Loy Kratong

Thai people have been celebrating Loy Kratong lately. It's a festival of light, and all through out this month you can see these paper lanterns floating into the sky. A couple weeks ago, our family went to an event here where they release hundreds of these into the sky all at once! It was really amazing and beautiful! Buddhist people believe that their cares or sins float away with these lanterns. It was interesting to see the Buddhist ceremony, but we were praying for all these people to know the one way that sin is truly taken away, the blood of Jesus. Here's Evie and WInnie buying us a lantern. These women are making loy kratong boats to sell. These are floated down the river with a candle on it. This barbeque was one of the many food options while walking to the festival. Cotton candy & balloons for sale, some things aren't so different. This is the group of friends we went with. The front "stage" area had a huge buddha idol and monks sitting all around it. When entering the gate, they made all foreigners register at a table and then wear these "Foreigner Guest" stickers. We thought they were pretty hilarious. Like you can't already tell we're foreigners! Getting the lantern ready The girls holding the lit lantern waiting for the order to release them. Off they go! The girls loved the evening, but we were still getting over jet lag, so they crashed as soon as we were in the car, and left Mommy and Daddy to handle the traffic getting out of there.