songtaew.

In most cases, a picture is worth a thousand words... but mine here do not do the "songtaew" justice. Imagine old trucks with roofs on top and benches in the back racing up and down one long stretch of road. Only 7 Baht. This is the songtaew. To get to The Well we took this special low-cost truck-taxi, walked, and rode the BTS, everything short of a tuk-tuk! While it was nice to be in a truck again, it was not a typical truck-experience! Here are a few pictures from our ride: 

Claire putting on a brave face for the camera!

You can stand, or you can sit on these lovely benches. Your choice!

The view out of the truck.

The cab of the truck... notice that the driver is seated below the bed of the truck!

But, we all survived, and made it both to and from The Well safely. Luke, one of the teachers at the BSC, was our guide. His family lives in Thailand, and his dad runs The Well. He's going to be giving us some more information about The Well in the near future... but from what I gathered from our time there, they have a worship service and sermon (what we participated in) twice a week, and they also provide skills and training for the women in order to help them support themselves so that they can get out of the bars (ie: prostitution). They have a whole jewelry and clothing line that they are working to develop and brand in hopes of providing a livelihood for these women. They also do outreach in the bars. Some of the  women go to the bars to engage women and share with them about The Well. While everyone is welcome to come to the worship services, only the women who commit to working to get out of the bars are able to get financial assistance. It seems like a neat organization, and I am glad that we were invited to be a part of it this morning. I'm also looking forward to finding out more, and finding out if/how other people can be involved with it!