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  • Funerals are Opportunities
    19/07/2010 8:32 am
    "I hope you haven't had to attend any more funerals," a friend recently wrote. During my first year in Thap Than several contacts died: a student in our English club, the lay leader of our church and a good friend's husband. Each of these deaths was very different but in each case I saw how death focuses people, causing them to think about what is really important.
  • Monk Business
    19/07/2010 8:30 am
    ThaiBusThe rickety bus was already hopelessly overloaded, but I squeezed onto it for an hour's journey home after attending meetings. I wedged into the back seat between 2 monks and some youths.
  • Trained to Serve
    19/07/2010 8:22 am
    One of our most encouraging experiences recently has been to see T2S* graduates going into long-term ministry both in Thailand and further afield. For the past few months we have been privileged to pray for Noon, setting out to serve in Vietnam, and Peung and Off preparing for Bible College in Australia.
  • Eleventh International Football Team for Central Thailand
    19/07/2010 8:17 am
    July 1-22 OMF Thailand hosts Sattha Soccer. Every year for the past 11 years, God has been faithful to provide players from all over the world. Last year the team shared the gospel with thousands:
  • From Politics to World Cup Drama
    19/07/2010 7:49 am
    In May Thais were absorbed with political drama! This July Thais are absorbed with the World Cup (Football/Soccer)!
  • God's Life Changing Power
    15/06/2010 7:38 am
    "I need more prayer than ever - so please - pray!" this is Duan's plea. Duan has been a widow for five years since her mentally sick husband died. She is very worried about her 23 year old son, Saem, who has just lost another job and leads a very unsteady life, being addicted to gamling and using the money his mother earns as a masseuse.
  • Thai Church Diaspora Involvement
    15/06/2010 7:36 am
    Tai Rom Prakhun Church of Bangkok was started about 10 years ago by a lay leader who is a lawyer by profession. Though he was discipled by OMF missionaries, this church start could be called an "indigenous, biblical church movement reaching out to its own people and in mission to other peoples." (OMF Thailand Vision Statement) Over the years, the church has reached out in the local community and grown to over 300 members,
  • Not just going to Children's Camp, but going to Heaven
    15/06/2010 7:34 am
    "But, I don't want to go to Burma!" cried one little boy. "Will we back in time to go home on Saturday?" asked another anxiously. They were having their photos taken to make their passports at the Annual Central Thailand Kids Camp. The theme of the camp was Mission.
  • Not just a another taxi-ride
    15/06/2010 7:30 am
    When you live in Bangkok, you travel in many different ways and a taxi-ride can be quite unpredictable. So it was with a sense of apprehension that I got into a bright yellow taxi last week. The driver turned out to be a kind, sweet uncle from upcountry, Singburi Province. He started talking worriedly about the political tensions and its effect on Thai society.

  • Bangkok Political Drama
    15/06/2010 7:27 am
    Each morning I check the news on-line and read the newspaper regarding Thailand's political drama. Some mornings seem to offer some hope for a peaceful resolution.


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