Greetings! Today was another great day in Thailand. We spent the day in the "county seat" of the area, the city of Song. The three groups spent the day prayer walking and mapping the area just like we have done in Lampang, rural Phrae province and now Song. We mapped several Buddist temples (wats) and a Hope Christian Church. We also mapped some Presbyterian churches in Phrae and the outlying areas.
We continued to be blessed by our hosts, Lisa and Mark Patenaude. Mark and his family have been unbelievable hosts to us throughout our journey. Mark has been with us since our arrival in Chiang Mai and will be the one to drop us at the airport to go home. They are constant translators, travel agents, waiters, coordinators and overall "Thai experts". I know it has been taxing for him to be away from his family for this time, as it has been for us to be away from ours. We ask for your continued prayers for Mark, Lisa and the kids and their ministry here in Northern Thailand.
Our other constant blessing is our translator, Khun Ja. We would not have been able to accomplish many of our mission goals, eat, sleep or go to the bathroom without her unbelievable ability to translate between English and Thai. She is a dedicated Thai warrior for the Kingdom and is a very special friend to our team. We ask for your prayers for Ja as she continues with us on this journey to Chiang Mai tomorrow and then back to her home in Bangkok via bus. She will be traveling to Montana in January for mission training and hopefully she will be able to come and visit us in Mississippi during her year in the states.
We are all excited about this final leg of our trip. As I mentioned, we travel to Mark and Lisa's house tomorrow for a Mexican treat (yum) and then to Chiang Mai. We will do some shopping tomorrow night, ride an elephant the next morning and hop a plane to Bangkok!!
The Lord continues to bless this trip and I hope he has blessed you through it. Thank you again for your continued prayer support. Talk to you from Chiang Mai!
We continued to be blessed by our hosts, Lisa and Mark Patenaude. Mark and his family have been unbelievable hosts to us throughout our journey. Mark has been with us since our arrival in Chiang Mai and will be the one to drop us at the airport to go home. They are constant translators, travel agents, waiters, coordinators and overall "Thai experts". I know it has been taxing for him to be away from his family for this time, as it has been for us to be away from ours. We ask for your continued prayers for Mark, Lisa and the kids and their ministry here in Northern Thailand.
Our other constant blessing is our translator, Khun Ja. We would not have been able to accomplish many of our mission goals, eat, sleep or go to the bathroom without her unbelievable ability to translate between English and Thai. She is a dedicated Thai warrior for the Kingdom and is a very special friend to our team. We ask for your prayers for Ja as she continues with us on this journey to Chiang Mai tomorrow and then back to her home in Bangkok via bus. She will be traveling to Montana in January for mission training and hopefully she will be able to come and visit us in Mississippi during her year in the states.
We are all excited about this final leg of our trip. As I mentioned, we travel to Mark and Lisa's house tomorrow for a Mexican treat (yum) and then to Chiang Mai. We will do some shopping tomorrow night, ride an elephant the next morning and hop a plane to Bangkok!!
The Lord continues to bless this trip and I hope he has blessed you through it. Thank you again for your continued prayer support. Talk to you from Chiang Mai!
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