https://afmonline.org//missionaries/detail/5366 Missionary Updates en-us afm@afmonline.org Copyright 2018 2018-02-15T15:01:00+00:00 https://afmonline.org/post/lessons-learned-at-afm-sm-training-6 https://afmonline.org/post/lessons-learned-at-afm-sm-training-6#When:19:55:00Z “Humility looks through the window, rather than into the mirror, of praise.”

]]> 2020-01-29T19:55:00+00:00 https://afmonline.org/post/lessons-learned-at-afm-sm-training-5 https://afmonline.org/post/lessons-learned-at-afm-sm-training-5#When:19:54:00Z “The Bucket Test: Build as many bridges and tear down as many barriers as you can.”

]]> 2020-01-29T19:54:00+00:00 https://afmonline.org/post/lessons-learned-at-afm-sm-training-4 https://afmonline.org/post/lessons-learned-at-afm-sm-training-4#When:19:53:00Z “The Stuck Truck: Trust God Anyway.”

]]> 2020-01-29T19:53:00+00:00 https://afmonline.org/post/lessons-learned-at-afm-sm-training-3 https://afmonline.org/post/lessons-learned-at-afm-sm-training-3#When:19:52:00Z “Salvation looks like relational healing.” / “The life you live is the gospel you preach.”

]]> 2020-01-29T19:52:00+00:00 https://afmonline.org/post/lessons-learned-at-afm-sm-training-2 https://afmonline.org/post/lessons-learned-at-afm-sm-training-2#When:19:51:00Z “Failure is an event, not a person.”

]]> 2020-01-29T19:51:00+00:00 https://afmonline.org/post/lessons-learned-at-afm-sm-training-1 https://afmonline.org/post/lessons-learned-at-afm-sm-training-1#When:19:49:00Z “In order to be good at something, you have to be willing to start out bad.”

]]> 2020-01-29T19:49:00+00:00 https://afmonline.org/post/a-front-row-seat https://afmonline.org/post/a-front-row-seat#When:14:48:00Z Ministry is the greatest concert you’ll ever see. Sitting in the front row, you get to be part of the action. I feel privileged to have the seat I do, to watch God’s love at work and even have a little splash onto me.

]]> 2019-03-01T14:48:00+00:00 https://afmonline.org/post/newsletter-5-refreshed-by-a-forced-vacation https://afmonline.org/post/newsletter-5-refreshed-by-a-forced-vacation#When:18:26:00Z I served previously as a volunteer English teacher in Vientiane, Laos—just 3 or 4 hours away from Khon Kaen.  Unfortunately, it took a while for me to be able to go over for a visit.  But it finally happened two weeks ago!!  I realized at the end of November that my Thai visa stay would expire on December 3.  The plan had been to get an extension on my current visa until I had what I need to get a different type.  But when we went to the immigration office, I could not get the extension.  So a visa run to Laos suddenly became necessary!  So my friends, this is the story of how a two-day visa run trip turned into a week-long vacation visiting friends.

]]> 2018-12-16T18:26:00+00:00 https://afmonline.org/post/newsletter-4-baptisms-motorbike-license-and-loi-kratong-festival https://afmonline.org/post/newsletter-4-baptisms-motorbike-license-and-loi-kratong-festival#When:18:23:00Z As I write this, it is Friday after Thanksgiving.  I hope you had a wonderful holiday filled with family, friends, and good food, and that you had a chance to reflect on the blessings of God throughout this past year.  I have much to praise God for over the past year.  In fact, it was about 1 year ago (two days before Thanksgiving 2017) that I first became aware of the call for a cello teacher to Thailand.  I am so thankful for how God has led over the past year, and I know that whatever uncertainties I am facing He will continue to lead.  Last Sabbath, I had the opportunity to share a little of my story with our international church family by giving the sermon.

]]> 2018-11-23T18:23:00+00:00 https://afmonline.org/post/newsletter-3 https://afmonline.org/post/newsletter-3#When:18:19:00Z A church camping trip, country-wide Adventist teacher meetings, and kindness going a long way.

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