Uniforms are a big thing here. Unlike the Western country on my passport, where people love to rage against uniforms, screaming and protesting that uniforms hinder individuality and personal expression, the Thai love to wear uniforms. Uniforms give one a sense of belonging to something larger than oneself. They allow for a bond of commonality. […]
Before making a one day visa run to Bangkok, I prayed that I would have an opportunity to share Bible stories with the Thai I encountered that day. The first was a retired civil engineer in his early 50s who was going on vacation. The story I told to him was the Tower of Babel […]
After 8 months in Lopburi, I wanted to find a nice way to say goodbye to Thai friends in my neighbourhood and surrounding community. I figured I’d make it the opposite of a house-warming party, maybe house-freezing, with ice cream. But chose to call it a Desserting Party, though the pun didn’t translate so well […]
A while ago we were watching a movie about Australia. After a while we decided to put on the subtitles as English is our second language and the strong accent was too hard for us to understand. My husband went to watch a movie at the cinema the other day: unfortunately no subtitles, just Thai […]
Noi is a 38 year old lady that came to the church in Yang Sisurat for the first time during a special Christmas outreach. She was very interested and wanted to hear as much as possible about God. After her first church visit she kept coming back and it became clear that she loved reading […]
As an international and interdenominational fellowship we have retained our original beliefs, vision, mission and values; and adapted with the times. We seek to remain anchored, while forward-looking. There is no lengthened shadow of an historic leader. Under God, we aim to appoint successive leaders who, rooted in Scripture, can distinguish between the three Ps […]
The American swimmer, Michael Phelps, caused quite a stir at the Olympics in Rio when he arrived at the starting blocks for the 100 meter freestyle relay race with large circular bruises on his back. It took a while for the reporters to figure out that he and his teammates were trying to get a […]
Rainy season in Thailand has officially started. If you haven’t experienced the thunderstorms and showers at night, you would notice God’s creation changing around you. Yellow paddy fields are turning fluorescent green, trees that seemed to be dead are blossoming. The nice scenery and low temperatures are very welcome after months of heat and drought. It […]
I recently read the blog of a student at a theological seminary. The title of the story was, “Three reasons why cross-cultural mission is so hard”. I expected that this person struggled with cross-cultural adaptation, contextualising the Gospel in a way that the local people could whole-heartedly receive it without losing the truth, as well […]
It’s the middle of the night and we are awoken suddenly. A desperate cry chases the silence of the night away. The corpse of our neighbour’s son has arrived home. It’s another tragic story we hear about a young person – only 36 years old – he has died in a traffic accident. We see […]
