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

Wayumi Youth Team Update

The sun warmed us up today but we had fun and were challenged in God's word from Genesis (the beginning of the story of redemption that we will continue tomorrow).  There was a session on Language and Culture and then we visited the replica tribal village to try out our language skills with some "native" speakers.  As you can see from the pictures, we made our first trip to the watering hole and had a good time.  It was an interesting day and we still have one session left tonight.  Pray for God to open ears and hearts to his plan for our world.

Cambodia Home Safe

The team arrived back last night after a very long day of travel.  We are praising God for all of the work he has done in and through our team and excited to share our story with you.

Arrived Safely at Home

Hi Everyone!

Lauren here... Thanks for your prayers as we arrived safely back at home around 6:30 last night!