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“Unless someone guides me”
by Jon “So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, ‘Do you understand what you are reading?’ And he said, ‘How can I, unless someone guides me?’ “ Acts 8:30-31a We were at a worship service in the village. Five believers gathered in the open air veranda of a…
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My Bulging Wallet
By Jon “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” Hebrews 12:1 I have a bulging wallet. Before anyone offers to relieve my burden, my…
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Being Jesus
By Jon “For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing” 2 Corinthians 2:15 We pulled up to the home of Aunty Saad little before 5pm. This was part of our usual routine to encourage her in her spiritual growth as a new…
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“Not Bithynia”
by Jon “And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.” Acts 16:7 It has been more than six months since we arrived in Lopburi. While we have been progressing with our language learning, these couple of months have been a period…
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Updates from the Kongs – Aug to Oct ’23
It has been a whirlwind 3 months since we have arrived in Thailand and settled at Lopburi! Day by day, we are getting used to the quieter and slower pace of life. One thing that we have been getting used to living in Lopburi is the lack of public transport options compared to Singapore, with…
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A kitten’s death
by Phoebe My favourite kitten in our neighbourhood died. She belonged to our landlord, who is also living directly opposite our house. I named her Planin, a Thai name for “black tilapia”, because we fed her fish and she was grey with white socks. Planin was sweet and affectionate. Almost everyday, she would come over…
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End of the Journey?
by Jon “Now the LORD had said to Abram: ‘Get out of your country, From your family, and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you…’” Genesis 12:1 As we are writing this, we have been in Lopburi for about two weeks and we thank God for His protection and strength. It…
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Sweep your lawn daily
By Jon “But each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.”James 1:14 – 15 In front of our house at Lopburi there is a big frangipani tree.…
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The Inconvenient Sacrifice
by Jon “A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.” Mark 15:21 Recently, I have been contemplating this passage in the account of Jesus’ crucifixion. After being mocked, beaten and led out of…
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Quick updates from the Kongs from the OMF International Center (Singapore)!
We took a two-month break from ministry to prepare for our departure – it was a meaningful time going on holidays with family and friends. We also had a supporters’ gathering on 21 June evening (see photos below) – We are thankful for our home church leadership, agency representative, family and friends who attended and…
Jon and Phoebe's thetomyumkongs journey. 