______________________________________________________ Remember the last time we had a snake in our house and Sara ran around the house like a scared 7 year old? Well that was more snake experience than we ever really wanted to have. I mean, I’m not scared of snakes. I just don’t like them. They creep me out. Not to [...]
We finally had our first visitors come and see us in Thailand! After over a year here, a family friend from my home church and the Midwest regional director for our denomination decided to extend their trip to Asia by a few days in order to come see what all our fuss about Thailand was [...]
Anyone with a keen sense of classic rock are now nodding their heads to the beat to the Thin Lizzy classic. You’re welcome. One another note, protests once again brought downtown Bangkok to a stand-still as the Redshirt protesters came to the city celebrating the 4 year anniversary of the coup that started the most [...]
I’ve received numerous emails, Facebook messages and Twitter replies about all that has happened here in our new, fare city of Bangkok over the past several months. We appreciate all of your concern and prayers but I assure you we are doing just fine. There is still a LOT of unknowns having to do with [...]
We’re in our new home and finally have internet. I guess it’s time to blog… I’ll be honest. I don’t know where to start. Last time I posted on here I was dealing with a snake that climbed walls and our final exams at the language school in Lopburi… _ But, here we are several [...]
Today I finished up yet another language exam. It’s hard to believe that I’ve now completed 8 of the 9 modules for language study here in Lopburi. It’s been a good couple of weeks. For this last module I actually studied outside of the language school with a “normal Thai guy” rather than a trained [...]
I’m sure most of you have heard at least something about the political turmoil brewing in the past month or so here in Thailand. What started as a peaceful, large gathering turned violent–leaving police, protesters, army men dead and injured. It’s a sad state that Thailand finds itself in. Now more and more people are [...]
Soon Sara and I will be spending some time in Bangkok as we look for some possible ministry locations after completing our time studying Thai here in Lopburi, Thailand. Once finished at the language school in Lopburi, we will move away and continue to learn Thai with a personal tutor while beginning work in ministry [...]
