Countdown December 16, 2010

While we all are busy getting ready to celebrate Jesus' birthday with our families and friends, the Thailand Mission Team is also getting ready to head to Thailand. We are down to 19 days before we leave and there are a lot of mixed emotions going through each of us. Excitement, fear, nervousness, giddiness....











There have been a few changes for the contruction team due to some unexpected circumstances, but we will now be heading to a refugee camp called Mae La Oon, which is located on the Burma border, just a little SW of Ma Saring. We will be building 2, possibly 3, bamboo huts to be used as housing for children in an orphanage.







We are excited to see what God has in store for us. Please continue to keep us in your prayers.



The Missions Team Has Returned!



This is the Medical/Construction Team that went to Thailand February 2010. The trip was overwhelming for most of us. It opened our eyes like never before. The need, the despair, the lack of hope we found with the Burma refugees was heart rendering. At the same time the thankfulness of anything we could give them was so great it made us feel so humble. Words cannot express the emotions we felt over the two weeks we were there. That is why most of us are planning to go back again next year in January 2011.


Saturday, March 26, 2011


DR. BRENDA HARSHMAN


God began the call early in the trip...While on the 14 hour airplane ride, I was called to care for a 20 year old girl who was having difficulty breathing. I knew we needed help from the ONE TRUE GREAT PHYSICIAN, GOD! I asked if we could pray for her, and she said with a big smile, "Yes, Please do". We were able to find a steroid inhaler for her. A few hours later, a 50 year old woman was writhing in pain on the galley floor from severe bladder spasms. We again asked if we could pray for her and she said yes. She was able to return to her seat afterwards.

When Sunday came, I gave my testimony. I had a translator that I had never met. As I struggled through the difficult times of my childhood, my voice began to break but God gave me the courage to continue and then my translator began to cry. When all was said and done, she said that she experienced the same pain as I in her childhood. She said she was asked to translate as a last minute thing and she felt God had brought her to hear my testimony.

We saw 318 patients, worked hard and learned a lot about trusting God when the plan was out of our comfort zones. God taught me a lot and revealed even more. this may have been a pivotal point of transformation for me and a revelation of what God is doing in my life.

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