Ric and Sharon Bruce On a journey with you to Thailand This video shows you what our lessons are looking like these days. We play videos of everyday activities we saw in the community and our teacher dubs over them in Thai with what is happening in the video (step-by-step description of the actions). For example in this video he is saying something like, “The other morning at the restaurant a woman cleaned off a table. She began by putting the menu back then wiping the table while lifting the glasses. She then put the glasses away.” Watch the video at youtube or embedded on our website.
After this we also record descriptions of the setting in which this activity is taking place for example, “At this restaurant there are tables where people who are eating sit. They order food from a server. This restaurant serves Thai food and is close to the moat in Chiang Mai.” Or whatever. Here is the text of this video typed out in Thai:
ในตอนเช้าของเมื่อวานนี้ที่ร้านอาหารผมเห็นผู้หญิงคนหนึ่งกำลังทำความสะอาดโต๊ะ เขาเริ่มเก็บเมนูใส่กล่องหลังจากนั้นเขาได้ยก แก้วน้ำขึ้นและใช้ผ้าเช็ดบนโต๊ะให้สะอาด ต่อจากนั้นเขาได้นำแก้วน้ำไปเก็บ. หลังจากนั้นเขาได้เข้าไปในห้องและเขาได้ทำความสะอาดกระจกหรือเช็ดกระจกเขาเริ่มใช้ฟองน้ำชุบน้ำยาและเช็ดกระจกทีละบานจากด้านบนลงมาถึงด้านล่างจนทั่วทั้งสามบานหลังจากที่เขาเช็ดจนทั่วกระจกแล้วเขาได้ใช้ผ้าแห้งเช็ดน้ำยาออกจากกระจกโดยเริ่มจากข้างบนลงมาจนถึงด้านล่างอีกครั้งโดยเขาได้พลิกผ้าทีละด้านเพื่อเช็ดกระจกให้สะอาดจากด้านบนลงมาจนถึงด้านล่างทั้งสามบานครับ
Tags: activity, Chiang Mai, everyday, keep, learn, learning, lessson, lift, menu, restaurant, script, speak, Thai, Thailand, video, wipe
Tim: Yeah, you really have to get your ear used to a new language by listening to it for hours before you can even pick out the individual words. Otherwise it will just sound like nonsense. Thanks a lot for your prayers!
Dan: Thanks for the kind comment sir. Great to hear from you. We will be praying for you there and are trusting the Lord with you. -Ric and Sharon
Appreciate the Thai lesson video, and trip to the temple video. I appreciate your hearts in ALL the effort, work, and sacrifices you both are making to be equipped to communicate the gospel to these people. Reading twitters reveals a little different angle on some of what is involved w/ learning a culture. I admire and commend you both. It is sobering to watch the activities the people go through @ the temple, I presume to either gain their salvation or help maintain their religion?? Thanks for your faithfulness. I’ll be praying for you. Pray for new business in the building arena. I feel Lord is definitely in it…really need His blessings and provision.
Gees. I did not understand a word he said. I felt like he just kept repeating himself over and over. I assume I am wrong. Hope you guys are doing well and praying for you both.
Tim and Beck