Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everybody! 2015 is going to be amazing!

I figured that a lot of you might be curious as to where in Thailand we are doing ministry! It's a big place, with 75 Million people, and being able to see where we are can help you visualize what we are up to better. So, here are some maps!!

This is Khlong Luang Phaeng - the street adress in the search bar is actually Dave and Louise Sinclair-Peters house! They live in a small town 30 minutes outside of Chachoengsao city (you can see it south-east of them). Chachoengsao city is home to the Hope Centre, one of their big thai ministries. The B*rmese churches that they have planted are located in Bo Thong (bottom right of the map), Bang Sai (in Chon Buri City, south of them; we live there!) and in the town they live. 3 strong churches! It's very exciting to be a part of their growth.

This is our street address in Bang Sai, a section of Chon Buri. The city is home to a million people, so it's very big and busy! You can find us on map programs by inputting that address!

This is our neighbourhood! Isn't technology amazing? At the centre of the picture, there is an intersecrtion. We live in the apartment on the upper right corner of the intersection, and the church is one building up and one building right from us!

We also thought you might like to see where we are up close, so here is a video walk-through of our place! (it's not much to look at, but it's home!) In case you are wondering, I'm no sure if videos work on the Mobile Blogger site - desktop computers/laptops show them just fine though!

It's a new year, and we are so excited for what's to come! we have another 4 months here, and we are praying that we learn and grow in a lot of ways. God is teaching us so many amazing things, and I wanted to share a couple stories with all of you from the last while.

During the Bang Sai Christmas outreach, we played music and praised God until late/early! After that, we were packing up and tired and in the hustle and bustle of the end of the evening, we didn't notice that someone sauntered in and grabbed the High-Hat from the drum kit! The next day we realized it was gone, and were pretty sad about it - a good high-hat and stand can be over a hundred dollars here! God's hand was at work, however!!! A few days later, Louise and us were there for church, and a lady approached her - she was a scrap seller, who operates from right across the street from us. Someone had come up to her and sold her the high-hat and stand for 30 Baht! (about 1 dollar). She had been watching the Christmas Party while she worked, and had talked to Louise a lot; she gladly gave us back the high-hat and wouldn't even take any money for it! God touched her heart for sure that night, and made a way for us to have our drum set part back! It's little things like that that remind us that God has our back.

The week of the parties, we were madly getting presents ready for a kids club, and had a lot of stapling to do. With 16 presents left, I realized that we only had 8 staples, with no more in the building. We kept going, and all of a sudden the last bag was stapled! I had to laugh, because it was like Elijah and the pot of flour and oil, except it was a box of staples! God is good.

Hope you are encouraged! Blessings!