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SAMS-USA Ministry In
South East Asia
Interested in Ministry to South East Asia?
SAMS-USA missionaries partner with Anglican/Episcopal churches in this region to grow the Kingdom of God. We hope you will be encouraged or inspired by these stories and reports from current and former missionaries in the field. We also encourage you to consider becoming a sender to this part of the world.
Are you sensing a call to South East Asia? We'd love to have a conversation with you.
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25 August - it has taken a week to find an internet connextion that does not cut off in the middle of what I am...
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How to spend a Saturday in Hanoi
Catching up a bit….
Fr. Lee and Chuck outside our apartment building. Our home away from home–very basic dorm room with bath and turquoise refrigerator–and very hard beds. The power lines here fascinate me. Everywhere they look like the above picture. I wonder … Continue reading → …
Another try…
MONDAY, March 6, 2017 Yesterday I wrote a long blog with several pictures and then found that only part of it, a small part, got posted. My mistake, I’m sure, so I’ll be more careful today. So far, I’m feeling … Continue reading → …
Finally
We have arrived! It was an incredibly long trip, made longer by the inevitable flight delays of all three flights. The longest was in Beijing where we waited, standing, about two hours. We were pretty tired by then after our … Continue reading → …
Almost time…
Sa Wat Dee/Ka (Hello!) You can recognize that it is I, Bonnie, writing this because Chuck would have said “Sa Wat Dee/Krop– Ka is used after each sentence by women and Krop is used by men. That’s your first … Continue reading → …
Here we go again!
Hello all our followers of our blog of 2011-2012! We are going on another mission trip–this time to Bangkok, Thailand. We’ll be leaving home on March 1 and will return on April 4. Therefore, this will be a much … Continue reading → …
Back in Davao for a Time
As our last newsletter explained, we are returning to North America for the sake of Sora’s health and our kids’ education and well-being. But we are stopping in Davao until the 3rd of February to see old friends, resume old ministries, and enjoy a place that is full of happy memories…
Photos from November
Bandung is a huge city, but there is beauty if you slow down and look. Here are some things that caught my eye in November. A snail moves across our front porch. Moss covers hexagonal paving stones at IMLAC. Sora’s homemade bread, shaped for Holy Communion. Bandung under the clouds from a warung on Jalan […]
The Benton’s Mar-Apr Newsletter
The Benton’s Mar-Apr Newsletter
Greek Goes On in Davao City
One of the things Sora and I sought to do in Davao was to labor in such a way that what we did would not cease with our departure. Knowing that our term in the Philippines was likely to be limited to three years, we wanted to leverage our gifts so that they would be […]