This Post from Suzanne: 

Oh my, how quickly this year is passing by!  And we certainly haven’t been short of ‘happenings’ here in the last couple of months.  On the 12th of August it was Mother’s Day here (the Queen’s birthday).  The Church had a special day on the Sunday (10th), and we had many visitors, including a number of unsaved mums.  Amnuay invited his mother, and she came.  I think she was a little nervous, as it was her very first time in Church.  At the end of the service all the children presented their mothers with a gift and a rose and a short speech.  I received three gifts and three roses – my sons included Curtis, Amnuay and Noah.  It was very sweet.  Then Amnuay presented his mother with a rose and a gift and told her that the best present he could give her was the Lord Jesus Christ.  It was quite stirring and emotional.  Please continue to pray for Amnuay’s parents, that their hearts would be open and they would listen and understand as Amnuay has opportunity to witness to them.

Dear Pastor and Brethren,  I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;  For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.  For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;1 Timothy 2:1-3

 At this time of writing a state of emergency has been declared here in Thailand because of rioting and civil disorder. Protestors have stormed and occupied government buildings and the complex of the Prime minister. The present government was legitimately elected to office by the majority of Thai only seven months ago. Several have been killed already and the army and the police are out in large numbers on the streets. The protestors are unwilling to accept the will of the majority of Thais and are determined to bring down the government no matter what the cost to Thailand and the Thai people...

This Post from Suzanne: 

I have just recently arrived back from Australia.  We had our annual Leadership Conference at Good Shepherd Baptist Church, and Wayne preached a number of sessions there.  The Conference is attended by many Pastor’s around Australia, so it was nice to catch up with some of those Pastors that support us, and have opportunity to share with them about our work here in Thailand.  Also, Pastor Jesda and his wife, plus three of our Thai friends were also able to attend.  Pastor Jesda gave his testimony last year, and this year he taught the adult Bible Class on the Sunday morning leading up to Conference.  He was again very well received, and a blessing to many people.  His attendance at the Conference was also big help and encouragement to him.  He gained many valuable insights.

 Dear Pastor & Brethren,  

"And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst." (John 6:46) 

Esau discovered that after the soup was gone he had lost that which he could not regain.  He fatally followed the lead of his flesh and traded his birthright for a meal of pottage.  Hebrews 12 tells us that though he sought this blessing again with tears, it was for him too late …  Those who consume the soup of the world are destined to ever hunger yet never be filled.  But when one has Christ he has all, he is full always; those who know Jesus never hunger and never thirst, He is our all in all, always.

9th April, 2008

Time has gone very quickly since the last update – but things have been quite busy, none-the-less!  About 6 weeks ago Curtis went to his first birthday party here.  It was one of his best friends, Obe, from school.  While there, I had opportunity to talk with Obe’s father.  He said that for some time now Curtis had been asking  Obe to come to church, so he asked if they could come visit our church the next day.  The following morning quite a number came – Obe’s whole family, plus four more of his school friends – 9 people in total!   Two of those children had never been to church before – not a bad soul-winning effort for an eight year old!

19th February, 2008

Well, as promised, I have been working on photos – just haven’t quite figured out how to get it on the website, but am still working on it.  Thought I would go ahead and give a brief update and attempt to add some photos with this update.

Dear Pastor and Brethren,

We have now been in Thailand for a year and as with us all time has seemed to go quickly. We are thankful for your financial support and we are thankful and also much needful of your prayers to the Lord on our behalf.  It is hard to explain, but there is a definite darkness and oppression here that we feel on a daily basis.  This is a place that has mostly been Satan’s territory for a long time and we see that anybody here who seeks to advance the cause of Christ and His Kingdom is given unwanted attention by these principalities and powers...

28th January, 2008

This post from Suzanne:

I trust you all had an enjoyable and restful Christmas, and was able to have some quality family time.  I really did intend to put up another post before Christmas, as promised in my last update – however we had an unexpected turn of events.  Pastor Lloyd invited us to come home to Brisbane for Christmas.  Needless to say, after that phone call everything moved very quickly.  My mother, who was booked to come up and spend Christmas with us, was very gracious and understanding.  We did organize for her to come to Brisbane and spend Christmas with us there – and have deferred her visit to later in the year.  As it worked out, that was the best plan anyway, as the major surgery she had on her feet earlier in the year had caused her arthritis to flare up again and she was not in good health.  I don’t think she would have coped very well had she come.  Bangkok is particularly hard to get around, and I think she would have had a lot of difficulty.  At least she has some time to recover, and will enjoy her visit so much more when she does come!

28th  November, 2007

This week I received a family email from one of my sister’s.  She said their family are still alive and kicking – not that too many of us were aware of that!  I immediately thought of those of you that regularly check our website (or used to) … 

I will back up to when you last heard from me, and try and give you a brief overview of the past few months.  As I said last time, when Wayne went to Australia at the end of August he got the flu so bad he was unable to tend to anything.  Curtis had his first school term break in September, so we decided to all fly back to Australia.  It was a good trip in many ways.  We were able to catch up with Sarah and Justin and numbers of the church folk.  Wayne preached two Wednesday nights and the Sunday we were there, then we headed down south (to Canberra) to visit with some of my family, before flying back to Bangkok.  It was quite relaxing and refreshing.

… they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.  (Heb 11:13) 

Where do you call home ? Home is for most people where their heart is, It is the place you are most comfortable, the place where you know people and they know you. Clearly the saints of Hebrews 11 were most comfortable with the thought Heaven was their home. Many of them had been cruelly dispossessed of their homes and possessions and were suffering daily for their faith in Christ. They had no earthly security only a sure and certain Heavenly hope to see them through each day. They had to find their security in the unseen rather than the seen.