Below are some snapshots from our recent visit to Thailand. A lot was accomplished during this time. Enjoy! (Click on “March 2023” above to view the complete newsletter.)

Reading our newsletter from one year ago, the title was, “Is This the Year?”, and it definitely was the year. At that time we were anticipating the possibility of returning to Thailand after two long years away. We were hoping 2022 would be the year. (Click on “December 2022” above to view the complete newsletter.)

By the time you read this newsletter, these bags will be packed and we’ll be waiting in Detroit for the second leg of our travel to Thailand. The complete trip will take about 27 hours with stops in Detroit and Seoul, Korea, before we finally arrive in Chiang Mai, Thailand. (Click on “September 2022” above to view the complete newsletter.)

We finally have airline tickets purchased and will be returning to Thailand in October! It has been three years since we were last there. We waited until October because Korean Air will open up their flights from Seoul, Korea, to Chiang Mai, Thailand, on October 1st. (Click on “June 2022” above to view the complete newsletter.)

They are at the end of the school year in Thailand. Several of the Gethsemane Home children are graduating this year. Wanchai and Joshua are our youngest graduates. (Click on “March 2022” above to view the complete newsletter.)

As I look back on past newsletters, the last time we were in Thailand
was November 2019 for the dedication of the new multi-purpose
building. We had plans in 2020 to return and had to cancel trips three
different times that year. (Click on “December 2021” above to view the complete newsletter.)

Cricket is a sport that we know little about, but several of the children at Gethsemane love it. Two of our Gethsemane girls, Sunida and Rachel, have been playing cricket at a high level for several years and are now on the Thailand National Women’s Cricket Team. (Click on “September 2021” above to view the complete newsletter.)

For us, starting Under the Son Ministries began before June 17, 2011, but that was the day, along with Bobbi, we arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Five days later we were introduced to Titus and Newa, along with the six orphan and at-risk children they had recently taken in. (Click on “June 2021” above to view the complete newsletter.)

On the evening of January 16th, Titus and Newa made a trip to the town of Omkoi so we could surprise Simeon with the news of building a new church in Na Khrai village. Titus and Newa were unable to travel all the way into the Na Khrai because of COVID. (Click on “March 2021” above to view the complete newsletter.)