Back and better than before – this has been our experience of our church reopening in-person gatherings after Thailand’s exapnsive COVID lockdown. Volunteer engagement is up. This isn’t just numbers, but also a renewed sense of excitement and buy-in that pulses through our teams now. A deep enthusiasm, that comes from knowing we’re part of… Read More Back Better
God has a sense of humour and sometimes we wonder just how quirky it is. Much like we chuckle when our own kids fumble forward in life, we imagine Him having a good laugh watching us rant, rave, and learn. By February 2020, life in Thailand was shifting as COVID was making it’s global debut.… Read More Pandemic Fruits of the Spirit
There is no modern playbook for a global pandemic. Current headlines will tell you that the spectrum is broad when it comes to opinions on whether we’ve handled this rightly or wrongly. Only time will tell and even then we probably won’t all agree! Within our NGO world, we saw the full gamut of responses… Read More All the Ones to Celebrate
Asia has now entered our 5th month with coronavirus reshaping what everyday life looks like. Depending on where you look, it can be both encouraging and discouraging. We are confident that God continues to work in the midst of this wild situation to make Himself wildly known. The Current Situation in Thailand The initial Emergency… Read More COVID-19 UPDATE UPDATED
After a year of tending to it, one night she went to get a glass of water and a wonderful fragrance caught her attention. There in the darkness, it had finally happened. Epiphyllum oxypetalum, the Queen of the Night, had bloomed. The flower was lovely and ornate and filled the space with a beautiful smell.… Read More Somethings Only Bloom in Darkness
Bangkok is an economic engine and Thailand’s tourist hot spots are just some of the wheels that drive it. Migrants come from the outlying provinces, and the surrounding nations, to man the grunt jobs of Thailand’s big cities and tourism sector. It’s rarely glamorous work, but the wages earned are enough to buy a better… Read More Those Selfish and Irresponsible Migrants and Other Horrible Things said During Crisis
Our financial support did not cross our minds as we watched the COVID situation unfurl around the globe. Then we read a post which encouraged churches to not drop Global Workers if church giving declined as churches moved online. While we had been counting the numbers of diapers in our home and ensuring we had… Read More COVID Convos – Financial Support
“What comes next?” is a common question in our home as our kids are trying to understand where this COVID-19 path will lead us. Since it’s our first pandemic, we tell them honestly that we don’t know but that we are journeying together as a family. We’ve got them. They’ve got us. God has us… Read More COVID-19 UPDATE
“GET US OUT OF HERE” was the background narrative to everything we did back in 2006. On the verge of getting married, our sights were set on moving overseas. We wanted Canada in our rear-view and everyday our mantra was, “Europe or bust”. By mid-2007 we were married and we began 2008 in Slovakia. Mission… Read More The Sent Need the Senders who Need the Sent
Sitting with their windows open, our friend could hear the rain drops landing on the willow tree. If you didn’t focus, it was white noise, but when they tuned-in to those falling drops, they could hear the splashes, crashes, and drips of the many drops. Their thoughts turned to how God works in their life.… Read More Unpredictable + Consistent
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