Summary of Thailand Trip: June 27, 2011 Endeavoring to sum up a missionaries life after years of service into one paragraph is like trying to put the ocean into a bucket. The smell, taste, and liquid is there, but what you cannot see is the raging storms, beautiful sunsets, and abundance of life. Spend a week with a missionary and forget yourself and determine to listen to the stories of his life and it will be as if you have just read a biography of his life. We have had the great privilege in this short time visiting Thailand to read the biography of missionary translator Ron Myers. The anticipated trip to the Isan region was upon us, now it was time to travel to the domestic airport in Bangkok and catch our flight. Being the rainy season it was hard seeing anything but clouds as we traveled some five hundred miles northeast from Bangkok to Nakhon Phanom . As we approached the airport, we could see the mighty Mekong River and the rice fields flooded with water as it is the growing season. Our attention was given to anything new, our senses were alert and ready to spot everything out of the norm to a westerner. Seeing the innumerable spirit temples, scenery, living conditions and the amazing variety of tropical fruit you begin to realize that life does exist on the other side of the earth no matter how different it is to ours. With so much demanding your attention, such as a large growing tree protruding into the roadway, our immediate thought was why did they not just cut it down so not to impede traffic. The answer was simple, this tree was a "spirit tree" a spirit had taken residence there. Pity the drunk or anyone that would run his car into it! Though this place is strange, exotic and beautiful, one must keep in mind the reason he is here. These people need Christ, but with over 2,500 years of Buddhism and animism the seed must be sown and cultivated. One day heaven will reveal the fruit from the power of Gods Word as it is being distributed to a people that have never had it before. Buddhism is the major belief system here. They live their whole lives steeped in Buddhism trying to appease the spirits or whoever is in control. What hope do they have? Reincarnation is the process to reach the level of moral living that will not require them to return and suffer on this earth. If they reach this level (nirvana) they just no longer exist, no suffering in their eyes justifies the search for nonexistence. At this level and achievement death which brings nonexistence is a return to earth where they came from. These lands have not yielded an abundance of spiritual fruit. Judson worked in Burma eight years before he saw his first convert. The relentless efforts of Satan and his demons have enslaved these people for centuries. The true Seed must be sown. Psalm 19 tells us that God has laid the foundation about himself, now we live and preach Christ crucified for our sins. No missionary will be affective in these areas without the wisdom that can only come from God. Thousands of John and Romans have been delivered for their distribution, now please pray for these dear spiritually blinded people that the scales will be removed from their eyes so that they can see clearly the truth and come to know Christ as the true King and Saviour. Your patience, prayers and financial aid has made this project a reality and the final result will be revealed in heaven. Thank you for your participation. After long flights, jet lag, heat and constant traveling we will be in need of rest, but we all must keep pressing forward for our task has not ended until He calls us home. Until all may hear, Steve Zeinner Psalms 126:6