Biography

Our family is a part of a church planting team that has been in Thailand since 2006. The team came to Thailand as a response to the tsunami of 2004. Originally, MBMSI sent a number of work teams to Phang Nga province to help rebuild homes for people whose homes were destroyed by the tsunami. This eventually led to a request for a longer term team to come to teach people about Jesus. 

Learning to speak, read & write Thai fluently is a big priority for us during our first term here. Thai is a difficult language for us westerners to master - having 5 tones, 44 consonants, 32 vowels and a completely different script! So we have our work cut out for us if we want to be able to communicate with people in their heart language about the deeper issues of life.

We spent our first year in Lopburi, a small town 2 hours north of Bangkok, studying Thai full-time and the kids being home-schooled by a great teacher who joined us for part of the year. We learned much about culture, language, team, and ourselves in that first year!

Our team also prayed & worked through the process of discerning where we should be located once we relocated to the south of Thailand. By faith, we felt as though God led us to start in the largest urban centre of the tsunami affected regions: Phuket City. (You can read more about the city on our 'Team' webpage). 

So now we are settling into our new community... learning to love & serve our neighbors in Jesus' name. Language is still a big priority - so we plug away at that! Though it definitely has its challenges, we love this adventure that God has us on!

Children: Caleb, Emma, Luke, and Silas

Home Church: Northview Community Church

Birthdates (m/d/y):
Greg 12/21, Becky 3/7, Caleb 6/4/96, Emma 1/7/98, Luke 9/22/01, Silas 8/1/03