Tag: missionalliving
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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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Last gift for Popo
by Jon “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:26 Phoebe’s grandmother, affectionately known as Popo, passed away today. We received news on the afternoon of Chinese New Year eve that Popo collapsed…
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Are we home for Christmas?
At the end of each day during our six-week vision trip in Thailand, we always look forward to going ‘home’ to retreat and rest after a day of visiting different places and meeting missionaries and friends. But the fact was, we were travelling across eight provinces and staying in eleven different accommodations. The reality of…
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Subversion of the Strong
by Jon “But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.” 1 Corinthians 1:27 “God chose me because I was weak enough.” Hudson Taylor Reading through world news these days, I am struck with how in confrontations, nations face…
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Avodah – Integrating service, work and worship
by Jon “Six days you shall work.” – Exodus 34:21 “This is what the Lord says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may worship me.’” – Exodus 8:1 “But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” – Joshua 24:15 As part of preparations for future missions, I have taken unpaid…
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Opening our Home – One Year On!
Our journey at a glance It’s been a year since we opened up our home to youths. Thus far, we have welcomed into our home five youths, boys and girls aged 18 to 22 from different backgrounds, most with mental health issues and without conducive homes to go back to. Before we got married, we…
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What will life after COVID-19 look like?
by Jon COVID-19. The biggest news that captured the entire world in a matter of weeks. In Singapore where no day goes by without updates on the news or social media on the global statistics of those infected or who died as a result of COVID-19. For some countries, governments institute tight measures to stem tides of…
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Welcoming youths from rural countrysides to a home in an urban town in Thailand
by Phoebe As part of a project for Cross-Cultural Discipleship class, I developed a process to welcome youths from rural countrysides into a home to an urban town in Thailand. Typically when youths in Thailand reach the age of 15, they travel out of their hometowns to seek higher education. They usually live with relatives…
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Giving Out of Lack
by Jonathan We were recently at a missions conference and during one of the workshops we attended, the speaker was mentioning how in church planting it was good to receive hospitality from those who welcome you into their homes. One of the participants asked how they could do this when the people in many villages…
Jon and Phoebe's thetomyumkongs journey. 