Songkran Reflections

You don’t need to live long in Thailand to know that they are living different year than the Western counterpart. It’s now 2553 here. The Thai new year celebration is also called Songkran. It is celebrated on 13-15 of April. Thai people closely follow the traditional activities during the three days. Although in some [...]

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Being a servant

Believe us when we tell you that we are thankful to all of you who have been faithfully praying for us. We are humbled by the responses we are receiving expressing that you are always praying for us and for telling us that our life and ministry in any way have been a blessing and [...]

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Cramming

Last week before Narlin left, I did a lot of cramming. I prepared brochures, newsletter update and a presentation movie. Just in time, I finished checking Jared’s home schooling test papers, thirty minutes before Narlin took the bus to Chiang Mai. She needs to bring those to the school in Manila. I did those for [...]

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Blogging Hiatus

I am in some kind of blogging hiatus. Narlin will be going home in two weeks to attend the Philippine Women Missionary Union (PWMU) ins Davao. Most of our regular  supporters are women, so we owe it to them to give them a glimpse of what we are doing here in Mae Sai. I am [...]

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2008 is here!

Whether we are in the Philippines or in Thailand, December proved to be the busiest month of the year for us. This is the reason why this blog has not been updated for a while.
Nevertheless our hearts are full of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord as He has given us opportunity to celebrate Christmas [...]

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About the header picture

The header picture is the overview of the town at the border. We live more or less three kilometers from the site. I took the picture while I was sitting-in in a church planting seminar on the rooftop of a hotel. If you will look closely, you can see the flags of the two countries. [...]

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What set us apart?

One of the many things I noticed when we came and started working for the poor migrants here in Mae Sai is the presence of many NGOs who are trying to do social works. Social works like orphanage, community development, health education and trainings to help people and improve the quality of life. These activities [...]

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Hope for Myanmar

I can not seem to blog about anything when my mind is being bothered in what is happening in Yangoon. We live very close to Burma and our closest friends here are all Myanmar nationals. I know their stories, their sufferings and their hopes that someday Myanmar will become a free country. My heart [...]

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The face that’s everywhere

Indeed it is! Even here. We live in a culture where faith and religion are express in icons and images. There are few Christians here but it is not unusual to find this lone image of Jesus Christ hanging on the wall of their churches and homes. In fact it is unusual if you [...]

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Flash flood and the coup

We woke up Wednesday morning, feeling that something was not normal. It was definitely not normal because it had been raining non-stop for four days. I was thinking if we were in the Philippines we should be swimming inside our house right now. Fortunately enough Thailand have a good sewage system. Although other areas were [...]

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