In Matthew 13 is the well-known parable of Jesus called ‘the parable of the sower,’ the first of seven parables teaching something about the Kingdom of God. Often when reading this parable, I’ve [...]

Aunty Em was at the end of hope. The priest at the local temple hadn’t helped. The traditional medicine healer (witch doctor) hadn’t helped. The local medical clinic said they couldn’t find [...]

My wife and I were sitting in a Sala (pavilion) at a temple for a funeral.  The younger brother of a good friend, and father of one daughter, was tragically killed in a road accident. While we [...]

A Father to the fatherless In the village where we have our church, the population consists mostly of grandparents and their grandchildren. The parents go to find work in bigger cities. Most of [...]

“Now that I know God who is love and the creator of everything, I refuse to live my life in fear again” – Note Note used to live in fear and shame. She used to fear everything including [...]

More than a few mission supporters overestimate the spirituality of the missionaries they support. In the minds of some, missionaries are the super-elite frontline troops in the advance of the [...]

If you ride a motorcycle often, you get used to this question: “Have you ever had to ‘lay it down’”? Invariably the seasoned biker has had at least one occassion where he or she has had to [...]

“So do we just go back?” I looked at my teammate, at a loss as to what to do. It was supposed to be our first Kids’ Club at the community center of a slum. I was so excited that we had finally [...]

Recently I have sat with a number of missionaries who have had to leave their mission station unexpectedly due to persecution by government officials. As an open country, Thailand ends up [...]

One of the most difficult tasks for missionaries in Thailand is to continue to share the Gospel when few people seem to be interested. In recent years, the Thai church has been growing more [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

One of the difficulties of church planting is raising up quality new leaders. New believers often would like the status of being a leader, but many are unwilling to put the time and effort in to [...]

Lately, in a seminar about church planting, we were reminded of the biblical notion of the man or woman of peace. Jesus tells his disciples they should look for a man or woman of peace and then [...]

“Can I stop by?” Came the familiar voice on the phone. A friend that had moved to Bangkok was in town and wanted to come and visit. I was excited to hear his voice and gladly asked him to stop [...]

The link below leads you to a video about the “Rak Chumchon” team reaching out to the urban poor in different slum areas of Bangkok. “Rak Chumchon” translates “Love the people in the [...]

Today I would like to share with you the story of Auntie Chompoo or Pa Chompoo as we call her in Thai. Pa Chompoo has a daughter, her only child. Sadly this daughter has been using drugs since [...]

Mrs Yung (in green shirt) was very glad when we visited her at Nong Soi Thong village in Nakhon Sawan province. Her brother had recently come to know Christ in Bangkok, and informed an OMF [...]

Back in the United States, the sight of leaves changing colors signal that it’s the beginning of Autumn. In Phrom Khiri, the sights of multiple large crates signal that it’s the season of [...]

  There is a church planting movement in Central Thailand spreading so rapidly that it is almost beyond belief. In a country where church growth has been so slow for over 200 years – [...]

So Being a church can be done during the dishes. Last week, being church became visible in a different way. In the village of Baan Waai Luum, not 2 or 3 believers came together this week. For a [...]

If someone is unkind to me. I better keep my mouth shut, right? “For the second time in 2 weeks, I hear this remark. This time while doing the dishes, after the church’ lunch on Sunday. On my [...]

‘Look who’s there’ our daughter shouts out. Grandfather Ohd and grandmother Dam have come and as always they also brought a snack for the kids. This time some sticky rice and sausages. For the [...]

Two local churches invite a medical team, my wife and me for an outreach in Takhro. Takhro is a remote village below a mountain range in the district of Phaisali, Nakhon Sawan province. It has [...]

”You can pray for rain” he said laughing. We met him during our prayer walk in his village. With some other men he was eating papaya salad and drinking whiskey. When we asked him if we could pray [...]

Last week, we listened as one of the Christian ladies shared how she was really relying on the MP3 player with an audio Bible, Christian songs, and testimonies, in order to learn the Gospel. She [...]

I just spoke at a church camp for 70 Thai people. I counted only 11 males which works out to a 1 to 7 ratio. On a regular Sunday, this church has a higher ratio of males to females, but overall [...]

  After a day of hard work, we finally were able to pull out two trees besides the church. The church members had been talking about it for a while, but the concrete around the trees [...]

The roads were quiet as I drove to my language helpers shop and home on the eve of Chinese New Year. As I drove I noticed many shops and homes had Chinese lanterns and outside many Thai homes I [...]