Monday night "Why did he have to leave? Now he left me alone" Haan said with tears welling up in her eyes. She proceeded to talk to me about her British husband who passed away last July. It sort of took me by surprise that she would open up to me so soon since this was the first time that I had met her at Rooster bar. The night started off by meeting up by the Starbucks as usual and praying with our group of four. All of us had a feeling of discouragement, tiredness and complacency that we hadn't understood. As we sat, talked and prayed for encouragement, ...

“’I am sending you out like a sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.’” Matthew 10:16   Man, you really have to be careful about what you ask God sometimes. When you ask Him to break your heart for what breaks His…He’ll do it. When you ask Him to stretch you and grow you…He’ll follow through. I mean, that’s a beautiful thing…but it also realllllly sucks sometimes.   Since we have started ministry here in Phuket, I’ve really been praying for God to stretch me and...

This past month has been so fruitful and blessed.  Seeing these women of God stand up for Jesus has been beautiful! They are growing and changing everyday! I can't wait to see what the next month has in store for us.    I recently found out that I got into surgical assisting school.  But that also means that I am having to leave a few days early in order to be at school on time.  With the changing of the flight, I am about $300 short in my support account.  If you feel that the Lord is leading you to help support me, please go...

or those of you who know me, you know that one of my favorite things in the entire world is music. God just really speaks to me in the beauty of music and I often find peace and comfort in lyrics. The song “Beautiful Things” by Gungor has been really heavy on my heart throughout this ministry and I just wanted to share the words and how they have been working in my heart.   All this pain I wonder if I’ll ever find my way I wonder if my life could really change at all   These words are literally all over the bars here in Phuket. There is so...

This is my first blog post. Three weeks in? I will definitely be receiving some "feedback" about that in debrief, given that the number one "don't" for blogging was to not blog. I know our team has shared some encouraging and challenging encounters on Bangla Road already. I am so just excited to see what else He is going to do through the gift of time that we have left here.  I was recently spending time with the Lord and I heard Him say distinctively, "You are far too nearsighted." I was like…thanks? I honestly wasn't sure...

All beautiful you are my darling, there is no flaw in you. Song of Songs 4:7   We make eye contact, and I smile at her. I ask her to play a bar game (connect four) and she “happily” plops down on the stool next to me. Before the first chip is thrown into its little blue cage, she touches the ends of my hair and says “beautiful.” She points to my friends nose and says “beautiful” and points to her nose and shakes her head as her fake smile transforms itself into a dissatisfied frown. It breaks my heart, and I quickly shake my head no and tell...