The New Year 2017 Begins

On the 9th of January we began our new school term and we have all the students back ready to tackle the new semester. We had quite a Christmas as we did some local outreach right here in Mae Sai with our students to the local area. We had lots of children and families show up for the outreach and we are proud of how our students gave their hearts to the work. We were also blessed and honored to have Pastor Scott Fletcher, Pastor Stephen Eicholz, Pastor Henry Schmidt and Pastor Ed Elliot with us over the past 2 1/2 months.

Ministry Update

We are back in the Bible Training Mode again this fall. In September we moved the school to a village where my sister in law is now pastoring the Victory Life Church Mae Sai. This has made it quite easy for the school to now function under a legal covering and we are grateful. As for the students we have all the same students from last year plus 1 more. This fall we had a new teacher from the US come and teach the students on the Love of God. Pastor Stephen Parker came and ministered for our students and another Bible School nearby. Pastor Stephen minister on the Love of God and the students were impacted by his message. Thank you Pastor Stephen! Just this past Monday we sent the students to the Burma side of the border to work on our property. We are now in another phase where we are building the east side of the wall and soon we will begin the process of building the first children's home. We have been able to raise some money for the home and we trust we will have it built by the end of May of 2017. Stand with us and believe with us as we make this home possible for children in Burma. God has a plan for this nation and we are delighted to be a part of Gods plan!

Update On The Property

As for the wall around the property we finished a good portion of the wall. Another $7000 will finish the east side of the property. We are certainly grateful for what we have been able to do thus far. Some people may ask, "why the wall around the property?" In this area it is really necessary for the safety of the children. Most Bible schools and children's homes have wall's around the property for the safe-keeping of the children and the equipment. Believe with us to finish this and to put up our first building. We should be able to put a children's home up for around $35000. We will then have to drill a well for the property. Thanks for praying and believing with us on this endeavor.

May 2016

The school year is finished for the spring of 2016 and I am sincerely grateful for our hard working staff. We had 11 students for the second part of the year and an additional student who is a pastor's wife also audit the classes. Susan who has been in the ministry with her husband Joseph said, "she learned more in 7 months than she did the previous 4 years of schooling." One of the goals of our school is to not only bring spiritual impartation but also bring in the practical part of ministry. Most ministry schools in this area have a tendency to focus on just the knowledge part of ministry. Also on the last weekend of school we sent our students out to do practical ministry in the villages. They learned to preach, teach, and pray for others in the villages. We are so grateful yet we have great expectations for the future.

Building The Wall On The Property

Since the end of December we have been building a wall around the property in Burma. We are almost finished with two sides of the wall. We have great expectations for the future on this property. We are believing to give a children a wonderful home where they will experience the Love of God and where we will be able to give them the tools to develop into Godly leaders for Jesus. Hundreds and thousands of children in this area lack the opportunity and the skills they need to succeed in their lives. Believe with us that we will be able to provide them a home! I want to thank all of you for believing and giving into this work!

Pictures Of The Family And Students

It is now the end of the year and we are so grateful that all God has done and is doing. Jeremiah is certainly growing quickly and he is so fun to be with. It hard for me to believe that he is already 5 years old. We had a great birthday party for him at the end of September. We have him enrolled in a good school where the staff have been wonderful to him. My wife has been a great help to me in the Bible School and I am very proud of how well she works with the students. Here are pictures of Jeremiah, Elizabeth, myself and our students over the past few months.

Great November For Us, Great Conference For Us

This past November we had some wonderful Bible teachers come and teach our students. We were so blessed to have Pastor Lorne Davis from Swift Current Saskatchewan Canada teach our students on the "Pathway To Success." We had the students from VABC Thailand and Dr. Al Purvis here also...so our house was very very full. Lots of food, lots of fun, and lots of study. On the weekend of the 20th thru the 22nd we had Pastor's Paul Hays and Dan Holegate from Phoenix Arizona share with us and the local church on "Fellowship In The Church." We are so honored that other minister's would come and help us with our Bible Training Center. During the Thanksgiving week I ministered for Charlie and Cathy Milbrodt at their Living Word Ministries Conference. I always consider it an honor to minister for their work here in northern Thailand. While I was gone we had a missionary from England, Simon Crowe who lives here in southern Thailand minister to the students on New Testament Survey. Simon helped teach music and English in the afternoons. Simon went above and beyond what we asked of him!