On Sunday we had the chance to go to a Thai Church. I didn’t know if we would be able to go to a church while we are here because only .7% of Thailand is Christian. What are the chances there is a church in Phuket? Well there is, and it was awesome!! They started off by singing Desert Song and everyone in the room rose to their feet hands lifted to praise God. While we have been here, we have been told that to be Thai is to be Buddhist. It was so encouraging to be at a Church in Thailand where they are so proud to be...

A few weeks ago(before this Thailand gig) I attempted to write out my "dream summary"-a.k.a: answer to that forsaken question of what I want to do with my life. I was brainstorming as I wrote-" Africa, writing, traveling, music…." The next sentence= the kicker, and I quote(from my few weeks ago self): " Probably in Africa, maybe in Latin America, definitely not in Asia." "Definitely not in Asia" was the one and only concrete definite…and lo and behold, here I am writing from Asian invasion Thailand. Never say never. Wasn't...

We have all faced demonic forces pressing on our heart strings- tempting us to sin, subtly manipulating beautiful truths into cruel lies.  I have been deceived by some crafty demons in my life.  I have followed them to the brink of death, toying with exit strategies and depriving myself of food- tiptoeing life’s border and daring it to let go of me… yet here I am.  I thought that my experience had more than equipped me for this ministry.  In my pride, I felt ready to confront my former demons and belligerently show them the ‘new me-’ someone...

  My team has experienced 26 hours on planes, 16 hours of lay overs, and a 12 hour bus ride to reach our destination, Phuket Thailand. Its crazy to think that we left Tuesday morning at 6 AM and didn't make it to Thailand till 6 AM Friday morning! Losing a complete day, and getting barely any rest from traveling, I'm proud to say that my team did very well! With very little complaints and having almost no troubles was completely a blessing from God. How we did that is beyond me. I am still trying to process the fact that God provided for me to come here. Just a week ago...

Lord do I please you? Trying to find the praise from the people I know Continually breaking down the world you withhold Begging, pleading, Cant you hear me Don't you see All this work I have done, is it not good enough for thee? Am i an imposture? Do i disappoint? I have all this stress Lord, WHERE is my break point? I haven't been living the life I've cried I...

Hey hey hey! So after a glorious (not really) 56ish hours of travel, I arrived in the Atlanta airport! Yay! Then I waited for 4 hours. Then all my team peeps got there as well, and we had some lovely circle time, sitting on the airport floor. Highlight of day one: Austen brought us coloring books for on the flights over to Thailand. Day two: it is freezing. So I came from Wisconsin, ok. Georgia, should be warm, right? WRONG. So cold. But anyway, we are at a camp somewhere in the mountains/ hills of georgia, at training camp! Highlight of day two: superfun morning time. Yes, we did a...