There is so much activity and so many people in our blog that I've provided this overview.
Missions 2012
Spring of 2012 Pullman Foursquare will be heading to SouthEast Asia. Our trips are always exciting growth and giving opportunities; everyone who has gone in the past has been particularly blessed.
Thailand and nearby. We'll be traveling to SE Asia once again and we will minister with old and new friends. The trip Corresponds with WSU spring break (March 10) So College students are encouraged to go. Youth 16 and older can go and 14 - 15 if accompanied by another adult. Of course anyone under 18 will need parental permission. But any age is welcome. The trip will be customized based on the number, age, and experiences of the participants, and we may not all do the same thing.
Cost about $2000.
There is not a specific 'charge' as we do the trips based on the actual cost, so the more frugal we are the less it costs. ALSO, funds needed for ministry will be raised by the group and therefore be the only church wide fundraising.
We'll be going to other 'closed' destinations and hope to have wonderful experiences there. Contact Bruce or Laurie directly if you are interested.
In SE Asia we have three primary goals:
- To come alongside local pastors in Northern Thailand and SE Asia, partnering with them in projects that help expand the impact of their ministries.
- To build on the relational foundations with pastors and missionaries in SE Asia formed during previous mission trips, thereby opening doors for future mission trips and for individuals to return and participate in full time missionary work.
- To preach the Gospel in various villages and to make disciples.
For the security of the pastors and missionaries in SE Asia we no longer (or rarely) post their information in this blog. If you would like to receive emailed updates about happenings in Myan mar/Bur ma V. please contact me heimbig @ gmail.com
Who's Who
Dr.
Kelly and Angela Hilderbrand,
FMI Missionaries to Thailand responsible for and the English Language Center with hundreds of students and multiple Church plants in Thailand. Bangkok is usually our first stop in Thailand. There are three month to a year English language teaching opportunities in Bangkok.
Dr. Christopher Curry currently lives with his (a Thai medical doctor) in in Bangkok and his ministry supports Pastor P. in the Golden Triangle area of My-
anmar, also one of our first contacts.
Pastor Timothy: Pastor, Missionary, runs an orphanage, started and supports many hill tribe churches in the Fang, Thailand area and all around good guy. He was one of our first contacts and is always helpful when we look to Thailand for outreach.
Pastor P. is very active in the Golden Triangle of
Myan-mar, he has started dozens of churches, an orphanage, Bible college, drug rehabilitation center, education house, and is Senior Pastor in
Tachiliek and district supervisor for Eastern
Myanm-
ar. Pastor P. was another of the first people we visited. Since Pastor P's arrest and prison beating and the forced closing of his college in 2005, we purposely misspell the country and city and no longer include his actual name. It is NOT that we (or he) are doing anything illegal, just that we do NOT want to draw the My an-mar
government's attention to the work.
George
Butron is the SE Asia director for Foursquare Missions International and is always helpful for me to determine what we can/cannot do or should not do :-)
Kennedy
Ochieng gave up a promising career in Kenya's Agriculture to minister to the Muslim, poor, refugee camps, and tribal populations of South East Kenya, along with his wife Eunice and children Tim and Ann. Scott
Linklater made contact with him through
Calab Nindo of our church (also from Kenya.) Scott and Tyler Anderson ministered with Ken in Africa in 2006(?) and Ken visited Pullman and other cities in the USA in 2007.
I meet Paul and Lari Vernon in September 2007. I'm sure there will be some kind of continuing connection.
Their web site.
Donations
You can support Pastor Timothy, Pastor P. or Ken or Chris Curry's ministry through direct donations made out to Pullman Foursquare Church. You can donate directly to the Golden Triangle ministries
http://give.foursquare.org/Curry and Chris will see to it that donations will be used where most needed.
Regular monthly donations are preferred and the amount doesn't matter. For missionaries to know they have a dependable supply is extremely helpful. For Pastors Timothy and P. you can indicated either for the general use or specifically to support orphans. One time donations are of course accepted. You can also support Ken by
purchasing his book. 100% of money donated to foreign missionaries is sent directly to them. Contact Bruce or Laurie for specifics.
Contacts: Pastor Timothy Tang
timotang @
hotmail.com
Christopher Curry
christopherjonny @
gmail.com
Pastor P.
khim.
gtm2007 @
gmail.com
his web site.
Kelly
Hilderbrand kahildy @
gmail.com
Paul & Lori Vernon's
web site.
George
Butron george @
ebible.org
Ken
Ochieng:
kenyochieng @ yahoo.com
Bruce
Heimbigner heimbig @
gmail.com
Laurie
Heimbigner llheim @
gmail.com
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