The Christians in Lopburi have been invited to be involved in the Narai festival which is taking place until the 17th February. King Narai reigned from 1656 to 1688 A.D. During his reign [...]
Along with our ministry at Walailak University, Dave and I sometimes help at a local church with their Children’s Sunday school class. We regularly get about 5 Thai students. Today we taught the [...]
I first brought my family of six to The Pines over 20 years ago. Recently my adult son and I had a nostalgic trip to this beachside OMF Holiday Home on the Gulf of Thailand. Just like most [...]
If you ask us what main outcome we are working towards, the answer would be to see churches planted. But to actually announce to the community that we would begin worship meetings in our home was [...]
Recently I heard a Thai evangelist explain the gospel with this introduction, “If you are born once, you will die twice, but if you are born twice you will die only once.” After giving a summary [...]
Before I chose to serve God in mission, I never would have chosen to serve in children’s ministry. I have a really hard time being around children who are ill-mannered. But after I volunteered to [...]
Some people expect it to be exciting and to see powerful things happening everyday. Not that there is anything wrong with seeing powerful things, but there is a risk that if you don’t experience [...]
A reading of the book of Acts can often lead the reader to believe that the series of events recorded occur over a period of a few months, not more than a few years. As much as this letter [...]
I was teaching a class on missions at my Thai Bible school when on November 17th news came of the death of John Chau, a missionary who was seeking to reach the Sentinelese tribe in the Andaman [...]
“You need to be able to preach, pray or die at a moments notice,” was a phrase I heard while training in seminary and has become especially poignant in Thailand where I am sometimes called upon [...]
