Author: Adventures

Let this day, June 22; go down as a day that wreaked me like never before. We sit as a team in our little church/home to debrief: all on the verge of tears. Sadness and confusion are the words I use to describe my emotions. Just before this moment we walked home silent on the dark beach hopelessly trying to process what our eyes have just seen. Tonight was a night we all felt specifically called to do. Tonight we walked on a road clearly claimed by the devil to bring our sprit of God and pray. Bangla Road is the heart of our town, Patong Beach. Walking down this road in the day when it was...

Monday, June 13 was our first full day of ministry. The morning was spent doing devotion with our team, the missionary family and a few others from the church here. The late morning and afternoon were spent organizing and shopping at the “big C” for groceries and supplies with the missionary family. Only a few nights sleep between our nearly 4 days of travel and this day, so we were still pretty tired and trying to make it through the day awake. We were a little weary of heading to a bible study later that night. (Bible studies starting at midnight are actually a regular thing...

For months before this trip I had been asking God to provide at least one person for me to share His love with. I believe this person was my new friend from Thailand, Jenny! One day my team and I went to get foot massages in order to minister to the girls in the massage shop. Jenny was the girl who massaged my feet. We got to talk a little, but communication is limited because “Annie no speak Thai.” One thing I did get out of the conversation was that Pad Thai was both of our favorite Thai foods, haha! So I told Jenny that I wanted to eat Pad Thai with her one day before I...

For months before this trip I had been asking God to provide at least one person for me to share His love with. I believe this person was my new friend from Thailand, Jenny! One day my team and I went to get foot massages in order to minister to the girls in the massage shop. Jenny was the girl who massaged my feet. We got to talk a little, but communication is limited because “Annie no speak Thai.” One thing I did get out of the conversation was that Pad Thai was both of our favorite Thai foods, haha! So I told Jenny that I wanted to eat Pad Thai with her one day before I...