Preparing For Christmas

On Saturday the 13th we will be having a Christmas for children in Myanmar. My family have been working with the children over the past few months and we decided to give them a good Christmas meal and some gifts. The children very very rarely have a decent meal so we plan to give them one this weekend. The children will be doing drama and playing games. The children in Myanmar have desperate needs. So many of them lack proper education and oversight. Believe with us that we make an impact this weekend. We appreciate your giving towards this event this weekend. There will be about 120 children at this event...some will have to come by a van we are renting. Any contributions can be directed to the address on the blog make sure you mention my name as well as that the gift is for the children. Thank you very much!

Thanksgiving Service

This past month I was able to minister in two different thanksgiving services in a couple of Ahka villages. I had no idea that these small villages celebrated thanksgiving. In many ways they celebrate the same way we do with a big thanksgiving dinner. The only thing I missed was Turkey dinner. Both of the services I was able to minister in, I ministered on the power of a thankful heart.

Pictures Of Land Project

Just an update with concerning the project with the land. We have done quite a bit of landscaping...and will have to do some more especially with water drainage, and the filling in with some dirt on the front side of the property. The project has taken more finances than I would have thought. Of course this is all a learning process for me. I have been getting some good advice from some of my friends here in Thailand who have developed their own properties. The property is roughly about 2 acres in size. Thank you for helping us in this endeavor.

October 2014

This past month was quite a busy month for us. I had the honor of ministering again at "Kingdom Bible School" which is made up of mostly Burmese student. The subject was on servant leadership and it gave me the opportunity to review this subject from another viewpoint. Also I crossed into Burma with my father in-law and brother in-law Samuel. We ministered in a couple of different Ahka Baptist Churches in the Shan State. The churches have a wonderful heritage and I look forward to ministering again in their churches. On the third Saturday of the month we crossed again to minister in another church. But the message was on "thanksgiving" as they were celebrating their "thanksgiving." Their holiday resembled ours at home in America as they gave thanks for their harvest season as most of the harvesting for rice was completed during October. Also during this month wife Elizabeth, my son Jeremiah and myself went to Nong Khai Thailand. I needed to take my son across to Vientiane Laos to put a new non-immigrant visa in his passport. My wife stayed in Thailand during our two-day trip into Laos and my son handled the trip much better than I had thought he would. As for the property we put another $1700 into the landscaping of the property. This project with the land is costing a more than I had initially thought...but it will be well worth it when we finish. Thanks so much for all the prayer, support and encouragement!

Grateful For The Past Year

This past month delivered me some good news. The news is that I have a new visa here in Thailand. This visa allows me to stay here without leaving the country but also allows me to leave at least once a month with a multi-entries. Having to leave the country every three months can be quite expensive. Now I will be allowed to cross to the Burmese side of the border. This past month my wife and I ministered in a local Burmese fellowship. I am really proud how my wife has stepped up and is preaching the gospel. God has great things for Elizabeth. Also in the first month of September I attended our Asia Summit meetings. It was a great success...lots of good preaching and inspiration. Dr. Al Purvis and the team in Sriracha Thailand job hosting the conference. It is almost a year since we have been here and we are grateful. We have really been stretched financially. We have purchased additional land, had it registered and also have had some of the land landscaped. Believe with us to move forward quickly....Thank you very much.

Teaching Together

This past month my wife Elizabeth and myself for the first time taught together. We taught on the subject of faith at a local Bible School with mostly Burmese students. This is the also the first time that my wife had the opportunity to interpret for me for an extended period of time. The founder of the school has asked me if we could come back and do a couple more classes for him. I know that as I sow into other ministries God will have others sow into ours. My wife has also had the opportunity to minister over on the Myanmar side the past couple of weekends. Unfortunately I will have to wait for about 2 months as my being reviewed for a 3 month period. After the 3 month trial period I will be able to cross to Myanmar and go to other countries on a multiple entry visa. God is making a way for us...but patience has been required on our part.

Schumacher Family

Just wanted to update you on the family. We are still located in Mae Sai Thailand and we truly like the area that we are in. As for Jeremiah we have him in Kingdom Kids Childrens Care during the day. They have a wonderful staff and I am truly grateful for that (hopefully they are also teaching him Burmese). Jeremiah is really growing fast. Most people when they see him think he is 5 or 6 years old. In reality he will be 3 years and 9 months at the end of June. Because of some of the new visa laws in Thailand numerous families have left the country. So some of the young children that played with Jeremiah are now gone. We are believing that God will bring in some other children to Kingdom Kids. The weather here has been extremely hot and humid and we put in a new air conditioner last week. I could no longer stay awake until 2-3 Am every night, I was getting very exhausted. My wife, Elizabeth and her sister Sarah had an outreach to the Children last week a few miles outside of city Teckiliek, Myanmar. It was great as they had about 40 children. They will be doing this on a weekly basis during the summer months. Believe with us that having these outreaches to children will help bring families back to the church. The village they are ministering in has a rich Baptist heritage but many of the families have completely stopped going to the church. We feel this is a first step making our ministry known to this village. Here is a picture with my wife in the village outreach and a couple pictures with Jeremiah (He loves rides on the motorbike with his auntie or with his daddy!).