Twenty seven (27) years ago today (January 13, 1999), my
family landed in Bangkok, Thailand. Jessica was 9, Elizabeth was 6, Joshua was
almost 2, and Caleb was 7 months in the oven. Wow, what an adventure this has
been for us. We have been blessed beyond measure as we have faithfully served
God these last 27 years in Thailand.
We started out with the International
Mission Board and served faithfully with them for the first 7 years. (We are
still SBC missionaries just no longer with the IMB because our denominational
affiliation has never changed only our sending organization). Those first 7
years with the IMB were good years and we are grateful for the IMB’s investment
in our lives.
BUT THESE LAST 20 years have been an incredibly awesome journey
of faith with a sense of great freedom and blessing and leadership from God to
use the gifts and abilities God has given to us and to use them in a way that
we sense is consistent with God’s leadership in our lives. We are so grateful
for the godly board members of NTIM who love and support us and help keep us on
the right path. We are ever so grateful for the financial supporters that
donate to God’s work every month so that we can join God in doing all that he
wants to do among some of the least reached people groups in our world today.
We are also thankful for the hundreds of volunteers that have come to help
God’s Work flourish in Northern Thailand over these 27 years of advocacy.
This is my prayer this morning,
“Lord,
we want to thank You for these last 27 years. You have blessed, led, provided,
protected, blessed, and given this ordinary family a chance to see a Faithful
and Extraordinary God at work in and around Northern Thailand. You have graciously
allowed us the awesome privilege of joining You in Your work in seeing dozens
and dozens of people become the first person in their entire families to become
followers of Jesus. Our hearts are grateful that You are our God and that there
is noone like you.. Help us to continue to be your hands and
your feet in this very needy part of your world. In Jesus Name I pray.”
Your Servants to the Nations in and around Northern Thailand
for Jesus’ sake,
Michael for the team
“For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord,
and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.” 2 Corinthians 4:5
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Northern Thailand Impact Ministry (NTIM), P.O. Box 26115,
Birmingham, AL 35260 USA Main Website for online giving: www.gontim.org
NTIM is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization based
in the USA. We are committed to connecting people in need with people who care
and are focused in the heart of Southeast Asia where poverty is high, education
is low, needs are great, unreached people groups (UPGs) are all around us, and
the love and message of Jesus is needed to transform lives.
Reaching, Teaching, Discipling, Equipping, Training, and
Serving some of the least reached people groups in God’s World, through education,
through acts of love and compassionate as the light of Christ. This is what
NTIM and our ministry team is all about.