I don’t understand real estate agents here. One got in a fight w/his wife in front of the landlord. Another won’t show me his own listings. A landlord refused to finish construction of the house unless we gave them a deposit. For some reason I don’t believe them. A sample of the spiritual condition here: […]
Archives for April 2013
15 Lessons for Beginning to Live and Minister in a Foreign Culture
Every week at my home church has a time of discipleship known as the infamous “Friday Class.” Students and veterans alike gather for 4 hours to discuss the ministry. Everything is open for discussion and moderated by our pastor. I am very grateful for this. As we worked to help start the church, I have not […]
Stuff from our Week
Every time we find something we thought we were going to have to live without, it’s like Christmas. April Prayer Letter http://t.co/AMhR6rGtdZ If you are asked to give so that another can go on short term missions trip, GIVE! It may be an investment towards a future missionary! We got some transportation! Our Italian racer […]
April Prayer Letter
We have arrived in Thailand!! After a very blessed time of deputation, we have finally moved to Thailand! All our bags made it with no problem and we are set up in our temporary place that we have for 1 month while we get a more permanent house set up. As we arrived, we were […]
Stuff from our Arrival Week!
Tuesday: Packing party – http://t.co/40Y6rvo7i3 23 hours! Wednesday: Leaving for Thailand Today! http://t.co/C90MZlteHn Sitting at the gate in ATL. Thank you to those who came to see us off! http://t.co/mMhpC07k91 Thursday: Made it safely to Bangkok with all our luggage! Now the fun part starts. Friday: I slept all of 30min last night. Excited to […]
Leaving for Thailand Today!
Today is the day! At 1:05pm we will be flying away on Korean Air flight 36 bound for Thailand! The last week has been wild. We probably averaged 10 people at our house every day. We are overwhelmed at all of the friends that have helped us get packed up and ready to go and we […]
Stuff From Our Week (Last full week Before We Leave)
Dropping off the sis-in-law and picking up my mom at the airport. Godly ambition > selfish ambition Be sure and check out the Bible Expo conference coming up next week! Register here. http://t.co/2eCZ1w5uQr Meeting with the missions committee of our alma mater Wednesday morning & then we drive to GA for our final stop on […]
Stuff from our Week
The Bassham team has advanced to the Sweet 16! (days till Thailand) Our passports have returned to us with some beautiful Visas for the Kingdom of Thailand inside!! #15days Well, our meeting for tonight just cancelled… Pray for VBM missionary Mark Tolson & family as they fly away to return to the mission field http://t.co/qe0k6D9USq […]