‘Still being equipped’

October 18, 2010

You’d think after 30 years of church planting among the Prai people of north-central Thailand, Dave Jordan would know what he’s doing. And he does. But “there are so many pitfalls,” he says, for him and his wife, Fran, and their Prai co-workers, Dee and Shy. There are a lot of different things they could […]

The legacy of Adoniram Judson

October 17, 2010

Do you think much of your spiritual forebearers? The men and women of faith whose work made your faith or your ministry possible? Dave and Fran Jordan think a lot of credit for their ministry goes back to Adoniram Judson. Judson (1788-1850) was the first missionary to last in Burma, and the first to have […]

Travels in Thailand

October 15, 2010

Do your travel plans always work out the way you expect them to? I suppose that would be a miracle in this day and age, right? Our travels are working out far differently — but better — than we expected. Julie and I had expected to go from Bangkok to Chiang Mai by train. It […]

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, […]