In the morning, we took two buses to three different temples. At each, we received a lotus flower and incenses, and prayed for the students, wishing them good luck as they start their training.
On the bus, we got mini water bottles and sticky rice with dried shredded pork, wrapped in leaves. We also played the baby powder game. The concept is similar to musical chairs. We passed two bottles of baby powder around the bus, while music played. When the song stopped, the person holding the baby power had to draw a piece of paper from a bag. On the paper had instructions for who had to get a handful of baby powder in the face, sometimes the individual themselves, a person of their choice, the person sitting to their right or left, etc. It was really messy and scary, but also lots of fun and laughs!
After we visited the temple, we went back to the hospital for scenarios and games. 
We got herbal drinks and bun for snack. 
Each person got someone else's name tag and then had to find the person who had theirs. The scenarios were meant to be a more interesting way to teach the students things that should and should not happen at the hospital and how to handle such situations.
With P'JOie. We love her and are going to miss her a lot. Also for the games, they separated us into six groups. I was on team, Red Ribbon. Our slogan was a cute hand gesture that we did while saying "lol-jai-zai-chow-bo-ran-na-kha"!
The first game we competed in required everyone on your team to line up, an arn's length between each teammate. Everyone got a straw to put in their mouths. The first person on each team has to pick up one rubber band from the chair in front of them, put it onto their straw and pass it along to the person standing behind them. You are not allowed to use your hands. The goal was to try to get as many rubber bands as possible to the last person on the team before the music stopped. It was stressful, but really, really fun!
The second game involved tying a rope around your waist, the string was attached to a rubber band. Together, as a team, you had to open and stretch the elastic to go over the neck of glass bottles, then relax and tighten the rubber and to grip the bottle. The objective was to pick up as many glass bottles as your team can and bring them to the crate.
After that, we did a scavenger hunt around the hospital, so that each department could meet the new interns, At each, they had us play more games. The baby powder game, embarrassing dancing, lipstick and more! The damage after twenty minutes of cleaning.
We went back to wash up, then came back to have dinner. After dinner, we did karaoke, but all the songs were in Thai! We had a good time nonetheless and participated in the prayer bracelet ceremony.
As we went around in a circle, all the doctors, nurses, and staff prayed for each of us and tied a white bracelet around our wrists, wishing us good luck and a happy, healthy life when we return to the States. It's hard to believe a month's time has already passed and this is my second to last day in Thailand. While I'm excited to be home again, I have been blessed and lucky to have met such wonderful people during my trip, both my host family, the nurses, therapists, doctors, and students at the hospital, as well as our beloved coordinators, P'Aor and P'Mick. They have touched me with their overwhelming kindness, and for that I am incredibly grateful. I am going to miss them a lot when we leave, but hope we'll keep in touch and that I can visit again in the future. Kop khun kha, kop khun kha! Sawasdee kha. ❤️
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