A Team Effort Thailand is impacted by willing hands and hearts for Christ. Greetings from Thailand! It is only through the sacrifice of people like you that Brenda and I, along with our family, have been able to work in this country. Your ongoing donations provide for our basic living expenses, and make it possible for us to increase our …
Bury My Heart A young missionary looks back on her mission experiences. In August 2011, as I stepped from the plane into the welcoming warmth of the Cambodian air, the Khmer people stepped into my heart. Before many days had passed, I realized that I was here to stay – for as long as God wanted me. So when God …
A Radical Experiment in Faith A family moves to Thailand in 2010 to serve others with $900. The faith experience continues today. In 2010, our family decided to try an extreme experiment of faith. We had read, “If families would locate in the dark places of the earth, places where the people are enshrouded in spiritual gloom, and let …
The Hidden Village Goal: Start a branch Sabbath School within a few weeks. Problem: No known contacts or location. Teacher, where are we going to start?” I didn’t quite know how to answer. As a new outreach leader in Sunshine Orchard’s Medical and Bible Outreach Training program, I’d been assigned to take two inexperienced students into a new area. Other …
I Choose Suffering A missionary accepts pain and finds joy and peace. Half past six in the morning found me outside on my morning prayer walk. Although I could hardly make my legs move, I was determined to walk. Even at turtle speed, pain shot through my legs up to my hips. I waddled worse than a goose, and I …
Schimmel A young woman gives up her musical dreams for the mission field. “Where’s my piano?” I had just realized it no longer sat in the back room. “It’s gone.” Mama’s voice sounded strained. My throat tightened. “Where?” “Classic Pianos.” “Did they give as much as we paid for it?” “Yes,” she nodded. “That’s good.” I turned to hide my …
Strength For A School Teacher Thailand Excitement and anxiety swirled inside me as I looked ahead to the new school year at the mission school where my family and I volunteer. Although I had been preparing my English lesson plans for weeks, I didn’t feel ready to start teaching again. I loved teaching. More than teaching, I loved my …
Step by Step Thailand I still recall the moment, around age eight or nine, when I picked up a mission story my mom had left out on the table. A voracious reader, I read the article all the way through, and my heart connected with the story. When I finished, I knelt down to tell God that I wanted to …
A Glimpse of My Journey Thailand It’s Sabbath afternoon, the time I often spend hiking in the beautiful mountains near my home at Sunshine Orchard Children’s Home and Learning Center in Mae Song, Thailand. At least 50 wild caves wait to be explored, and plenty of viewpoints offer spectacular vistas across the river into Burma. Today though, my husband, …
The Work of Restoration Thailand Earlier this year, we introduced you to Pa Lee Loo, the Gominit village spirit doctor. Our Karen Bible students, while seeking an opportunity to share the light of Jesus, found him hopeless and dying in his bamboo home. His wife had given up caring for him and was basically just waiting for him to …
