For nearly all Thai men’s entertainment workers, their job isn’t a career choice, but one from necessity and/or hurt. We started meeting and getting to know our first Thai bargirls on a visit in 2003, then more in 2004, and are still working to help them today. Getting started took some adjustment, to say the least.
How does one decide that God is calling to go somewhere? For both Jim and Judy Larson, the story starts all the way back in childhood. Mentioned in the video: How We Got Started focusing on poor and/or broken people… Read More »How We Chose Thailand
Jim grew up on a farm in Illinois; Judy was the child of missionaries in Argentina. We met at Wheaton College and were both challenged away from middle-class comfort and safety. We got together as a couple while reaching out to the chronically mentally ill and others in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Here we discuss our introduction as young adults past the usual hurdles of fear and discomfort, into the joy of caring for folks at the so-called bottom.
A nineteenth-century poem, attributed to George MacDonald, depicts the dilemma of the call to follow Jesus to hard places, or remain safe and comfortable.
Since he was an undergraduate student, Addy has pursued a vision to be a change agent in Thailand. We have watched him grow, including earning a master’s degree in educational management, a teaching certificate, and most recently, an M.A. in… Read More »Addy: Next Steps in Ministry
Bpop and Dao have a ministry to those at the bottom, the ones Jesus says his sheep normally care for. Jim sat down to interview them about their heart for the people of Thailand.
Several months ago, I reconnected with an old friend, Bill Warner, who agreed to record a conversation to introduce the idea of intentional mentoring to our friends and supporters.
When his philosophy professors taught Vishal Mangalwadi that there was no ultimate truth, he decided to look for it. The Book That Made Your World details his conclusion from history that the Bible has positively influenced the world far more than any other source.
In Thailand, where churches are few and personal schedules busy, pastors need to put personal discipleship ahead of everything, even Sunday morning gatherings.
