Story Archive
A Response to the CBC Story: Christianity Comes to Thailand
Written by Mark Klassen   
Monday, 24 March 2008
CBC television recently ran a story in follow up to the tsunami rebuilding work in Southern Thailand - an area where one of our church planting teams, the Operation Second Wave (O2W) team, has been working since 2006. The CBC program profiles a number of Christian groups working in the area including the Mennonite Brethren. What a powerful opportunity this could be for God's glory to be shown through how lives had been changed!
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Break Dancin' Groupie for Jesus
Written by JP Hayashida   
Tuesday, 02 October 2007
Last November I hired a break dancing teacher for our Abundant Life Home boys. His name is "Bank" and he is 18 years old. He loves our boys and recommitted his life to Christ at Christmas. He had fallen away from the Lord for a few years and was so glad to be introduced to our TLC family and be back with Jesus.
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Fully Satisfied?
Written by Staff Carissa Youssef   
Saturday, 22 September 2007
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Stunning displays of color, beautiful brown eyes, tantalizing tastes, and remarkable displays of God’s faithfulness and love – this is India to me.
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Earthquake Rocks Southern Peru
Written by MBMSI   
Wednesday, 22 August 2007
[Picture of destroyed home, photo from www.news.bbc.co.uk] Wednesday, August 15th, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake shook southern Peru. Soon after reports of the earthquake reached our office, MBMSI received communication from our missionary families stationed in northern Peru and we are happy to report that all are safe.

“We are OK but the constant news of dead and injured people is really hard,” write the Funk family.

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Loss of a friend – Nate Toews
Written by Luke Haidle   
Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Nate ToewsFriday, July 20, Nate Toews was killed in a car accident near Calgary when a semi-trailer lost control and hit his vehicle. In the car were Nate, his wife Rosanna, Nate’s brother Doug, and Doug’s wife Elissa. Nate passed away at the scene. Rosanna is fine physically and is back home in Abbotsford. Doug is fine physically. Elissa was eight months pregnant and the doctors performed an emergency caesarian. Thankfully, the baby is doing fine. Elissa will probably be in the hospital for a few weeks with back injuries.

Nate’s funeral will be held at South Abbotsford Church, Friday, July 27, at 11:00am.

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MBMS International Remembers Missionary
Written by MBMS International Newsletter   
Monday, 12 February 2007
Sylvester Dirks passed away on January 7, 2007. He was born in Waldheim, Saskatchewan in 1929 to Jacob B. and Susanna (Luetke) Dirks. In 1929 at the age of 13 he had a life transforming encounter with Jesus Christ. For the rest of his life, Sylvester devoted his life to being a witness to the power of Jesus Christ.
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Saying Goodbye...
Written by MBMS International Newsletter   
Monday, 12 February 2007
Ron and Fran Penner of Fresno, California, have completed over twenty six years of missionary service overseas and at home with MBMS International, their most recent years working in Church Relations and Regional Mobilization.
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Thailand Update: God's Audible Voice
Written by Karen Sanchez - Team 2000   
Tuesday, 02 January 2007
Ever wondered what the voice of God really sounds like? Recently, the theme around our churches and orphanage seems to be that God is choosing to speak in an audible voice! While it has been fun to teach on the voice and will of God with our new believers, it is always better when the REAL DEAL shows up! Here are three stories from the lives of new believers in our churches:
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Miracles in Thailand - HIV Orphanage
Written by Karen Sanchez - Team 2000 Thailand   
Friday, 29 September 2006
Miracles in Thailand - HIV OrphanageDear Friends and Family;
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Living with the God of Impossibilities - Walking on Water with Jesus
Written by Amber & Amanda Griffioen   
Friday, 11 August 2006
Living with the God of Impossibilities - Walking on Water with Jesus - Amber & Amanda Griffioen
Living With a God of Impossibilities - Walking on Water With JesusWhat an honor it has been for us to have Jesus call us out of our boat of comfort and security to walk towards Him on the waters of faith and life. Lately, God has been teaching us that to Him there is no difference between possible and impossible, everything is just possible for Him. WOW, what a great God we serve. The process of stepping and letting go of the boat has taught us how to depend more on our all-powerful God.

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