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Phil in Thailand 2006: Back in New Zealand
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Phil in Thailand 2006. Wednesday, January 17, 2007. Back in New Zealand. Well I'm back in NZ now. I'm very glad it's summer cuz even now it doesn't feel quite as warm as it should be! Very good to be greeted by Gareth and Carissa at the airport, even though I had to wear balloon animals in front of everyone at the airport as part of my welcome home! Gareth, me, and Carissa at the Wellington Airport. (that balloon hat thing is another couple feet high). I'm definitely glad I went to Thailand, and if anyon...
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Phil in Thailand 2006: October 2006
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Phil in Thailand 2006. Wednesday, October 25, 2006. As my friends and family, I'd like to let you know that I am going on a short term mission trip to Thailand this summer from November 27th till December 23rd. I will be going with a TSCF. Team and we will be working with one of our sister student groups in Thailand TCS. Helping them get established and bringing together the other Christians on campus. Pray for us, especially for:. 2 God would prepare the hearts of the people we meet in Thailand that the...
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Phil in Thailand 2006: Phitsanulok
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Phil in Thailand 2006. Sunday, January 14, 2007. This is pare and me catching the bus to phitsanulok, after missing the train. sorry pare! I was sure bangkok was the other way. arrgghh. This is bob and me at the phitsanulok youth house. johnny and ann maclean have been setting up youth houses at various uni's which are right next to campus and students can come and hang out after class and where they also meet for bible studies and english class. This is us hanging out on campus for a bit. big place!
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Phil in Thailand 2006: Thailand 1
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Phil in Thailand 2006. Friday, December 08, 2006. Well, I have been in Thailand 5 days now, and it has been pretty full on. Had a good break in Australia first. Bit dramatic. But a really good rest with my family. So far we have been involved in handing out information fliers and tracts on campus, helping out with English and Bible lessons. We have met quite a few Chinese students so far, so on Wednesday night, we had a trilingual Bible study, in Thai, English and Chinese! Johnny and Anne are expecting a...
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Phil in Thailand 2006: The Final Word
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Phil in Thailand 2006. Wednesday, December 27, 2006. So far, my conclusions from the trip? Do I love the Thai people and see their need for the gospel? Is this love I feel unique to them? Do I have unique skills for the Thai context? I think I could survive, which is actually quite a good start. Music and drama and high energy seem like pretty important assets over here, but I might scrape through with some sports skills. If I had complete freedom, would I come back to Thailand as soon as possible? I jus...
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Phil in Thailand 2006: Thailand 3
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Phil in Thailand 2006. Friday, December 15, 2006. Thanks heaps for praying! James and I went to play basketball on Wednesday night and 8 guys followed us back to the youth house to hear a short gospel message and join in an evening of games,which was really encouraging. It is really amazing to get guys coming along, as Johnny and Anne (missionaries working here) say that it is predominantly girls who come along. It seems like time has gone by so fast, as we are due to finish next Friday! I'm glad you're ...
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Phil in Thailand 2006: Finally! Some pics.
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Phil in Thailand 2006. Wednesday, December 27, 2006. This is my good mate Ball, who I met on the 3rd last day of our trip. he was a really friendly guy and invited me along to play football, and also over for dinner a couple times at his classmates house. This is us on our day off, visiting a crocodile farm. we all got to hold a little baby crocodile as well which was cool. Which is pretty impressive. Me, posing for more photos. very exciting. Posted by thekingphil at 3:52 AM. Looks really cool Phil!
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Phil in Thailand 2006: November 2006
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Phil in Thailand 2006. Friday, November 03, 2006. First of all, thanks so much for all of your support. It has been so encouraging to see people get behind our team to Thailand. I've been really blessed and am looking forward to the trip more than ever! Also, thanks for the financial support. I'm pretty much at full support now (as long as I get around to collecting it! Last weekend, our team met for the first time together in Wellington, to meet each other and get a good idea of what we are doing. Arggh...
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Phil in Thailand 2006: Some trip pics
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Phil in Thailand 2006. Saturday, January 13, 2007. They have a really good system where people who are late to meetings/forget their namebadges are punished for their misdeeds and here i am being very much punished. Here i am embarassing myself for general entertainment. Mmmmmm, sticky rice. me being attacked by pare, as chude, shue, and james look on. Full credit to alice for taking a nice photo of our humble camp site. Posted by thekingphil at 9:20 PM. Support so far: $1000/$1000.
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Phil in Thailand 2006: December 2006
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Phil in Thailand 2006. Wednesday, December 27, 2006. So far, my conclusions from the trip? Do I love the Thai people and see their need for the gospel? Is this love I feel unique to them? Do I have unique skills for the Thai context? I think I could survive, which is actually quite a good start. Music and drama and high energy seem like pretty important assets over here, but I might scrape through with some sports skills. If I had complete freedom, would I come back to Thailand as soon as possible? This ...
