Kathmadu Nepel Ministry Trip

While the land was being leveled, I took a trip to Kathmandu, Nepal. Prem and Lalita were former Bible students of mine and I promised that if they started a school that I would come and teach and minister for them. Wow what a great trip. I flew from Bangkok to New Delhi and then on to Katmandu on the 4th of May. For the next two weeks I ministered on the Gifts of the Spirit. Prem said this would be a perfect class to end the school year as the students were getting ready to go back to the villages that they had come from. Along with the daily classes I was able to go with the students on the outskirts of Kathmandu and witness with them to the locals. Right now Prem and Lalita have eight bible students and they are excited to bring the Gospel message to the outermost parts of Nepal. I saw wonderful change come into their lives from the time I first got their to the time I left two weeks later. I certainly look forward to returning to the ministry base in Kathmandu, Nepal in the future. The last time I had ministered in Kathmandu was with Pastor Greg Runyon. Pastor Greg always seems to make those trips memorable trips. Here are some pictures from this trip and of course one pic that I took of Mount Everest from the airplane.

My Trip To Myanmar

During the month of April I was able to cross into Myanmar and attend the 50th anniversary of a Christian Village. This was a great experience for me. The village was settled by the Ahka in 1964 as a Christian village and people came from all over Myanmar to attend the celebration. Two weeks later I was able to minister in the Church and as the first missionary to ever attend the church! The people from the congregation said, "we have never heard these things before." I ministered on your connection to God, your connection to people and your connection to the church. I trust they were blessed by the message as my brother-in law translated the message for me.

Update On The Purchased Land

Here are some pictures of the land that we had leveled this past May. It turned out to be a bigger project than originally expected but God was faithful. Actually the land looks very good and we feel blessed to have this land for future use. The next step will be putting some fill in dirt on the south side of the Land. The step after this will be getting a wall put up around the property. The proper paper work with the government also took a little longer than expects (al more money) but that has also been accomplished. Thank you so much.

Philippines March 2014

This past March I had the opportunity again to minister at Victory Church the Philippines in Fairview Metro Manila. Wow...what a great time. Pastor Rich and Pastor Ning Conte have done such an outstanding job building this local church and others like it in the Philippines. During my time their I ministered in the local church and two other churches as well as the night bible school on Mondays and Tuesday evenings. The thought kept going through my mind that God wants His Glory in the local churches. As we believers allow ourselves to be transformed by His power, God's strength and power will be poured our in the our midst. I also had the opportunity and I should say most of my time was ministering at the VCA Bible school which was held in the afternoons from 1:00PM to 6:00PM. This is the second year in a row that I have had the opportunity to minister in their local bible school and the Victory Church in the Philippines is definitely building disciples to impact their nation. On the Saturday before I left the Philippines I ministered at the closing session of the men's conference. I was so blessed to see all the men in Love with God and His Word! What a dedicated group of men.

Cold In Thailand

This past Christmas season was the coldest that I could ever remember here in Thailand. We live on the border in the north of Thailand so it usually has cooler evenings and mornings, but this was really cold. We have no heaters so we used charcoal in a big clay pot in the evenings and mornings. This was our first Christmas here and we are looking for many more in the future on the Burmese side. In the evenings we had groups of local Ahka people come to the house and sing Christmas carols (usually a little late around 9:00PM). Singing sounded great, but I did not understand what they were saying. After struggling for about three months we did find a good day care for Jeremiah. Although we do have the time for him at home...we felt the need to have him around other little kids.

In late February I will be crossing the border again to look at some of the land we plan to use for the growing of crops. The crops will be used for the supporting of pastors in their villages. Just this past month we had pipes buried in the land to bring water to the area. This will all take sometime as their is some legal work with the current government that must be done (measuring of the land, clearing the land, title deed, etc...), but we believe it will be worth it in the long run. We hired some workers from the village where my Elizabeth's cousin Solomon is from. Here are some pics of them going up the mountain with water pipes. Feeding this group of young men was very easy...just get them a couple of dogs! Not sure I am ready for that...Anyways this coming March I will be going to the Philippines to minister for Pastor Rich Conte. I am always excited to minister for these guys as they are a very excited easy group to minister to. We want to thank you for your continued support. Tom, Elizabeth and Jeremiah

Nehemiah said, "Let Us Rise Up And Build"

Nehemiah said in chapter 2:17, "come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach." Myanmar (Burma) is now in the process of rebuilding it's nation and we are positioning ourselves to be a part of building a new generation of leaders in Myanmar. Part of that process is having land and having a training center in Myanmar. Right now we have the land but it needs landscaping and a wall around it. Inserted here is a couple of pictures of a wall that we would have to put up around the land, and a picture the type of landscaping we need to do. I want to thank everyone who has already given to this project. The landscaping is something we would like to do as soon as we can as we are now in the dry and hot season. "So let us rise up and build."

India Trip

I arrived back from India on the 4th of November after teaching for one of my former students "Joseph." Joseph is doing a great job in southern India and he is going to do big things for the Lord. The scripture tells us in Daniel 11:32,"But the people that do know their God shall be strong and will do exploits." Joseph has his heart set on changing the course of India through raising up leaders full of God's Word and walking in His integrity. This was one of the most memorable trips that I have taken over the years as the students were very hungry for God's Word and Spirit. It was an honor for me to preach for Joseph and I look forward to ministering for more of my students from the past few years.