A Week of Blessings

Success! The New Clinic Website is Up and Running! LANCER COLORS!

“Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea--the LORD on high is mighty.”- Psalm 93:4

Wow! Once again I am stunned by the greatness of our God. If you haven’t already heard, the new Bangkla Baptist Clinic is finally up and running! And boy was it a hard journey! When my dad first told me he wanted me to redesign his clinic website I said to myself “Ahh... well Dad I know you’re used to miracles and stuff, but you do know that by asking ME to do this website you ARE BEGGING for a miracle. I’ve had no training, never seen websites designed, and am most certainly NOT computer literate.” But of course as God would have it, I was given the task anyway. When I first started working on the website’s design I found a site called wix.com that made things so simple and easy. I didn’t need to be html literate, and I could choose between any of a million templates... but as my personality likes to do things the hard way I decided to do it all from scratch. The original plan was for me to simply redesign the website using the old server, however when I quickly saw that I absolutely knew nothing about how to run the site... especially because half of it was in THAI, I asked my Dad if it was ok if I found a new host site. Then he said that if I did I would only have to redesign the english side of the site. THEN we ended up deciding that it was best if we just transfer BOTH the Thai AND English onto the site. So this Wednesday me and P. Theow set out translating the site, adding things and moving things around. When we finally got that done, we tried moving the name that we bought (bangklabaptistclinic.com) to the new website template but it DIDN’T WORK! Frustration struck deep to my core as my and P. Theow worked and worked to try to fix the problem, but to no avail. In short, neither site was able to communicate with the other about us wanting to keep our domain name. Two days passed and we still hadn’t gotten the site fixed. At the point where we were about to give up on the old name and change the site to a new one, God moved. Suddenly P. Theow got a phone call from the old website who said they would transfer the domain name if we could just send them the information of the new site. As soon as that was done, the new site was published and working! Praise the Lord. Once again I have seen how it is not by my strength that the things I do work out. 

My Thai Family

Yesterday, my dad’s staff threw my sister a goodbye party. We played a game that was sort of a rendition of family feud only the questions were all about the staff’s past encounters with our family throughout the years. Like “Who was the person whose daughter played with Sandi in a blue cooler when she was four?” and “Who was the person who drove Becky on a motorcycle to the hospital when she was stung by a wasp?” Question after question, memory after memory we laughed our way to dinner. As I have been so often throughout this trip, I was reminded again of the beauty of God’s family. Here in Thailand, in this small town in the middle of nowhere, my family has found a home. It is here my Thai Aunts and Uncles work tirelessly beside my Dad trying desperately to teach their fellow countrymen about the love of our Father. The love that they have shown my family and so many others constantly makes me think of Paul. So often in his letters he expresses his joy in the churches across Asia Minor, and I think I can understand how he feels. Hearing the stories of my family here telling me of how time after time they made a stand for Christ. What better family can we have then this? To have Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles, brothers, and sisters all with a heart to serve our Father, there is no greater blessing. May Christ our Father grant each of you His grace, peace, and a chance to witness the greatness of his family!

In Him,

Becky Derbyshire

Prayer Requests:

-Pray that I will be able to finish my mom’s business catalogue by the time that I leave

-Pray for next weeks mobile clinic that God’s name will be heard and accepted throughout Thailand

-Pray for my sister as she tries to figure out what to leave behind here in Thailand

-Pray for my sister’s smooth transition to CBU

-Pray for my mom who is not feeling well right now