http://thailandmissions.org/jonesblog Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:20:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This weblog is constantly being updated, and new articles are posted regularly. Please check back often to read about the events and happenings of life on the mission field through the eyes of Danny Jones and family. May God bless you today! http://thailandmissions.org/jonesblog/2007/06/22/welcome-to-the-jones-family-mission-journal/ We were elated today to hear that the work in Khon Kaen, Thailand has been selected as the National ABA Ladies Auxiliary. Mission goal for this year. Each year, one mission work is selected, and funds are raised though the Ladies Auxiliary to help purchase land and build church buildings. ... http://thailandmissions.org/jonesblog/2007/06/21/national-aba-ladies-aux-missions-goal-2007-khon-kaen-thailand/ This week, we spent three days in the city of Khon Kaen having worship services and improving the rented building for the church. The front of the small building we are meeting in had only a metal garage door for the front, and it has been hard to hear with ... http://thailandmissions.org/jonesblog/2007/06/20/new-door-for-khon-kaen-baptist-church/ It's not what you may be thinking. I'm talking of the surveyors landmarks around our house here in Thailand. After meeting with the new owner of the rice field adjoining our property who had his plot surveyed today, I found that my fence is sitting one meter on his land, ... http://thailandmissions.org/jonesblog/2007/06/18/the-trouble-with-landmarkers/ Over the past several years we have jumped though many hoops and fallen into many holes as we have tried to stay afloat in the unstable climate of constant change here in Thailand. We have had many pitfalls legally... even to the point of having to leave the country. Getting ... http://thailandmissions.org/jonesblog/2007/06/16/legal-loopholes-and-potholes/ Last night the church in Udon Thani was broken into. Jahnet Sims and Tracey Burdette noticed the front door to the church opened as they went to clean Saturday morning. After entering the sanctuary, they found scattered sheet music on the floor in place of the piano. Items stolen included ... http://thailandmissions.org/jonesblog/2007/06/09/theft-at-udon-baptist-church-1500-worth-of-equipment-stolen/ This week's VBS with the help of the MBSF (Missionary Baptist Student Fellowship) group from Arkansas was a great success. With Bible lessons, music, games and crafts, this was the very first VBS here at Udon Baptist Church. The closing program on Saturday night had 70 in attendance, with many ... http://thailandmissions.org/jonesblog/2007/06/02/vacation-bible-school-a-success/ We are privileged to host a group of MBSF (Missionary Baptist Student Fellowship) students from Arkansas who will be with us fro the next two weeks working with the churches here in Northeastern Thailand. Lead by MBSF director Josh Stone, they will be helping with a Vacation Bible School at ... http://thailandmissions.org/jonesblog/2007/05/27/mbsf-team-arrives-from-arkansas/ We have been feverishly working to renovate the building in Khon Kaen to make it usable as a church facility, yet the 150km drive has made it difficult to progress very rapidly in this project.  We are gutting the bathroom and replacing the hole in the floor with a toilet. ... http://thailandmissions.org/jonesblog/2007/05/16/building-renovations-in-khon-kaen/ This week, Tim, Rodney and I drove cross country to the city of Chiang Mai. There we were privileged to fellowship with the Teers and the Rosendals who are ministering there at the Antioch Baptist Church which was started by missionary Nick Barnett. I spent one day at the print ... http://thailandmissions.org/jonesblog/2007/05/05/bibles-purchased-in-chiang-mai/