A MONTHLY PUBLICATION FROM The Grace and Peace Baptist Church ~ December 2024 Wichai Jalor: Wichai2serve@gmail.com Moses Wataniyamintra:...

Flooding in a nearby village. (Not my picture but copied from Facebook.) It was like standing under a waterfall. In Oklahoma, the rain...

If only they hadn’t set that empty chair beside me on the porch. If only they hadn’t so kindly and so sadly commiserated with me. I...

Celebrations! We’ve had a lot. Thanksgiving season started in October and continued through December. We had many of those – sometimes...

Bright eyes and chubby cheeks – what could be sweeter than a new baby? We have a little bundle of joy around the house now. Timmy...

“What did God make on day five?” I asked the roomful of preachers. “Fish and birds,” the enthusiastic men chanted in chorus, showing five...

They poured through the door, giggling and chattering. Fourteen girls. Girls! In our ten years in Thailand, we have had boys almost...

The waterfall splashed over the rocks into the pool below, sending ripples across the water. What a beautiful place for a baptism!...

The birthday cake caught on the lump in my throat and I had a hard time swallowing the cake along with my tears. It was a party, but one...

In just a moment everything can change. I was determined to get the boys back on track with their schooling after our big building...

The morning sun burned away the heavy fog, and the boys industriously mopped up the moisture the mist left behind on the long rows of...

The raging storm beat against the house with fury. The wind was so strong the whole house shook and swayed. The drapes swung back and...

The flashing lights of the ambulance and police blinded me in the dusk and froze my heart with terror. The truck was smashed against a...

The stench of rotting flesh wafted into the air as I unwrapped the dirty bandage. I stared in horror at the open wound… I always like to...

The dogs flew out of their yard, barking and howling like they planned to eat me alive. They stopped. A strange expression of wonder and...

Ow, ow, ow! Vacation didn’t go as planned – well, not as I planned, anyway. We had hoped to make a trip to America during the kids’ fall...

The smaller children crowded around the table, their eyes focused on the picture I was holding and listening with rapt attention to the...

It was a miracle. Danny had always been a challenge. We understood. He endured years of abandonment, neglect, and abuse before he came to...

The angry little girl stood beside me with stiff shoulders and a mulish expression on her face. Paul and I were smiling in the picture,...

It was such a blessing to gather with the preachers for our Preachers' Training this past month. We had 25 attending. I began a series on...