Chiang Mai Times: The business end of things

Welcome to PlaaPlaaPlaa!

So you may be wondering why PlaaPlaaPlaa? What are those strange fish symbols above? What is ปลา and what does it mean? In short, this is a blog site, so surely there's going to be plenty of rambling. Unfortunately BlahBlahBlah was already taken, so I had to settle for the 'Plaa'. But there's actually more to it then just ramblings. The first fish symbol is actually a Christian symbol meaning ICTHUS - a greek acronymn which means "Jesus Christ is God's Son, the Saviour". The other strange letters you see in the last fish is actually the thai word for fish which funnily enough is pronounced "Plaa". So when you put it all together, this site is going to be my ramblings in telling people about how Jesus Christ is God's Son, the Saviour in Thailand (with plenty of good stories about food in between). Happy reading.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The business end of things

I can't believe February has already arrived! I've had an awesome past couple months having time to relax, going on holidays with friends, having fun with experimental cooking and especially having friends over to eat it, going on lots of bike rides with lots of friends with no more flat tyres (although the series of accidents was not great, but thankfully they're over now), late nights watching tennis, and just spending lots of time with various friends. It's been a huge blessing to be able to have time out to do all that and just enjoy life, friends, food and God's creation. But it just occurred to me that i'm starting to hit the business end of things. Over the next 2 weeks, i'll be doing 5 lots of sharing at various bible study groups, churches, my own info night and the DPC staff meeting. It's kinda daunting at times thinking about how to condense what my whole life will be into a 5-10min presentation. So over the next few days, i'm going to have to get out of holiday mode and get my brain back into 'serious' 'responsible' mode while i sort this out. This morning, i'll be sharing from Ps 67 along with my own deputation stuff.

For those who pray, it would be great if you could be praying for wisdom in what to share and how i share it. Praise God for the opportunities to share both from the Bible and about mission in Thailand. Pray that i will be able to help increase peoples awareness and passion for mission. Pray that God will be glorified through it all.

Here are a few pics from the past few weeks