| Aug 29 |
Archive for August, 2009A church half-empty or half-full?
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“The church building is half-full, we’re not doing too bad”, pessimists say. Optimists think: “The building is half-empty, so there’s lots of room to grow!” At the beginning of this year there were conflicts in the church we planted in Bangkok. About half of the members left. “It’s like a tsunami”, one of the remaining members told me. “You look around, and all of a sudden this one is gone and that one is gone.” Experiences like these in a church are always sad and dishonour God’s name. Yet after half a year I also see the other side of the medal. | Aug 14 |
Archive for August, 2009The tailorA few weeks ago I went to a local tailor to have some trousers made. She took my measurements and said that it would be ready in two days. When I came to collect the trousers, (more…) |
| Aug 11 |
Archive for August, 2009With a clear view
foto: partsnpieces We always limited ourselves to proclaiming the Gospel. So far we’ve done little in the way of social work. In a rather prosperous country like Thailand social work is possible, but certainly not always necessary. Now we have found something that helps people, is easy to do, does not create dependency and directly suppports evangelism: (more…) |
| Aug 05 |
Archive for August, 2009An amazing way to dieWould you ever have thought it would be possible for a cow to drown in a drum? Neither would I. But it happened. Outside the stable at the farm of a friend’s are a few drums with water for the cows. A young cow enthusiastically put both her forelegs and her head in the drum- and never got them out again! She drowned while her entire body was out of the water. So what happened? (more…) |
