FELLOWSHIP NEWS

September 2007

 
It has been a long time since I have sent out a TBMF newsletter.  Thank you for being patient as our family travelled back to the U.S.   Thank you also to Kit Ripley for filling in for me while I was gone. 
Ellen Burnette

TBMF Comings and Goings

 
The Goings…  some of the folks who have recently left or will be travelling include
Kim Brown will be in the U.S. from September 20-January 12 for Home Assignment
Lee and Lyn Morris will be travelling from September 26-October 18 to Hebron School in India to visit daughter Rebecca.
Alex Rodgers has travelled back to the U.S. to visit family for a few weeks.
Jason and Christy Edwards completed their assignment in Thailand and have moved back to Texas .
Ingvar and Ewa Skeppstedt have left for Sweden .  Ewa will be having surgery while they are there.  Their plan is to return to Thailand on October 23 rd .
Anna Cheng is still in Hong Kong with her ailing father.
Annie Dieselberg will travel back to the U.S. in October for the World Mission Offering Blitz

The Comings…

Returning from Home Assignment and Other Travels

Lee and Lyn Morris
Eiji and Emi Osato
Jeff and Annie Dieselberg
Rick and Ellen Burnette
Oyvind and Pethsamai Hadland have recently returned from Norway and Denmark

Welcome to TBMF!

Allen and VerrDean Williams, along with daughter Katie, CBF, have moved to Chiang Mai to serve as CBF Associate Coordinators for Mission Teams for Asia .  Allen will also be doing some part-time work with UHDP.  Katie is a senior this year at Chiang Mai International School .
Nicole Predl , Australia , is working with the Community Based Rehabilitation Project in Mae Sarieng, Mae Hong Son, until January.
Mathilda Wallin , BUS, will be teaching English at a Pwo Karen hostel in Chiang Mai until April.
Lina Nyman and Sofia Gardarvfe , BUS, are teaching English at a Karen hostel in Mae Sarieng, Mae Hong Son for one year.
Rev. Graham and Kate Routley, BMS, will be teaching at BIT until December.
Emma Scantlebury, BMS, is working at the Agape Home with Judy Cook
 
Other Announcements:
Pete and Lizz Maycock, along with Abigail, recently welcomed the arrival of son and little brother, Jacob. 
Bob and Barbara Santilli will arrive in Thailand on October 19 th .  They will be present at our annual conference.
Conference Report Forms are due to Bi by October 5.

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Upcoming Events/Meetings

TAT Meeting – October 1
CCT Retreat Planning Committee – October 17
Christian Service Foundation – November 10 ( Bangkok )

CCT Ecumenical Retreat
October 17-20
TBMF Annual Conference
October 20-22
The Imperial Chiang Mai Resort

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Prayer Requests:

• Please continue to pray for Pat Brown as she recovers from neck surgery.
• Please continue to pray for Kim Brown as she deals with Parkinson's disease.
• Please remember Lea Lindero and her family in your prayers in the death of her sister.
• Please continue to pray for Alex Rodgers' mother who is not in good health.
• Please continue to pray for Marcia Binkley that she will remain cancer free .
• Lee and Lyn Morris have asked for prayer as they go through an evaluation process for Baan Handicrafts.
• Please pray for Ewa Skeppstedt as she undergoes surgery in Sweden (October 3?)
• Continue to pray for Anna Cheng's father in Hong Kong

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Got something to share?
Send any news items, events, prayer requests, “comings and goings” to Ellen Burnette for the next Fellowship News ( communications@tbmf.org ).