Opening a new chapter.

Black rice, almost ready to harvest.

The highlight of our month has been having Ryan's parents here visiting! The girls are soaking up time with their grandparents, and it has been such a blessing to have them here.

A snapshot of Ryan's time studying Ephesians with a friend.

Visiting a church member's home.

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We are excited to give a bit more of an update regarding how God has been directing our family regarding future ministry and visa! After spending these last few months seeking the Lord for direction after closing Sauced & Tossed, we are trusting that Lord is leading us to a new business as missions venture. It will be a small manufacturing business to produce and export a specialty crispy Thai chili pepper snack to America. We are really excited about this opportunity, and stand amazed at the many doors God opened for us to continue walking this path. There are many factors contributing to us landing on this business venture, but some of the key ones are that it enables us to use our already established business visa/work permit here in Thailand, as well as continue to do BAM as a means for engaging in church planting in Udon where there is much gospel need. 

We are in the beginning stages of launching this new adventure and are plunging into an unknown future in some sense, but we wanted to give you this brief update as a praise for answered prayers. Thank you to everyone who has prayed with us for direction and God's will made clear, and we are asking for more prayers as we begin to build out what this will look like more specifically. We look forward to sharing more updates as it unfolds!

Pictured below is the Thai chili snack, pronounced in Thai as พริกทอดกรอบ (phrik thod krob).

 

PRAISES & PRAYER REQUESTS:

- praise the Lord for the gift of time with Ryan's parents in person!

- praise God for directing us to this new manufacturing business venture, and for a church family in the States who has fasted and prayed alongside of us regarding these decisions. Such a humbling blessing.

- pray for surrendered hearts and passion for Christ to drive us as we make the necessary preparations and steps to launch this business endeavor.

- pray for soft hearts among the Thai people, receptive to gospel truth.

"Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving." (Colossians 2:6)