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


LORRAINE KOEHN

Our first week we spent in Nai Soi administering medical care to 167 people. We saw people of all ages; from 6 months to 80. Only one woman was 80 and she still climbed the mountains.

The next week we traveled 5 hours to a small village called Hoy Sai where there were 128 people in need of medical care. We saw hypertension, diabetes, colds/allergies, skin conditions, UTI’s, stomach problems, backaches and arthritis. The team encircled the people before we left, praying for wellness and protection for them all. It was an unbelievable moment with God.

Our last clinic was ministering to the “Sewer People”. These people had built their ‘homes’ on stilts over the raw sewage that flowed 8 inches beneath them. The smell was unbearable, yet they had nowhere else to live. We set up our medical clinic in a church that was comparable to our storage units. We saw as many people as we could in 7 hours.

The 2 weeks were full of laughter and tears, time with God praying over people and watching God at work everywhere. For me, it was a time of drawing closer to my Creator and renewing my faith.

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