Our History

Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2004-2005)

Our family arrived in Cambodia on March 4, 2004. The first year we spent in the capital city of Phnom Penh focusing all of our energies on language learning and cultural adaptation.

Pursat, Cambodia (2005-2010)

After this initial year, our family worked directly with the Forrest McPhail family in Pursat province, about 3 hours northwest of Phnom Penh. By God’s grace, we were able to help the McPhails with the planting of the Inheritance in Christ Church (ICC). The believers chose the church name based on Acts 26:18. The church was birthed on June 4, 2006, when 13 believers were baptized. We were involved in a number of other Bible studies in other locations in Pursat province but none of them became churches.

Pailin, Cambodia (2010-2013)

In March 2010, our family moved to the province of Pailin near the Thailand border to begin a new church planting ministry.  Numerous Bible studies were held with both professing believers and unsaved individuals using Firm Foundations.  We met weekly with one family who desired to start a new independent church in Pailin town.  This family moved to another province in 2012.

Battambang, Cambodia (2013-2017)

After our second furlough, we decided to move to the province of Battambang, also in Western Cambodia. During our three years in Battambang province, we were involved with strengthening five different groups of believers (2 in the city; 3 in the countryside).  We spent much time in evangelistic teaching (teaching through the Gospel over a period of 8-10 weeks) and initial discipleship teaching with these groups. It was during this time that our first initial discipleship booklet called "Questions and Answers about the Gospel of Jesus" was published.

Bangkok, Thailand (2017-2018)

Due to a number of factors, including Heidi's health, our family moved to the country of Thailand after our 3rd furlough in July 2017 and we spent the first year in Thailand living in Bangkok doing full-time Thai language and cultural studies.

Chachoengsao, Thailand (2018-2026)

In October of 2018, our family moved to Chachoengsao province, about 1.5 hours east of Bangkok in Eastern Thailand. This province was centrally located between Bangkok and other provinces in Eastern Thailand (e.g. Chonburi, Rayong, Nakhon Nayok, Prachinburi) where the largest population of Cambodian migrant workers live and work in Thailand. We used this location to branch out to other provinces to see where the Lord would open up doors to reach Cambodians.

Pattaya, Thailand (2026-Present)

In February of 2026, our family moved to Pattaya province. Beginning in late 2020, an evangelistic Bible study was started and in October 2024, one person professed faith in Christ and we now have a small group of Cambodian gathering for worship weekly. We traveled down to Pattaya throughout 2025 but believed the Lord leading our family to move to Pattaya to be closer to this group.