The Christians in Chiang Mai: September 2016

The Christian's in Chiang Mai

Missionaries are not super spiritual beings as some people may think. You will discover that by reading here. We are pretty authentic people who love and miss our kids and even after living in Asia for 40 years have a hard time with good-byes. Raising our four daughters in Thailand was fun but leaving them in the USA, halfway around the globe is not so fun! Yet, as we walk with God we see His blessings on us a hundred fold. Journey with these two Iowa farm kids as we share our photos and experiences of life in Thailand, “The Land of Smiles.” We embrace the Bible as our guide and desire to share God’s message with all people.

September 08, 2016

Allen's move to Broken Phone booth

We are spending a few days here in Arkansas with Michael and Bethany as they are preparing to move their family to work with the Jesus Film in Orlando, Florida. As you can imagine, it's not a small feat to move a family with toddlers across the USA. As they continue to meet with potential ministry partners; we are helping with the girls, packing boxes, and trying to assist in any way we can towards the move.

For Michael, this move is a dream job for him to be able to use his gifts in film making and production. He will be working with the "Broken Phone Booth" ministry of the Jesus Film in producing new films, documentaries, and other tools that will be a resource for ministries all over the world. It's purpose is to reveal Biblical truth and create tools for spiritual discussion and growth, primarily through narrative film.

The video below is one of Michael's recent projects. It is a recap of the GPro congress that we all worked at this summer in Bangkok, and wrote about here and here. Tomorrow night, in Dallas there is a celebration dinner that we were hoping to be a part of, as they reflect back over the 2500 pastors that were trained from 100 countries. We are thankful to have been a part. Enjoy this glimpse of God's purposes accomplished.

Global Proclamation Congress 2016 from Michael Allen on Vimeo.

September 02, 2016

Ellanora turns three!

Ellie Faye turned 3 years old on Saturday, August 20. We drove down from Iowa on that day, just in time to eat dinner together and share her birthday cake.

Aunt Jen and Aunt Lori also came into Fayetteville that weekend. It was so wonderful for this mama to get to go to church Sunday morning with 3 daughters. But pretty sad that Marisa was not there with us, especially knowing that she was missing us all even more.

The Allen family with a 11 month old and a 3 year old.

Ellie Faye and cousin Ruby Kay are still the best of friends, and are so much fun when they play together. Sorry Rubes, it doesn't look like you wanted to take a break from your play for this photo. :)

We were at Miss Maggie's house in Waterloo when we heard that Ellie's party was a "Little Mermaid" theme- so she quickly sewed up a costume for here that morning before we left the house! Amazing Maggie!