Bangkok is close to the ocean. They say the city was built on marshland, which was a source of physical protection from marauding armies at the time. The city sinks 2 inches a year and is slowly sliding toward the sea.
We drove out to the Tha Kha Floating Market and along the way saw large fields that were flooded with ocean water and then evaporated to concentrate the salt. This process repeated enough, they would have a solid white crust of salt that they could scoop up with a special shovel and transfer to wheel barrows. Then they would wheel the salt to the roadside and make great mounds with it.
The mounds were shaped to look like the base of a pyramid and then flat on top at the height of around 4 feet. The parimeter may have been 15 by 30 feet. I am not sure if this mound was for further processing or just for storage while they flood the salt flats again. It appeared the color of the sea salt they were selling by the roadside.
I appreciated the idea that these people were doing what they could, and using even a difficult salt marsh to their employment advantage.
Perhaps when the way we think we have to proceed seems blocked, we will pray and see that God can use the situation to His benefit anyway.
Pray with us for a spark.
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