I realize that not everyone gets the opportunity to experience my favorite season…Fall.
It’s magical. The weather cools off to leave us with crisp cool mornings and evenings that bring a chill up your spines. The leaves change to incredible colors. Jeans and long sleeve shirts are good with me. Football seasons are fully underway. There’s so much I love about “fall” that I’m going to miss this year.
Eh?
Oh yeah, I kinda forgot to mention something to you, my faithful blog readers! In October, I’m headed away to the “Land of Smiles”…Thailand! It’s a land that captured my heart when I was there in 2008, and I’ve always had the bug to get back there, and in October I’m making it happen!
I’ll be moving there for the next season of life, working with a ministry that I couldn’t be more excited to work with in Northern Thailand! I’m completely honored that Ray and Candace have invited me to join them in the Kingdom cause that God has laid out in front of them over the past several years. I will join them in ministry, helping in several ways…church plants in the northern hill tribes, working in a refugee camp, doing some photography ministry, and then there’s the big project of helping build a children’s home in Northern Thailand!
If you’d like more info on what I’ll be doing there, shoot me an e-mail (or Contact Me on the right side of this page!)…I’d be glad to share more with you and let you know how you can also be involved!
To help financially support me, you can use the link to the right or simply click here!
Comments
Mom
on August 29, 2010, 7:48 pm
I know you loved this country when you were there in 2008. Glad you can make it happen again. God bless you and kept you safe during this upcoming journey. We’ll be praying for you and the mission.
Michael Sinda
on August 29, 2010, 9:02 pm
Mark, your an incredible world changer with a big heart! Keep up the good work and I miss you man. I put you in my RSS Feed now so I can keep up to date with you. Love you Man of God
Ericka Jackson
on August 29, 2010, 9:54 pm
SO EXCITED!!!! I can’t wait until we get to hang out with you, THE MARK STRATMANN, in THAILAND! January will be here before you know it bro
By that time, you should be a pro at everything and able to teach me Thai…right?
Corey Jacobs
on August 30, 2010, 12:33 pm
I’ll save you some leaves. Man your gonna find that your in the right place when you get there, and you’ll have no regrets. In fact, I know that new breath will be breathed into you.
Jessica McClure
on September 2, 2010, 2:50 am
I felt the same fall mourning last year when I was sweating it up in Bangkok and reading my friend’s back home status messages going on and on about crisp breezes, and fall festivals and apple cider. No, I wasn’t bitter as I took my third cold shower of the day…;)
A few friends actually sent me fall in the mail and it was a complete surprise-some dried leaves, packets of cider, encouraging notes on pumpkin paper. If you are lucky someone might do that for you as well……;)
ENJOY, my friend. it’s worth it, for sure…