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November 22, 2003

Going out of contact

We will be out of contact with outside world for about 2-3 months in China and Mongolia.

Posted by Admin at 09:31 PM

November 21, 2003

Moving from Thailand to China

Still in Bangkok, but we are leaving on Sunday and will be out of contact for a while, maybe two months. China should be good and I look forward to some un-reached ministry, after that it is either on our way to Afghan or Mongolia we will see. I am eating very well here

and I drink a big coconut every morning with my breakfast. Coconuts are good; also we have fresh OJ.

Posted by Admin at 09:34 PM

November 17, 2003

Relaxing in Thailand

We are still in Bangkok and will be here until Saturday, for now. We have been in holding pattern for a while, but once we hit China we should be out of contact for a while. We might go to the Thai Boxing tonight and minister to the fighters before they fight.

Posted by Admin at 09:31 PM

November 07, 2003

Summary of Borneo

For the last month we have navigated our way through the deep jungles of Borneo, where we found an open door of ministry to a people group known as the Penan. The Penan are a nomadic people living in the Kalibit Highlands of Malaysia Borneo, and praise be to God many of them have the gospel message before and believed upon Christ. There are, however, some pockets of deep jungle Penan who are still animist, and their contact with the outside world is rare. Our expedition was to find these nomads and lay the founding work of the gospel. The journey started from the village of Bario and took us through some of the hardest jungle terrain
we have ever faced. Leeches, insect bits, cuts, flooded river-crossings, and tropical rains made our journey difficult, but we managed to make it to a small Penan settlement in Pa Tik. Many of the Penan had fled Pa Tik due to the ever-encroaching loging companies. (The conflict between the loggers and the Penan has been a struggle since the 80's and as a result many lives and villages have been lost.) The Penan we met in Pa Tik were Christians and we were able to encourage their faith and pray for the sick. The deep jungle Penan, were however unreachable for our expedition because the logging company had forced the remote Penan deep into formidable jungle.

Upon returning to Bario we discovered a labor camp of Penan working a stone-quarry. Children from the ages of 4-12 all worked the camp for menial wages. The stone workers were barefoot and destitute. Everyone worker was a Christian and the pain of seeing our brothers and sisters in distress was overwhelming. In Bario we purchased rubber shoes for the workers and with great joy we delivered every pair, and with great praise to God the Penan rejoiced at the help given to them. We are in Thailand as we write this and we are now beginning our march north to China.

Posted by Admin at 09:24 PM