Prayer Request/Update

    Greetings from Virginia. Well we made it through our three weeks of training!  We have studied much about preparation and strengthening our relationships with the Lord as we are preparing to be sent out.  While we are in meetings Moriah goes to her class from 9-3.  She has had a stomach problem the last few days and has not been able to go to class.   Speaking of Moriah, since we have arrived in Virginia, she has become quite the little walker.  People all over campus know her as she is so friendly and always waiving to everyone and smiling. Please lift our family up as we prepare to move to the Northeast part of Thailand.  Some prayer requests are:

1.  We are still looking for a location to live in Thailand where a local (native) person will be able to help us with translating the Bible orally.  URGENT REQUEST!!!!This needs to be a male interested in helping us through this project.  Our prayer is that this person would open many doors for us to share the good news as we begin to get it into the Isaan language.

2.   Please pray for Moriah as she continues adjusts to being away from mommy and daddy a large portion of the week and for her stomach problem.

3. For God’s protection over our family here in Virginia and as we prepare to leave for Thailand in October.

4. Pray that God would burden and deepen our hearts for the Isaan people.

New Home, New Friends, New Challanges…

We made it safely to Virginia where we are going through a two-month trainning with over 200 other families.  We  live in housing with 4 little apartments which all join together by a common room.  They are called Quads but Misty likes to refer to it as our cabin.  Ours has two bedrooms, one bath, and a little kitchen area inside. 

As you can see our blogsite has a new look to it! Thanks to our good friend Joey. 

 In time with the Lord this week I, (Kris) realized how fearful I was to be going around the world to a place where His name was not even known.  To see helpless people waking up in the morning to the chanting of monks and worshiping of idols.  But then, God took me to many passages of scripture which declare His authority and power over all things.  Also, in this time I realized at times how faithless I am with the small things in life and I pray to God that I would have the faith to see God bring millions of people to Him through the spread of His Story in NE Thailand. 

This past tuesday Moriah went to her first day of class.  It was really hard to leave Moriah with her teacher while we were in trainning from 9-3.  As the week went on she became more acculmated to being there and made some new friends to play with.