Leaving Once Again

Hey everyone! Tomorrow we are all leaving (together as one big group!) to the village that my group was originally going to- Maesariang :)
If this name sounds familiar its because Ricky, Rob, and I have already been there to do our first project. We won't be in the same exact place but about a half hour from there. We'll be there till December doing more of the same work we did in these past villages and hopefully we'll have internet access so that I can keep you all updated. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. Thank you and God bless.

Ps. How you like my beard now!? :)

A Day Visiting

On our daily visits to the villages we saw many people who needed help. Most needed a change in diet others in lifestyle and still others needed to hear about Jesus.


Here is a shot of Nola (Missionary from Australia) befriending a little Hmong girl who seemed to be cared for by a lot of the villagers. That was real neat to see.



The following is a video clip of a senile woman who lost the use of her limbs because of muscle atrophy. She still, however, has the use of her vocal chords and seems to moan as a way of communication. We prayed for her and gave her son (who takes care of her) some different ways to bring his mom back to health. It's so hard for me to see this and try and give these people hope. I know it sounds very cliché to say this but really, the only hope I know we can truly give them is the hope that we have in Jesus! :)

Out in the Villages

Our first time away from home base for more than a couple of days was to the little nearby mountain village of Buakjan. Home to about two-hundred residents, Buakjan has a small community of about 30 Seventh-day Adventists and a nice little church.




The other group went to Panakuk but by the second week that we were out that group came and joined my group. We were all very thankful for that, things are just more fun with a larger group. And with this larger group were we able to go out in more groups to visit the sick and good news deprived :) On our visits we administered natural remedy treatments and shared with the villagers about God and all the advice He's given to us. It was so awesome to just go up to people's homes and ask if we could spend some time talking and sharing with them. If we tried to do this in the states I'm pretty sure it would be days before we'd find someone who would let us in, let alone have time for us. I must say that even though these people live in very primitive conditions, they picked a good spot to live as far as AMAZING views go! :)

Our First Project

Our second week here, we (Ricky, Rob, and I) were sent to Maesariang to shoot an interview with a very old gentleman who gave us a wealth of knowledge on the Karen situation.


I will soon begin work on the Karen Documentary that I've been put in charge of and this interview was a key part of the documentary.

This old fella (Phu Ta Mu) is 91 years old :) but is extremely young at heart and is in good shape for his age! His wife is the young girl with the pink shirt to the right of him (she's around 21!)

Maesariang is about a 5 hour drive from home base but the drive is pretty sweet, except for the fact that in order to keep cool we had to keep the back of the truck open and we got covered in soot from the exhaust LOL!


Poor Ricky got it the worst.

Nearby Town- Mamali

The closest town (shopping area) to us is called Mamali and its about a 15 minute drive. We go there when we need to get more food or other necessities.

Here's a shot of the inside of one of the markets, it stunk so bad in there- probably because of the rotting fish they have laying around LOL!

My favorite fruit is Mangosteen! (which also happens to be the name of my girlfriend Heather's sports team at Southern :-) Here's what one looks like.

My friend drew the logo for Heather's team and then I beefed it up a little in Adobe illustrator. So here's the final product. Hope you like it Team Mangosteen ;)

Morning Worship

Drinking Coconut Water