Our Journey Begins...

What started as an outlandish idea at a fundraiser for the SOLD Project -- "Hey, let's get a group together to travel to Thailand and figure out what we can do to stop child prostitution and human trafficking" -- has now become a reality. It's so real, in fact, that we have the battle wounds (immunization shots and ensuing sore arm muscles) to prove it. Sitting in pre-Typhoid protection mode yesterday at the health department, my friend Susan and I looked at each other with fear and trepidation. This is actually happening. We are hopping the pond hoping, praying and dreaming that what our high school teachers and college professors preached is actually true -- "All it takes is one person to change the world."

Susan, Jenny, Marcia and I will update this blog with stories, pictures and reflections while on our trip. This will be a way for all of you to come along on our journey. Let the world-changing adventure begin...

Here's our itinerary:

Day1- Wednesday 16
- Stay overnight in BKK
Day2 - Thursday 17
- BKK sightseeing/Tamar Center
DAY3 - Friday 18
- Meet with Sukit (BKK Vineyard) in the morning
- Take a taxi to Pattaya
- Stay overnight in Pattaya (Pattaya night life)
DAY4- Saturday 19
- Meet with Jeff and Jessica Mock in the morning
- Visit Tamar center in the afternoon
- Drive to Rayong with Jeff
- Stay overnight in Rayong
DAY5 - Sunday 20
- Lauren speak at Rayong Vineyard Sunday service
- Stay overnight in Rayong
DAY6 - Monday 21
- Take a taxi to BKK Suvanabhumi airport
- Fly to Chiang Mai
- Dinner with Naret
- Stay overnight in Chiang Mai
DAY7 - Tuesday 22
- Meet with Norbert (Chiang Mai Vineyard)
- Sightseeing in Chiang Mai in the afternoon
- Chiang Mai at Night
- Stay overnight in Chiang Mai
DAY8 - Wednesday 23
- Visit Doi Chang (tribal coffee plantation) with Naret
- Stay overnight in Chiang Mai
DAY9 - Thursday 24
- Fly back to Bangkok
- Meet with Night Light
- Stay overnight in BKK (Bangkok night life)
DAY10 - Friday 25
- Debrief/Departure