From Indiana to Thailand
A call to missions . . . in Thailand. When did it come? When does God prepare someone for a call? Did He only start preparing us after the call? Or does He prepare us long before the call? I am not sure that we can answer all of those questions, but as we look back over the years, we see God’s hand moving in various ways, moving from one call to the next call, and always preparing us for what lies ahead.
Reasons for Going
I have been teaching school in Reading, PA for the past 5 years, which has been very instrumental in my journey with God.
An Inspired Mission
Our family has had the blessing of being able to serve the Lord in full time mission work in Grenada, West Indies. After tasting the blessing of being in full time ministry, I struggled with the thought of leaving it. Yet, I knew that the Lord’s call for us in Grenada was not for a much longer period of time. As we began to wait on the Lord for His direction, we were asked about joining the work of IGo in Thailand. We never expected to end up in Asia, but we wanted God’s will for us.
Who We Are. Why We Go.
Within six months after our family’s visit to Asia in 2000; a missionary, a missionary’s mother, a mission board member, and a mission director all inquired whether we would be willing to move to Asia. Our enjoyment of administrating and teaching at the Sharon Mennonite Bible Institute and the dilemma of Krystal’s health made the inquiries seem implausible, but it did strike a chord within us.