Night in Chiang Mai

October 8, 2010

Julie and I are in Chiang Mai now, Thailand’s second-largest city and a good place from which to visit several tribal villages, which we will do starting next week. I was planning to go out and get some photos this afternoon … and then it rained. And rained. And rained. So instead, I took a […]

Arrived in Thailand

October 5, 2010

Julie and I made it safely into Thailand just before midnight Tuesday local time, and got settled into our hotel by 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Boy, was it ever nice to be able to sleep lying down. Today we’re trying to acclimate to local time (11 hours ahead of Florida) by getting up and going at […]

Your prayers are key to our trip

September 23, 2010

Can you believe that Julie and I leave for Thailand the first week of October? I’m not sure I can. Julie told me it seems unreal to her as well. That may change when we make checklists and start packing. As our unreality shifts into nervous excitement, we’d appreciate your prayers. Thank God for providing […]

Living the dream

August 20, 2010

Have your dreams ever come true? When I graduated from high school, I dreamed of becoming a globe-trotting journalist. With Julie and I planning to go to Thailand in October — my fifth trip overseas with NTM — it sounds like I’m living my dream. I am … but I’m not. Don’t misunderstand – I […]

How long to get to Thailand?

August 18, 2010

Have you ever had a bad travel experience? Most people have. Nothing absolutely terrible springs to my mind as I think about that. Sure, there have been inconveniences, even an adventure, but that’s about it. Oh, right, there was the one time I thought I was going to be executed, but that all worked out. […]

Perseverance

August 16, 2010

Have you found that the third time is the charm? I’m not so sure about that saying myself, but I know perseverance is good. And I think that’s why Dee and Shy are making a third attempt to share God’s Word in another Prai village. Dee and Shy are believers among Thailand’s Prai people group, […]

Thai into our ministry

August 12, 2010

In October, Julie and I are going to Thailand. We’d appreciate your prayers, and you have other opportunities to take part as well. Why we’re going More than 100 people groups are asking New Tribes Mission to bring God’s Word to them. Just one of them consists of 13 million people with no access to […]

Is your neighborhood like this?

August 4, 2010

Picture your neighbors running around town waving weapons. Grabbing lumber from their yards and running through the streets carrying it. Singing together loudly all night long. Obsessively scrubbing everything in sight. Building a big hut to house an influx of visitors. In some neighborhoods, you might not need much imagination. I hope your neighborhood isn’t […]

Witchdoctors take over

August 2, 2010

Imagine holding the cure for a deadly disease in your hands … and not being allowed to administer it. That’s the position Dave and Melissa Williamson found themselves in. They were called to the home of a little boy – about 3 years old – who was unconscious and breathing rapidly. Melissa checked his vital […]

Awayo is just a beginning

July 29, 2010

Do you like stories? Do you like changing lives? Do you want more? The stories you help Julie and I tell change lives. Many of you prayed and gave when I went to Indonesia to make a short film. And when I came down with malaria afterward. And through the long process of pulling the […]