Tim Shook Family
This month we started back into our Thai language studies. I am very thankful that the Lord has helped us retain most of what we learned before we had to leave the field for deputation. Each language class, we are learning new words and the [...]
IT'S NOT IN VAIN Often the day-to-day work of a ministry can seem trivial and mundane, but so much of this work is preparation for the future. We have been working on several things that will help strengthen our team and the future of our m [...]
Near the beginning of this month, our family made a trip back to America for a missions conference. This conference was scheduled before our return to Thailand. It was to be our last meeting on deputation, but then the conference was resche [...]
August has come and gone! Our family has been in Thailand for just over three months. Missy and I have had the joy of seeing souls saved each week, and God has brought a couple of our converts to church. The team has started going through a [...]
HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD How many Bibles do you have lying around your house today? How many Bibles have you owned in your lifetime as an American-born Christian? Romans 10:14-17 says, “How then shall they call on him in whom they have no [...]
PRESSING ON Change—who likes it? We get comfortable with our lives, and we grow accustomed to how things are going. Though change is a constant aspect of life, as humans we often find ourselves resisting the inevitable. Thankfully, we have [...]
July was another busy, yet exciting, month. The church and team had a special Sunday, July 6, to honor and thank the Bosje family for their work and investment here in Thailand. Many people were in attendance as they came to give gifts and [...]
Words cannot express the joy my family and I have experienced upon our return to Thailand! Thank you for allowing us to send our May update in email form. We have been in Thailand for one month and two weeks. Just a week and a half ago, we [...]
Dear Praying Friends, Our April schedule consisted of just a few meetings, with two more churches voting to take us on for support. Our last out-of-town meeting will be this weekend, May 4. Our deputation journey is coming to a close, and w [...]
Dear Praying Friends, We just completed 3½ weeks consisting of 5 back-to-back missions conferences. Our travels started in Iowa, then on to Wisconsin, West Virginia, Georgia, and ended in Maryland. Two of the five churches voted to take us [...]
