Based in Thailand, Ruthie serves alongside a Bible translation project, creating culturally and theologically contextualized illustrations to accompany the newly translated Biblical text. It is her joy to illustrate Bible stories in a way that allows people to see themselves in Scripture and understand how Jesus deeply loves their specific people group.
Pray For
- a smooth adjustment as she settles into a new season of life and work in Thailand
- life-giving community and friendships to be formed with her translation team, the local Thai people, and other expats in Thailand
- creativity and discernment as she works with team members to decide what illustrations are needed and how to communicate the message of the biblical text in the best possible way
- the target people group to come to know Jesus powerfully and deeply in undeniable ways
On Their Own?
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Better Together Celebration
It was a celebration of our “Better Together” way of biblical interdependency – more than 100 leaders from 17 countries across Asia came together in Thailand last November for the Better Together Converge event. We celebrated a growing unity across the Free Methodist...
Realities for Some Asian Christians
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Counting the Cost
I’ve been listening to The Journal of John Wesley. He was chased down, stoned, rejected and condemned. Yet he proclaimed the gospel to all he could. In Acts, we find the disciples were jailed, shipwrecked, and some killed. But they kept going. Jesus died on the cross...