Today was amazing! We were notified yesterday that our long time student, Pawkuhmooeydee,  was planning to be baptized this Sabbath. She left our home a few weeks ago to study Thai and begin to be a missionary in Mae Sot. She is living with the Mae Sot pastor and helping with the church while studying.…read more.

Just in case life was not interesting enough as it was, we have been hit by dengue fever also. It started with Roy, and I was convinced that he had rubella, since his fever was not terribly high to start with. But, when the rash did not follow the pattern I was watching for, his…read more.

For the past couple of weeks when Andrew calls me, he asks me what we are planning to do since the door is closed here. He told me that in the fast pace of American life, it seems like we are taking forever to decide! He would like a definite answer to give to people.…read more.

I really don’t know how to explain to you the intensity of the battle here in Thailand. We just went through one of the hardest experiences we have ever had to go though. It is easy to questions yourself when things like this happen. Were we wrong? Could we have done something differently? Can God…read more.

As many of you already know, after over 5 years in the mission field, Ben finally got bit by the wrong two mosquitoes! First, he got dengue fever, then a week later, he also got PF malaria. Now, if he had asked me, I could have told him that it would not be a good…read more.

This has been a really sad week for us. We poured our hearts into trying to save the situation at the school. At this point, there is nothing more that we can do for them. The good news is that there are a lot of people who are asking us questions, and wanting to know…read more.

How can I even start to describe the events of the past week? Without making this the longest post ever, I can’t, but I can give you a brief explanation of what happened. I can tell you that we have walked in a dark valley for over a week, and found that God was still…read more.

  “What is it?” asked Pawkuhmooeydee when she saw the strange object sitting on the floor in the kitchen. The kids had just come home from school to find that Daddy had returned from his trip to Bangkok.  The kitchen was now filled with strange objects. They had oohed and awed over the HUGE ice…read more.

When I was a little girl, Friday nights were super special. We did a lot of fun things, like always having the same special meal, lighting candles, and being together as a family. Mom would play the piano, and Jeff and I would sing with her. Dad listened appreciatively, while going over his sermon material…read more.

What is that smell? I stood in the middle of my room after arriving home from a long and tiring visa run. My mind was worn out, and I just could not place that smell. Did the kids wet the bed? Was it moldy pillows or clothes? Dirty diapers? Well, seeing as I could not…read more.