Feast at Goli's

This weekend we were busy with house cleaning, helping at the school to prepare for a visit from the King's representatives. The school is being considered for an award and they are going all out with setting up a room to display the school activities.

On Saturday night it was time for the Baha'i Feast. It is a gathering that takes place every 19 days and is composed of three parts. First is devotions and prayers, a feast for the spirit., next comes administrative discussions, and lastly comes the social part which typically involves food. Saturday's feast was great. Some of the young girls sang prayers in both English and Thai. There was harmony and solo parts. It was so beautiful that it moved me to tears (that's not so hard to do, because I really am a sap).
After the administrative portion, we ate together. We had hot pot. It's a fun way to eat. You have a pot of boiling broth and just keep adding vegetables and meats to it. We had all sorts of different mushrooms in the pot. There were golden needle mushrooms that were long and skinny, there were white mouses ear mushrooms which were flat and white and there were some other mushrooms, more typical of what you see back home. Lots of tasty sauces and there were shrimp and pork too. Delicious!

After the meal, we played a game. The kids really liked that and wanted more, but as there were no more games planned, we had a little sing-a-long. It's surprising that so many of the Baha'i songs that we know are also well known here. They seem to often sing the English version and then have a Thai translation with the same melody. A lovely evening.

CM