Shan Refugee Camp

I struggle to find words to express all that I saw and felt while walking through the Shan refugee camp this afternoon. An elderly couple hauled buckets of sand from the river and dumped it in a pile in the middle of the "road" running through the village. I was told that the Shan people can make up to 300 baht a day selling the sand for construction, which is twice what they make working construction. The people in this Shan village are refugees from Burma who are not able to return to their country and do not have papers to travel within or leave Thailand.

Monks Chanting in the Temple

It's 6a.m. Saturday- day of fasting and prayer- and I wake to the sound of monks chanting in the temple.

Secret Place

Whether it's moving to a new place, getting involved in a new ministry, starting new classes, or learning a new job, when I am tempted to allow the excitement of new activity distract from my first love, I search for a secret place as though my life depended on it. Jesus is my example of someone who, though on the move and surrounded by people, kept His time with the Father priority. He would cross to the other side of a lake, climb to the top of a mountain, do whatever it took to keep intimacy with His Father.
Here in Pai, my secret place is on the end of a dock about a 10 minute walk from Pi Kaew's house. When I sit overlooking the Pai River, my thoughts are on the Lord and His word to me- To me. His voice.

Longing for More

I have been SET FREE from the law of sin and death! I am no longer a slave to sin but a slave to RIGHTEOUSNESS!! Romans 4-8

Chicas

Patti

Blanca

Gomez

Caballos

Purasangre

Guadalajara

Guadalajara

Guadalajara

Guadalajara

Guadalajara

Guadalajara

Guadalajara

Guadalajara

Janet

Broken

As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So my soul pants for You O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God;

Emma

Emma sees demons. I read in her journal about how "the bad man" followed her around on her first day of seventh grade. He was with her in the nurse's office and standing beside her in the hospital. She tells me all she wants for her future is to be a good person- that she does not want to be like the bad men.

Thunderstorm in Torreon!

Jesus, thank you for the rain!

Brennan Manning

"What would I actually do if I had it to do all over again? Heeding John's (the beloved disciple) counsel, I would simply do the next thing in love."

Arco de Pacto

The pastor invited me to his little bro's bday party at their home after the 3 o'clock service. We all shared something about him to bless him and I talked about when I first came to the church and knew nobody and he was the first to say hi and make me feel welcome. He turned 14 today- same age as my little bro.

Where you go I go

Where you go I go. What you say I say. What you pray I pray. I long for your glory because...there is more. -Kim Walker

You make me come alive from the inside out. I refuse to live for anything but the passion you have placed deep in me. I will pursue it with all that I am.