We leave for Thailand THIS Thursday!!!
We were all blessed with a send-off lunch after service at ACC today. It was so great to be able to spend time with our church family one last time before we leave for Thailand!
Below are the places we'll be each day during the trip & what we'll be doing there:
(All times are CST)
Feb. 3rd - Leave Atlanta at 6:00am
Depart Chicago at 11:30am
Feb. 4th - Arrive Seoul, Korea at 1:20am
Depart Seoul at 3:55am
Arrive Chiang Mai at 9:50am
Feb. 5th - Kristen & Ellen will be flying out of Chicago this day
Rest of Mission Team will be in Chiang Mai working on the construction project
Feb. 6th - Kristen & Ellen will arrive in Chiang Mai
Mission Team will be having church services in Chiang Mai
Feb. 7th - Will be leaving Chiang Mai & traveling out into the village, Mae Tae
Feb. 7th-10th - Daily Medical Clinics at Mae Tae with Worship services in the evenings
Feb. 10th-12th - Medical Clinics at Chiang Mai & Church on the 12th
Feb. 13th - Depart Chiang Mai at 7:15am
Arrive Bangkok at 8:25am
Depart Bangkok at 1:30pm
Arrive Seoul at 6:40pm
Depart Seoul at 8:40pm
Feb. 14th - Arrive Chicago at 9:15am
Arrive in Atlanta!
Please use these dates & times to pray specifically for what we'll be doing there, for safety, & effectivness. Please continue to pray for our health & our willingness to be used as God would want to use us in Thailand. Pray also for Stephen & Mary all of the Thai people whose paths we will cross on this trip. Please pray, too, that the massive snow storm we are supposed to get Tues-Wed of this week will not hinder our travels at all. Praise God with us for His provision & continual presence!
Thank you all for your support & prayers. Check back during the trip to see updates as we have the availability to post them.
Serving Him,
The ACC Mission Team
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
The Time is Coming...
In less than 4 weeks, we are leaving for Thailand!!!
SO much has happened since the last post...we have been incredibly amazed & blessed by how God provides for us & for this trip! In addition to the garage sale, we had several other fundraisers...
A car wash & bake sale, where we raised $1000!
A pancakge & sausage breakfast, where we raised $767!
A soup dinner with a basket auction & silent auction, where we raised $3200!
Sold sausage from donated pigs & raised $1934!
Received a matched funds grant from IDES for $6000 for medicine!
God has richly blessed this trip & because of that, we are able to do much more for the Thai people on this trip. In addition to the medical clinics, we will be doing a construction project at the Christian Training Center where Stephen & Mary Wongratanamajcha live & where Alicia will be living. We were also able to purchase typhoid & H1N1 vaccines to be shipped to Thailand for use in the clinics we put on. We also purchased fluoride treatments to give to the children & others who need them. We will also be having Bible lessons for the children during the clinics everyday.
We will be leaving for Thailand on February 3rd. Everyone, except Alicia, will be returning on February 14th. Alicia will be staying in Thailand until March 5th. She was originally planning to stay full-time after this trip, but plans have since changed. (For more on that, go here: http://www.ajcrabtree.blogspot.com/) She is planning on returning to Thailand full-time later this summer or early fall.
As we prepare in these last few weeks, please be praying with us for the following:
*Our final preparations for the trip & safety while we are traveling
*For Stephen & Mary and the Thai people as they prepare for our arrival & stay
*For safety & reassurance of our famlies while we are gone
*That God would prepare the hearts & minds of the Thai people to receive His love & His word
Keep checking back for more updates as we get closer to leaving & during our trip!
Thank you all for supporting us!
Serving Him,
The ACC Mission Team
(Robbie Bell, Terry Brooks, Alicia Crabtree, Janice Garriott, Kristen Green-Morrow, Connie Harris, Connie Keelan, Todd Parks, Ellen Pratt, Brian & Deb Siltman, and Connie Turner)
SO much has happened since the last post...we have been incredibly amazed & blessed by how God provides for us & for this trip! In addition to the garage sale, we had several other fundraisers...
A car wash & bake sale, where we raised $1000!
A pancakge & sausage breakfast, where we raised $767!
A soup dinner with a basket auction & silent auction, where we raised $3200!
Sold sausage from donated pigs & raised $1934!
Received a matched funds grant from IDES for $6000 for medicine!
God has richly blessed this trip & because of that, we are able to do much more for the Thai people on this trip. In addition to the medical clinics, we will be doing a construction project at the Christian Training Center where Stephen & Mary Wongratanamajcha live & where Alicia will be living. We were also able to purchase typhoid & H1N1 vaccines to be shipped to Thailand for use in the clinics we put on. We also purchased fluoride treatments to give to the children & others who need them. We will also be having Bible lessons for the children during the clinics everyday.
We will be leaving for Thailand on February 3rd. Everyone, except Alicia, will be returning on February 14th. Alicia will be staying in Thailand until March 5th. She was originally planning to stay full-time after this trip, but plans have since changed. (For more on that, go here: http://www.ajcrabtree.blogspot.com/) She is planning on returning to Thailand full-time later this summer or early fall.
As we prepare in these last few weeks, please be praying with us for the following:
*Our final preparations for the trip & safety while we are traveling
*For Stephen & Mary and the Thai people as they prepare for our arrival & stay
*For safety & reassurance of our famlies while we are gone
*That God would prepare the hearts & minds of the Thai people to receive His love & His word
Keep checking back for more updates as we get closer to leaving & during our trip!
Thank you all for supporting us!
Serving Him,
The ACC Mission Team
(Robbie Bell, Terry Brooks, Alicia Crabtree, Janice Garriott, Kristen Green-Morrow, Connie Harris, Connie Keelan, Todd Parks, Ellen Pratt, Brian & Deb Siltman, and Connie Turner)
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
God is Good!!!
We were blessed beyond words from the garage sale this past weekend! The grand total we raised is $1550!!!!! This money will be used to purchase medicine & supplies on our Thailand trip in February.
Thanks to everyone who came out & made purchases & donations!!! A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who donated items, sorted & priced, & worked the garage sale!!! It was a lot of work, but definitely worth it!
Stay tuned for more updates & fundraisers...
Serving Him,
The ACC Mission Team
Thanks to everyone who came out & made purchases & donations!!! A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who donated items, sorted & priced, & worked the garage sale!!! It was a lot of work, but definitely worth it!
Stay tuned for more updates & fundraisers...
Serving Him,
The ACC Mission Team
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Garage Sale
Hello everyone!
Just letting you all know that the ACC Mission Team is having a garage sale this weekend to raise money for our trip to Thailand! The sale is this Friday & Saturday, the 11th & 12th, from 8:00am to 4:00pm both days. We are also having a bake sale during the garage sale.
The sale is at the Atlanta Christian Church, located at the corner of 3rd & Maple in Atlanta. There are many other garage sales in town as well as all the way down Route 66 to Elkhart!
Hope to see everyone this weekend :)
Serving Him,
The ACC Mission Team
Just letting you all know that the ACC Mission Team is having a garage sale this weekend to raise money for our trip to Thailand! The sale is this Friday & Saturday, the 11th & 12th, from 8:00am to 4:00pm both days. We are also having a bake sale during the garage sale.
The sale is at the Atlanta Christian Church, located at the corner of 3rd & Maple in Atlanta. There are many other garage sales in town as well as all the way down Route 66 to Elkhart!
Hope to see everyone this weekend :)
Serving Him,
The ACC Mission Team
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Mission Trip 2011
Hello everyone!
Hope you all are doing well! For all those who don't know, the ACC Mission Team is heading back to Thailand for an 11-day mission trip on February 3, 2011! Members of this team are Robbie Bell, Terry Brooks, Alicia Crabtree, Janice Garriott, Kristen Green-Morrow, Connie Harris, Todd Parks, Kirk & Libby Robison, Brian & Deb Siltman, Devon Stribling, Skeet Stribling, & Connie Turner. At the end of this trip, Alicia will be staying in Thailand & serving as a missionary with Stephen & Mary Wongratanamajcha.
We have started preparing for this trip & have begun fundraising. Our first fundraiser will be a garage sale at the Atlanta Christian Church (corner of 3rd & Maple) on Friday & Saturday, June 11 & 12 at 8:00am.
Please begin praying for the preparation & safety of our team, the Thai people, & our families.
Also, watch for more updates :)
Serving Him,
ACC Mission Team
Hope you all are doing well! For all those who don't know, the ACC Mission Team is heading back to Thailand for an 11-day mission trip on February 3, 2011! Members of this team are Robbie Bell, Terry Brooks, Alicia Crabtree, Janice Garriott, Kristen Green-Morrow, Connie Harris, Todd Parks, Kirk & Libby Robison, Brian & Deb Siltman, Devon Stribling, Skeet Stribling, & Connie Turner. At the end of this trip, Alicia will be staying in Thailand & serving as a missionary with Stephen & Mary Wongratanamajcha.
We have started preparing for this trip & have begun fundraising. Our first fundraiser will be a garage sale at the Atlanta Christian Church (corner of 3rd & Maple) on Friday & Saturday, June 11 & 12 at 8:00am.
Please begin praying for the preparation & safety of our team, the Thai people, & our families.
Also, watch for more updates :)
Serving Him,
ACC Mission Team
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Week in Pictures: Day One through Three
Hello Everyone!
Sorry this update has been so slow in coming. We've gone through all of our pictures...almost 2,000 all together...and here are some of the best!
Sorry this update has been so slow in coming. We've gone through all of our pictures...almost 2,000 all together...and here are some of the best!
(The posts are published in order from Day One through Day Ten so you don't have to read backwards)
October 16th through 18th, Days One, Two, and the first part of Three were travel days. We arrived in Chiang Mai in the afternoon on Sunday, October 18th.
Our team ready to leave Atlanta
Deb, Brian, Scott, Kristen, Kirk, Terry, Alicia, Linda, & Robbie
Robbie, Kirk, Kristen, Linda, Scott, & Alicia waiting to board our first flight from Chicago to LA
Scott, Alicia, & Terry riding the bus to get to our last flight from Taipei to Chiang Mai
Kirk, Scott, Robbie, & Terry on the flight from Taipei to Chiang Mai
We've arrived in Chiang Mai!
Kristen, Scott, Linda, Terry, Alicia
We were warmly greeted by Stephen & Mary, their family & many soon-to-be friends!
After getting all of our luggage & checking in at our hotel, Stephen took us up a mountain to a look-out over Chiang Mai & a Buddhist temple.
The hotel we stayed in our first night in Chiang Mai
October 16th through 18th, Days One, Two, and the first part of Three were travel days. We arrived in Chiang Mai in the afternoon on Sunday, October 18th.
Our team ready to leave Atlanta
Deb, Brian, Scott, Kristen, Kirk, Terry, Alicia, Linda, & Robbie
Robbie, Kirk, Kristen, Linda, Scott, & Alicia waiting to board our first flight from Chicago to LA
Scott, Alicia, & Terry riding the bus to get to our last flight from Taipei to Chiang Mai
Kirk, Scott, Robbie, & Terry on the flight from Taipei to Chiang Mai
We've arrived in Chiang Mai!
Kristen, Scott, Linda, Terry, Alicia
We were warmly greeted by Stephen & Mary, their family & many soon-to-be friends!
After getting all of our luggage & checking in at our hotel, Stephen took us up a mountain to a look-out over Chiang Mai & a Buddhist temple.
The hotel we stayed in our first night in Chiang Mai
Our hotel
Overlooking Chiang Mai from the mountain
The Mission Team at the look-out
Brian, Terry, Kirk, Deb, Robbie, Linda, Mary, Saengduan, Scott, Alicia, Kristen, Stephen, Raweechai, & Raymond
After stopping at the look-out, we went to a Buddhist temple.
When we got back to the hotel, we all had dinner together. Scott's birthday was October 17th, while we were flying, so Stephen & Mary surprised him with a cheesecake!
Day Four
Monday, October 19th
We started the day off going to a bank to exchange our money.
We then split into three groups. One group went to purchase a guitar for worship services. Another group went to a pharmacy to purchase all of the medication and medical supplies we would need. 
The last group went to a grocery store to buy food for our stay in the village.
After meeting back at the Galare House, we loaded up trucks and a ten-passenger van for our 2.5 hour drive to Nong Kio, where we would be staying the next four days. Before leaving Chiang Mai, Kirk & Kristen went with a Thai doctor to tour the hospital. While we were waiting for them, the rest of us ate at a restaurant and stopped at an internet cafe to update the blog.
The drive to Nong Kio was smoother than some of us had anticipated. We were extremely grateful for the ten-passenger van when, about an hour into the drive, it started pouring rain & rained for the majority of the rest of the ride. We saw some amazing scenery along the way! The pictures don't come close to how beautiful Thailand actually is.
Once we got to Nong Kio, we unpacked and settled in. We stayed at the house of the preacher, Yasa.
Brian & Deb stayed next door with a couple, Mai & Bundi.
We walked around the village just as the sun was setting.
We were soon followed by MANY kids!
It was such a surreal night...knowing we were finally here & about to do God's work.
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