Visitors!

So, we’ve successfully hosted our first visitors in Thailand! Back to back no less. First to arrive were the Gregorys, a couple from Barnabas International who serve as our missionary mentors/sounding board/accountability came to visit for a week. They wanted to see and experience our life here. We were able to show them some of the more interesting places and restaurants, visit our church fellowship, and introduce them to a number of people we’ve worked with and who have impacted our life here. Also, since one of our interests is to put on missionary retreats in the future (perhaps even in conjunction with Barnabas) we visited one potential location where we could hold such an event. We actually had the privilege of attending a Barnabas event in Michigan in 2019, and were greatly blessed by it. In the end, this was a whirlwind of a week, and went off pretty smoothly overall.

If you’re interested in learning more about Barnabas International’s vision of supporting global workers, visit their site here – www.barnabas.org

The day after they left we immediately had our second-ever visitors, my parents! The pace of events was a bit slower with them since they stayed longer (one month). They got to see our everyday life, and the boys had a list of things they were hoping to show them, and we were able to do almost everything we set out to do while they were here. There is something truly unique about having someone from your home culture show up and experience daily life in Thailand. You realize how many things seem normal now because you’ve gotten used to them, and you see things from a fresh perspective. My parents had visited us in our previous country as well, so they’re really becoming world travelers in their older years here!

Signing off for now,
​-Lance, for the Baker family