Not Quite the end of the Story

I'm so glad that Craig shared the update from Rick and Cooky- we were completely excited when we received that one!! I'm always humbled and amazed that God would choose to use us to do incredible things for His kingdom. He is SO good to us.
Looking back now, I'm still saying that it was a great trip! It was emotionally draining in ways I've never experienced. Realizing the emptiness of Buddhism was particularly hard- you can't even call it a "false hope"; it's not even that. It's more like a game of luck or chance. They go to worship different statues in the temples, pay their money to buy tokens or flowers or incense for the gods, the more devout (or desperate) might even go and serve as a monk in the temple for a few days- all in "hope" of finding favor with one of the thousands of gods. Their hope is about as sure as going to Las Vegas and saying "I'm going to play roulette for an hour- I HOPE I win!" We have to tell the world that they can find TRUE HOPE in Jesus alone...
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the HOPE of the glory of God. Romans 5:1-2
Thanks to all of you who prayed us to Thailand and back. You were a huge part of us sharing the hope of Jesus with the people of Pattaya- we, Jomtien Baptist Church, Pin, and countless others are grateful for your prayers and support in making this trip happen. None of us will ever be the same for it.