Simon's trip to Myanmar
At the beginning of this year, Ashley and I actually had our hearts set on going to Northern Thailand to partner with a family in Chiang Rai. We are so similar to them when it comes to values, sense of humor and what we think doing missions looks like. We assumed this is where the LORD wanted us next on mission for Him. We started planning, praying specific prayers and telling folk about it. However, when our leaders of that region caught wind of what we were planning, they politely burst our bubble, saying, “Sorry, we think it non-strategic to write a job assignment for Northern Thailand at this point. We need more missionaries in Shan State, Myanmar.” Of all the places we had explored going in South East Asia, Myanmar was not one of them. As many of you know, Ashley had been there as a missionary in 2003 for one year before going to South Africa for ten years. To put it plainly, both of us were a little afraid of the prospect. We were not enthusiastic about how m