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 spent the first year living in Bangkok doing full-time Thai language and cultural studies.

Chachoengsao, Thailand (2018-Present)

In October of 2018, our family moved to Chachoengsao province, about 1.5 hours east of Bangkok in Eastern Thailand. We continue to study the Thai language. Our province of Chachoengsao has one of the largest concentration of Cambodian migrants worker in Thailand. Our heart’s desire while we are advancing in our ability to communicate in Thai is to seek out opportunities to evangelize, disciple, and see churches established among the Cambodian migrant worker population living in Eastern Thailand.