At 6:30 AM I posted the following announcement: “I’m doing a radio interview on WBCL in Ft. Wayne, Indiana from 8-9 AM CDT. Click here to listen live.” We were supposed to be talking about Stealth Attack, my book on spiritual warfare.But when the time came, I didn’t get a call from the radio station. When I pick …
10:24 AM PDTSan Francisco AirportWe made it back to the USA and now are waiting for our flight to Memphis and then the flight to Tupelo. We left Bangkok about 18 hours ago and will be home in about 8 more hours. We are tired but very happy to be back in the United States. Few things in life are as sweet as when the immigrat …
By the time you read this, we will be somewhere in the air over the Pacific Ocean. We leave Thailand on Tuesday at 6 AM, which is 6 PM Monday in Tupelo. So with the time change and the 28-30 travel time, we should be somewhere in the air when you read this entry.Let me add one final note about our trip. On Sunday I preached …
Last Wednesday we visited the Bangkok Women’s Prison, an enormous facility holding 5500 inmates. The women live in very close quarters, in stifling heat, many of them sentenced for breaking Thailand’s extremely strict drug laws. Conditions are difficult, to say the least. For at least 30 years Lourdes Holmes has …
6:55 AM SundayBack in BangkokWednesday-Friday we traveled to a resort near the mountains in the rain forest east of Bangkok to help train 250 Christian workers from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam for the L.I.F.E (Learning Intensive Free English) camp being held at the same location next month. These 250 counselors wil …
Somewhere east of BangkokIn the Rain forestHot and Muggy—Unbelievably hot and muggy and stickyStill having a wonderful time in Thailand . . . Feel like we’ve come to the front lines of the Christian movement . . . Such a privilege to speak to these servants of the Lord who have just incredible zeal . . . Most are und …
Here’s a joke from Thailand . . .What do you call a person who speaks three languages? Answer: Trilingual.What do you call a person who speaks two languages? Answer: Bilingual.What do you call a person who speaks only one language? Answer: American.A young woman who works with the Thai churches told us that, and then …
Thursday 7:13 AMSomewhere east of BangkokTrip going great . . . Awesome experience to speak at the women’s prison yesterday . . . We started our seminar with 250 Christian workers—most of them under 35 . . . from Thailand, Burma, Cambodia . . . Amazing opportunity to teach them how to share the gospel . . . Thai Chri …
Twenty-eight hours after leaving Tupelo, we made it to Thailand safe and sound. Good flights, good weather, and our baggage arrived with us. Our hosts are Charles and Lourdes Holmes. He is American, she Filipino. Eighty years ago some Americans started ABWE—the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism. One of their earl …