Well...It has been a crazy first two weeks in Thailand! To give you a lil taste of the craziness we came here having never met anyone, and only having contact with one faceless person. Well two weeks later and we still have not met this hombre, and we have made three other contacts just by Gods providence. Our trip to the south started off with a 12 hour bus ride to Krabi. From there we went to Railai Beach and camped out in a backpacker village, living on mango and sticky rice for two days. We then got onto another bus, four hours this time, and headed to Phuket, one of the areas hit hardest by the tsunami of 2004. We worked with a couple from So Cal, who have been living in a poor part of the island for ten months. WIth them, we practiced the common catch phrase, "Preace the Gospel, using words if you have too." SInce March, the man we were staying with has been clearing out vacant lots of weeds and overgrowth, and cleaning up the roads which were a complete mess. It is an awesome testimony to sweat for the salvation of a community, and it opens so many doors. The simplest forms of ministry can often lead to the biggest breakthroughs. We then went to a small village in Krabi, Thailande worked with a national there by the name of Radt. From her, the biggest thing I learned was that ministry starts in your own backyard. Her father is a local pastor, and his heart turned from the church he started to the poor area behind his house. The government had set up a little projects area, and he has started holding church and childrens services in the community center. We got there and immediately put on two childrens services on Saturday, and then another childrens service on Sunday, then we spoke at the adults service. We also got to pass out Christmas presents to the children thanks to the awesome donations of Operation Christmas Child. From there we went into a village called Au Nong. We stayed with a couple from San Francisco, and they LOVED Muay Thai. God can totally use all of our gifts, and fighting is no exceptoin. Because of their Muay Thai affiliations, they gained access to a Muslim village that is completely closed off to Christianity, but they are treated like family. God can use any of our giftings and our talents to proclaim his name. We then went back to Phuket to clean more streets and clear out more vacant lots. Now we are back in Bangkok after an all night bus ride. What does Father have in store for us...your guess is as good as mine, but I know that it will change Thailand, and shape this country into exactly what God's sovreign plan wants it to be!

- Oliver
This is Dana. He is one dude with an attitude! Five days a week he goes into the community and does yardwork on public land that has been neglected since the tsunami. The other two days he pastors a church, and takes his wife out on a whole day date.
Dana and Cindy are missionaries from So Cal and thats their dog Muttly who totally has three legs. This is Radt...she is rad...so is her dad...dont be mad...be glad!
Heads shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes
First off hilarious in the fact that he was wearin a full outfit of masked rider gear, and i really look like i ate some bad noodles but i didn't.
This is Radt's father, a man that we lovingly refer to as the road warrior. He is an intense man of God, a great pastor, and a pheonominal community leader. He retired from pastoring, but then built a church behind his home so that those living in the government land in his community would have a place to go for church. He also had a sick protective vest that Rhys is striking a pose with while riding on the back of this motorbike-with-a-sick-side-cart.
There is nothing quite like a little red light, green light to re-inforce the good news.
Radt's father, the road warrior, agganged for the children in his community to recieve Christmas presents through Operation Christmas Child. I have been on the side of making these boxes, but it was an awesome experience to see children recieving the boxes.
One of the many photo-ops that the road warrior had us pose for.
When you pack boxes be sure to inculde winner items like this. This little guy wore those glasses for most of the church service and sharing a testimony while looking at that was just plain sweet!
Some missionaries of Muay Thai...super legit and some peeps that you really wouldnt wanna mess with!
We did take some time to hit the beach and saw lots of sun. This was my favorite.
Here's those feet! They have held up so far, keep praying they follow Christ's footsteps.