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Hinges
by Jon “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 One of the first things we noticed when we moved in to our new place is a bent hinge at our guest bathroom door. This is likely due to wear and tear of the hinge, with…
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Join the party!
by Phoebe “Call me when there is another big gathering in future!” One of the first believers who had moved from the village of Takhro said when she heard that many fellow brothers and sisters in Christ had visited the village to do outreach events. She wanted to witness what God is doing in her…
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Puzzles
by Jon “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalms 139:14 After moving to Takhro at the end of June, one of the ways that has gradually grown more apparent is the need to engage children in the village. With this in mind, we started our…
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“Are these signs in your household?”
by Phoebe I asked my language helper, Kae, this question as we read Mark 16 as part of my Thai language learning. Each lesson is also a bible study for Kae as she is also a member of the house church where we are ministering. When we reached verse 17 of Mark 16, I casually…
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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…
Jon and Phoebe's thetomyumkongs journey. 