Why I'm going to Thailand

Dear friends and family,

I’ve started this blog to share with you an amazing opportunity that has been presented to me. I have been invited to serve on a short term mission team to Thailand! While I have visited this country before as a tourist, this time I will be working with ZOE, an international Christian organization that rescues children who are at risk of being sold into prostitution slavery.

Nine out of ten children begging on the streets of Thailand are bought and sold for the sex trade. ZOE’s vision is to stop the human trafficking of children in our lifetime. It has been said that “evil prevails when good men do nothing”.

I am very excited about this opportunity to do something! We will be visiting children’s homes, rural mountain villages and the ZOE children in northern Thailand. Our top priority is to share the good news and love of Jesus with these children and those we come in contact with.

Monday, February 22, 2010

First Training Day!

This past Sat, Feb 20, I spent 6 hours in a room full of people that I didn't really know.  These 25 people are going to be my teammates on this journey to Thailand.  We all come from different churches and backgrounds but will need to learn to work together to accomplish a single goal.

One of the things that became very clear during training is that we have a lot of work to do!  We will be developing a program from scratch that we will use to reach the children of Thailand.  This program will include games, a teaching lesson, crafts and possibly a skit or puppet show.  We will be meeting monthly as a team to put this together before we leave in July in addition to working on this individually in between our meetings!

My plan is to update this at least weekly with the progress we are making and any challenges, thoughts or "teachable moments" that arise in the process.  Thank you for joining me! 
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