Our Missionary Life
by Our Missionary Life
Matthew and Rachel Leffler and their three children moved to Thailand in 2023 to work as church-planters. Although they are ordinary laypersons without the professions commonly thought useful in the mission field, the Lord has placed a burden on their hearts to live in a dark place to preach the sermon that “tells more in behalf of Christianity than all the sermons that can be preached”: that of a committed Christian home. Their plan is to develop friendships as they go about their daily life, awakening a desire in those they meet for something better, and helping towards the goal of planting a church.“There is a call for Christian families to go into communities that are in darkness and error, to go to foreign fields… If such families would settle in the dark places of the earth, places where the people are enshrouded in spiritual gloom, and let the light of Christ’s life shine out through them, what a noble work might be accomplished.” The Ministry of Healing, p.155.
Episodes
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A Normal Day
After six months in the mission field, life has settled into what everyone told us it would eventually be: normal. And that’s the reason you haven’t heard from us for awhile. Normal isn’t necessarily the most inspiring thing to write about. (Oh, and also normal has been very busy!) But, here goes...
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Konnichiwa: The Power of a Word
We merged into the river of humanity flowing through Concourse G in San Francisco International Airport. Suddenly everything was different. Turbaned men, women in colorful …
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“Mommy stay wif Lukie?”
I sat there, watching Luke’s little chest rise and fall. Another bubble began creeping down the IV line towards his little hand. I slowly got up, flicked the line, and watched as the bubble disintegrated and hundreds of micro-bubbles flowed up the tube and away. This was not what I expected to be...
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Conviction Has a Half-Life
Two weeks ago a medical evacuation helicopter carrying patient, family, nurse, and pilot disappeared in the Sulu Sea. Immediate and persistent searching has thus far …
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Coming Up For Air
The kids are tucked in, I’ve finished the dishes, and the house is quiet. Ahh… One of my favorite times of the day. Wait. Did …
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Decision Fatigue
I learned something this week. Decision fatigue is real. For weeks my inner dialogue has sounded like this: “Will I need this? Yeah… I probably …
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The Last Friday Night
It had been a long week, filled with sorting, emptying, throwing, listing, selling, and stowing. Master closet: done. Master bath: done. Kids bedrooms: done. Pantry: …
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Missions Parable: The Society for the Picking of Apples
Once upon a time there was an apple grower who had acres and acres of apple trees. In all, he had 10,000 acres of apple orchards. ...
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Grandpa’s Prayer
From my journal on August 19, 2022. Last night our parents, Grandpa, and Lisa came over for supper. At the end of some visiting time …
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Expensive Horseradish
It had been a full spring. We had just put in 110 feet of raspberries, and were scrambling to keep up with our large lawn and garden. Plans were afoot to build a dream playhouse for the kids ...
About this show
Matthew and Rachel Leffler and their three children moved to Thailand in 2023 to work as church-planters. Although they are ordinary laypersons without the professions commonly thought useful in the mission field, the Lord has placed a burden on their hearts to live in a dark place to preach the sermon that “tells more in behalf of Christianity than all the sermons that can be preached”: that of a committed Christian home. Their plan is to develop friendships as they go about their daily life, awakening a desire in those they meet for something better, and helping towards the goal of planting a church.“There is a call for Christian families to go into communities that are in darkness and error, to go to foreign fields… If such families would settle in the dark places of the earth, places where the people are enshrouded in spiritual gloom, and let the light of Christ’s life shine out through them, what a noble work might be accomplished.” The Ministry of Healing, p.155.
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