She was a strong woman who seemed capable of making everything go the way she wanted. Until one day, when it all fell apart. 

Our series with the Thailand Prayer Guide continues this week. To learn more about the guide, visit: https://thailand-prayer.net

He had been mocked and marginalized. Why would he choose to experience this again?

Learn about the Thailand Prayer Guide at: https://thailand-prayer.net

He was addicted and abusive. She was scared, but strong enough to leave. Should or would they ever be back together again?

Learn about the Thailand Prayer Guide at: https://thailand-prayer.net

An ordinary woman with an ordinary life, befriended by a family with no extraordinary abilities. But in their meeting, was an extraordinary event still possible? 

Learn about the Thailand Prayer Guide at: https://thailand-prayer.net

Throughout July, A Heart for East Asia podcast, and OMF's Prayer Powerlines newsletter, is partnering with the Thailand Prayer Guide website to share short stories of how God is at work in Thailand.

In this episode, OMF missionary Bekah Farber introduces us to this series and explains why Thailand is "the land of smiles."

Learn about the Thailand Prayer Guide at: https://thailand-prayer.net

OMF's Rodney Pennington chats with Andy Smith.

Since 1989, Andy has served in the Philippines with OMF International. His work has included church planting, writing and facilitating training courses, field leadership, and international leadership.

Andy shares how he came to Christ and what led him to become a missionary, as well as his life serving in the Philippines.

To learn more about the work of OMF, please visit: https://omf.org/us/

Rodney Pennington talks with OMF Ministry Advocate Debbie Merritt about serving in the Philippines, serving as a single person on the mission field, and how a visit to a specific home in the Philippines was a life-changing answer to someone's prayer.

To learn more about serving with OMF, visit: https://www.omf.org/us

OMF’s Rodney Pennington chats with U.S. missions mobilizer Michael Woo about his life in ministry, and seeing God’s goodness and faithfulness in times of suffering and life-changing moments.

To learn more about OMF, visit: https://omf.org/us/

What happens when you tell God you’re willing to “go”, but the expected and hoped-for call to go serve in another country never comes? That was the situation facing Logan Middlebrooks who shares his journey of faith in this episode.

Logan works with Perspectives USA and walks us through how he wrestled with the desire to go serve in another country when God seemed to be closing doors that Logan hoped would be opened.

Read the blog version of this episode:

https://omf.org/us/saying-yes-to-where-i-am/

Learn more about Perspectives USA:

https://perspectives.org

We catch up with OMF Taiwan missionaries Ben & Kelly LaPiana. They're temporarily here in the states before returning to Taiwan later this year. 

Among a number of topics we cover, they share how God is working in their area of ministry with university students. 

We'll also hear how working in the states during this time opened up a different ministry opportunity that is also open to all of us. 

To learn more about Ben & Kelly's ministry, visit:

https://partnerhub.omf.org/BKL1

You can also see visit their student ministry page, Life Community, on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067579486482

And if you want to follow Kelly's photography activities that we talked about in this episode, you can visit her website, or follow her on social media:

https://kellylapianaphotography.mypixieset.com/

https://www.facebook.com/kellylapianaphotography/

https://www.instagram.com/kellylapianaphotography/

(Guests: Ben & Kelly LaPiana; Host: Mike Klassen)