team photos taken!! Of course we had to spritz up for them! Though…we aren’t allowed to see them until tomorrow (well today now)!

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I feel like the team have really bonded today through games from yesterday also and going off to the local sainsburys in Selly Oak, I feel we are getting more like a family, I have no worries about going abroad with them I feel unbelievably blessed! Thankyou church for helping me gain this opportunity to meet them! I just know they’ll be friends for life!!

pop kan mai!! (please refer to prior post for translation!

ps- we found out we won’t be learning Thai but actually Burmese because we will be working with people on the Burmese boarder a lot of them speak Burmese alone! So I’ll be converting to Burmese goodbyes in the future!

From a sleepy Nicola!