Greetings from the - Thailand Team 2014 January 30, 2014

On Tuesday 1/28, our team continued child care support for the conference participants. Tuesday evening the team was able to eat Khunkoke dinner, a traditional Chaing Mai culture dinner. The evening included traditional local Lanna culture reenactments and music. 

Wednesday 1/29, the conference reconvened in the morning then the attendees had free time and our team was able to visit Doi Suthdep, which is the ancient Buddist temple on the mountain above Chaing Mai. 

Thursday 1/30 we performed our child care services , and we continued to support the daily morning worship service. Part of the team was also involved in off site activities. Overall the team is doing great, a few team members have colds, otherwise no major issues.   

Peace,

Karl

Thailand Team 2014 update- Monday January 27

The Christar conference officially started Sunday with  dinner and introductions and ended with the release of torch-driven luminaries into the clear evening sky of Chaing Mai. Our team was able to meet the missionary familes and their children (lots of young children!).

 The conference program began this morning with an opening worship service and our team serving in the worship program and the children's program. Activities included swimming, arts & crafts, bible study and devotion time, and goldfish & animal crackers were served in the toddlers nursery.

weather- sunny, clear and 80, low humidity and 55 at night. in other words- perfect :)

Karl

Greetings from the Thailand team, Sunday January 26, 2014

Today we will be attending a Thai Grace church & having lunch with a local body of believers.

We will be starting the conference this afternoon, our global partners have been arriving throughout the evening and this AM.

It is great to see our missionary friends & their children. Health wise the team has recovered from the trip but a few have minor colds. Mosquito population is not as active due to the cooler weather (mornings in the 50's),

Yesterday we went to the Thai "Walmart" for supplies and also toured some of the local culture sites. One weird thing is the Thai's drive on the wrong side of the road like in England!
More to come as the conference kicks off.
Our sincere condolences regarding the continued snow and shoveling!
Karl

Thailand team on the ground

Hi
The 2014 Thailand team led by Mike and Anchan Peavy landed in Chaingmai Thailand on Friday 1/24 at 11am after 21 hours in the air with stopovers in Frankfurt and Singapore. The weather is wonderful, a bit cooler than expected. We met up with our global partners and had a great time last evening rekindleing old fiendships.

I will note that we are 12 hours ahead of EST, today, Saturday is a day of preparation for the conference that starts tomorrow. Everyone on the team is doing well and recovering from the long trip. Stay tuned in for more exitiing news from Chiangmai Thailand!

Thank you for your continued prayers!
BTW- cool here this morning but expected to be in the 80's today and all next week.

Karl Gross, 2014 Thailand team

Thailand Team 2014

The Thailand 2014 team,  led by Mike and Anchon Peavy, held their last planning meeting today and will be leaving for Chaingmai on Wednesday, 1/22. We are looking forward to serving (and also the 80 degree weather!) Thank you for your support and prayers.

Karl