Our trip

As many of you know we just returned from a three week, 2700 mile trip to the north Thailand. It was a very fun, hard, eye opening trip. God moved in miraculous ways. We saw many people come to the Lord who had never believed. We also saw those who were back slidden repent.... as well as many healings. Clinton preached 8 times in 5 days. When i watch him preach it brings tears to my eyes because no one can understand just what a miracle this is. To hear him preach in Thai is just amazing! When the anointing is on his life he preaches as if he's preaching in English. It just flows.

The first five nights of the trip, we slept on the floor in a room that's reserved for extra stuff. There was no air and no hot water for bathing. This was a challenge for me, but God have me so much grace. 

I hope you enjoy the pictures below. 

The breath taking mountains of North Thailand

 

 

the mamma and the daddy

 

 

village life and food

 

Community water

 

Simple lunch

 

Clinton enjoying some papya salad with some friends

 

A real Thai village

Northern Thai grandma

 

 

                                                                                                  Community eating/sleeping

Heading further up the mountains

The sights were so beautiful as we were going up the mountain... everyone had to stop to take some pictures. Here's the boys with their band... excluding Judah

The car was quit hot so they opened up the back to get some cool air. 

 

After a very long journey... this was they first thing we saw at our destination...... dinner! I was in shock!

 

 

Church meeting in Lee

 

 

 

Trip to the North

Bank and Judah with the gorgeous mountains of North Thailand behind them.

 Clinton and all the boys... we had a two hour break and the kids opted to go swimming. The heat was overwhelming.

 

 

Clinton preaching the Gospel on Easter morning. 

 

Revival meetings in Pa Yao

We've been traveling!! We left on the 3rd of April and returned on the 15th. We drove 26 hours North. We were on the boarder of Loas and Burma! We did revival meetings and showed the Jesus film. Our boys helped lead worship and Clinton preached. We had a wonderful time and embarked on a learning curve we hadn't ever experienced before. We've never traveled with Thais.... and let me tell you, learning experience it was. After realizing that we were going to be in this situation for the next two weeks we both just took a deep breathe and enjoyed the ride. You see when we(the Garsees) travel, it's always a race to see if we can get to the destination any faster than we did the last time. Clinton isn't one to mosey along. When we travel he's on a mission.......mission: to get to the place we are going. However, the Thais take their time. They aren't in a hurry. The drive that could have taken 18 hours, took 26 hours!! They stop every hour, get out of the car, buy snacks, walk around, wash their face, stretch, etc. After the first 8 stops in only 6 hours, we realized we might as well just take it easy. ; ) and that we did. The following pictures are of the revival meetings in Pa Yao. God visited us in a mighty way!

Revival in Chiang Kam

We did revival meetings in Chiang Kam for 5 days. Clinton preached 4 times in 5 days and all in Thai!! The first night was a struggle because they told him 2hours before the service that he wouldn't have a translator, but the next three times he did awesome! The Pastor backed out after hearing Clinton speak..... he said he spoke too fast. However, we are blown away that God has helped Clinton in such a way that he can preach in Thai!! What an answer to prayer. We saw 8 people come to the Lord in these meetings! That might not sound like a lot but for Thailand is wonderful! We were so blessed! Colton and Chase praying over Bang to receive the Holy Spirit
Our friend Oh worshiping God.

More revival pictures

Colton and Chase play on the worship team with the Thais. My heart is blessed everytime they get up there! Chase plays the electric and sings and Colton plays the bass but sometimes he helps lead. The pictures speak for themself..........

House building in Chiang Kam

One of the days that we were in Chiang Kam the team spent the day helping to build a house. Colton was in charge of making the cement. All of the girls on the team had never done anything like this in their lives! Thai girls DO NOT go out in the heat of the day.... their one fear in life is to be dark... however, Pastor Sutat had them out in it for several hours. But they did really good and none of them complained.


Brothers Chase helping to build the wall around the house.
This man is whose house they are helping to build. Note the hats ; )
Bang pretending to strain under the weight of the cement bucket
More cement making