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Dear LifeSpring Family, Dorothy and I recently returned from our longest mission trip to Thailand, which lasted just over a month. In our 20 years of service there, we had never stayed for more than two weeks at a time. This extended trip allowed us to serve alongside a family that included three children; aged 15, 13, and 10. We anticipated an interesting and challenging experience given the diverse age range of our team. During this time, the Lord Jesus…

In Joshua 22; the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar by the Jordan River. This was right after the promised land had been divided up between the tribes of the Israelites and they were settling in the land. Readers could assume, like the Israelites did, that those tribes had forgotten the nation’s covenant with God, even after all that they had gone through in their journey through the desert. What the Israelite leaders found out…

Last Sunday, I had a chance along with our missions team to share about our trip to Greece last October. Our team had the opportunity to travel to Lesbos, Greece to work with a ministry there that was serving the refugee community on the island. As I shared in September, Lesbos island is at the heart of the ongoing refugee situation in Europe. Since the beginning of the year, over 3000 refugees have landed on the island, with a large…

Lately, I’ve been coming back to this devo Andrew wrote in 2021, titled “Your Problems Are Someone Else’s Prayers”, where he wrote that “In the context of blessings, I was reminded of how so easily our blessings can be viewed as a curse when we lose our gratitude. What once gave me joy, gives me a headache. What I got excited about, now makes me anxious.” And to be honest, I was starting to feel the same. I love being…

I had recently flown on a plane and was reminded of the importance of putting your mask on yourself first before assisting others, in case of an emergency. If you’ve ever flown before you know that the context of the above statement is around an emergency situation where the airplane is about to crash. In an event where the airplane is about to crash, oxygen masks are deployed from a compartment above your head and you are asked to put…

Children are a gift from God. As Kingdom citizens, we are called to recognize that children belong to Him. Parents are given the amazing responsibility of caring for this gift, but also the wonderful privilege of enjoying the gift. Because children belong to God and are given by grace as gifts to parents, it is only proper that children be dedicated back to Him. Baby dedication is very interesting. The focus is on the children, yet all the work and…

A couple of Sundays ago, I had the privilege to go to MLCF to share what I felt the Lord was putting on my heart to share with His people.  It was great to see some aunties and uncles that I have known since I was 9 years old.  As I was seeking the Lord on what to share with them, I felt the Lord say to build on what I spoke earlier at Life-Spring (Remaining in Him) and speak on intimacy with…

I was recently reminded of two people who had a tremendous impact on my life. One was a family friend and the other was my bible study children’s program teacher. The family friend had created a safe space that brought about healing during a hard time in my life and my bible study children’s leader was one of the people God used to convict me to give my life to Christ. The thing that stands out to me is that…

Thank you, Mr. Soon for speaking and sharing with the LifeSpring family. You always serve the family in so many ways, it was an honor to be able to hear your heart and how the Lord is working in your own life. As Mr. Soon was speaking, I just felt the Lord say, “This is my son.” To be a good father, one must learn to be a son, and Mr. Soon is a good father. As Mr. Soon was…

I was recently reading a blog by a guy named Dave Griffin, who details his eventful journey from the model evangelical Christian kid (who voiced Jimmy Barclay on the Christian audiodrama Adventures in Odyssey, for those who know the series) to a young adult dealing with mental health struggles, suicide, disability, leaving the faith, and becoming anti-evangelical. It was a long, fascinating, gripping, and difficult read. One thing that stood out to me from Dave’s story was the lack of…

Recently, in my bible study, we have been reading the book of Daniel. One of the things that stood out this week was from Daniel 6; Daniel in the Lions’ Den. In this part of the book, Daniel is around 80 years old and is in the service of Darius the Mede, King of Babylon. In this well-known bible story, Daniel has been appointed as one of three administrators to oversee the kingdom, but because of how Daniel presented himself…

We had the amazing privilege to hear a testimony from Mae-Tuin. Mae-Tuin has been in so many ministries, we need to find new ones to put her in! As she shared her stories of challenge and how God was breaking through, it was encouraging to see that in the midst of uncertainty, Mae-Tuin would find Jesus. As she shared, the Lord was highlighting the idea of conviction. It seems like every testimony starts with challenge, yet it declares and proclaims…