Today (Saturday) was our last day in Thailand. 🙁 We spent the morning at the University debriefing the trip as a team. Everything went SO well! Even arriving a day late, we managed to do all the things on the agenda (and more). We made some real lasting connections here. Some of us are already […]
Today was momentous! The staff of S2S has been planning this building dedication celebration since they broke ground months ago. Many people were invited, from local ministry connections, global partners, neighbors & friends, pastors, and even government officials who were part of the process of making this homestay a reality. The program began with prayer
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Today we drove to some mountain villages where we visited with families in need. We brought rice, eggs, chicken, pork, cooking oil, and other supplies. The first couple we visited was Ami & Ari who are struggling with severe medical issues which leave them unable to work. They were gracious enough to allow us to
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Today we taught at the Foreign languages camp at Huaisak Wittayakhom school. There were about 165 students in both English & Chinese camp. (Pic 1) Of those, 103 attended our English camp, which ran the same way as our previous classes (Daily Conversation, Finance/Budget, Creation Storytelling, Basic commands). This school is more remote so the
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Today was some scheduled downtime between our two busy school days, so we went sightseeing! Our first stop was Tham Luang Cave. In 2018, 13 boys from a soccer team went to explore the cave, but a downpour began and didn’t stop, and filled the cave with water and the boys were trapped for ten
We started our morning at the high school with about 120 students in 8th-12th grade. Our team performed a skit we had prepared in advance, portraying how Jesus releases the strongholds that keep us shackled in sin, and replaces those with freedom that can only be found in Him. Throughout the day we offered four
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On Sunday we visited New Life Church, where our mission foundation hosts and students attend regularly. That church takes turns speaking in both English & Thai. We enjoyed both the music and the message. We were surprised by how contemporary the place was. (pic 1-2) One teammate even said, this looks like a North Way
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First thing this morning we picked up the rest of our teammates at the airport and went out to breakfast in Chiang Rai! Next we visited two Buddhist temple sites for a time of learning and prayer-walking. Wat Rong Khun, commonly known as the White Temple (pic 1), and Wat Huay Pla Kang, often referred
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Just a quick update for the friends & family following the mission team on this journey, which so far has been all about travel to the mission field. The team’s adjusted flight plan went well, but every one of us agrees it was long, hard travel. Actually at this point (Friday night) the whole team
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Our Thailand Mission Team was so ready to go at the airport at 4:00am, but…one flight delayed due to this winter storm, which threw off the other connections, and the leaders had to act quickly to put together a new travel plan. They did great work and we got back on track… just 13hrs later.
