Christmas 2024

 First, an update regarding Pastor Somsri who suffered a heart attack due to arterial blockages and was also diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure.  Somsri is back home resting and it looks like the two surgeries she had to remove the blockages were successful.  She is still quite weak and has to take it slow, but we praise God for her recovery.  Thank you for praying for Pastor Somsri, who is a mentoring pastor for the Pioneer Pastor Program and a very fruitful church multiplier.

Second, we must say "Thank You!!" for praying for the Christmas evangelistic outreaches that all of our churches are doing.  In fact, there are at least 300 Christmas outreaches taking place at the 108 Pioneer Pastor churches and we are seeing many people become followers of Jesus at these evangelistic events.

 Above is a picture from Lamae Church in Southern Thailand.  Pastor Manop is praying with seven people gave their lives to Jesus Christ.  This is one of three outreaches that his church is doing.

Our Pioneer Pastor Churches in large cities tend to be much larger congregations and they do large evangelistic outreaches. God is Good church in Chonburi has many Christmas outreaches this year.  The one at their main church campus had over 500 people from the community come, and this was not their largest event!  Click on the picture below to see a video they posted on Facebook.

Your prayers and generosity are the powerhouse of the mission, and we see the fruit of your faithfulness as we see Thai people become disciples of Christ and churches multiply too.  You are a great blessing to us and the Thai people and we are very grateful for your support.

2024 has been a special year for us.  We our in our 20th year of missionary service in Thailand and we also celebrated our 40th anniversary!  For our anniversary, we treated ourselves to go to a professional studio and have portraits made.  Below is our formal portrait, and then a candid picture that the photographer shot while we were laughing.  (Personally, I like the candid picture the best, but I know we must use the formal picture when churches ask us to send pictures with a bio.)

Sherri and I wish you a Joy-filled Christmas and a New Year with an abundance of blessings from the Lord! 

 Hello Everyone,

We have a request.  Please download and print copies of our 2024 Thailand NOW Newsletter and share with people in your church.  Also please post the newsletter on your church bulletin board. 

Click on the Newsletter Icon to download our 2024 Thailand NOW End-of-the-Year Newsletter.

Thank you!

It is time to give praise to God for many blessings.

First, we are very happy to announce that Pastors Nhia Wahn and Mao Her, have arrived in Thailand and are now serving as Thailand NOW missionaries, helping to train and mentor pastors and church planters.  It is great to have more missionary "hands on deck" for the Pioneer Pastor program.

(Above is our favorite picture of Nhia Wahn and Mao Her.... and no the cute dog did not come to Thailand wit them.)

 Please pray for Nhia Wahn and Mao as they are settling in and will soon begin to learn Thai language.  They will work closely with Rev. Dr. Somsri and Rev. Dr. Warin, who serve as Mentoring Pastors for the Pioneer Pastor Program.  

Last week, we worshipped at Fire of Glory Church with Pastors Somsri and Warin, and it was a blessing to see many missionaries there at the church serving with them at 5 different locations where churches are being planted.  Nhia Wahn and Mao Her as well as David and Allie Houle (who are all Thailand NOW missionaries) as well as Anup and Darcy Rai of World Gospel Mission were all there with us.  The Lord is answering our prayers to bring more workers for the harvest!

While we were there, Sherri and Pastor Somsri baptized 14 new believers and 5 of them were Blessing Home kids!

Above is a picture of Allie and David Houle with the 5 Blessing Home kids that were baptized.

Above is a picture of Gong, one of the teens from Blessing Home Sai Noi, being baptized by Pastors Somsri and Sherri.

We have a HUGE prayer request for Pastor Somsri who yesterday was taken to the hospital.  She had a heart attack from an arterial blockage and damage was done to her heart.  The doctors were able to restore some blood flow to the blocked artery and she is under observation.  It was also discovered that Somsri is diabetic and has very high cholesterol too, and these are also serious medical issues.  Please pray for healing for Pastor Somsri and for her to accept that she will need to get some rest.

Right now, the every Thai church has multiple Christmas evangelism outreaches planned.  Pastors Somsri and Warin had 7 outreach events planned in different Pioneer Pastor locations.  We praise God that there are now missionaries on site to help Pastor Warin, with these so that Pastor Somsri can rest and recover.

Finally, Sherri and I wish you a Blessed Christmas!  May the Lord fill your hearts with Joy and Peace!