Want to first start off by saying thanks for stopping by and checking this page out. The Khaodee Project...what is it? Well, after my trip to Thailand, (Khaodee Children's Home) one thing hit me immediately. Their worship. The way the kids sang out with all that they had to give praise to our Lord and Savior just blew me away. When I got back home, I found myself yearning to worship that same way. And after talking with Benson about how I was impacted, the idea of making a worship album was given to us by God, while also raising money for Khaodee. We had no idea of how to accomplish this...let alone even where to start. All I knew was God was calling me to something, and I had to respond.
I started talking to different people who might know different things. I even got Donald Chan to come with me to Thailand to help me. Ryan Yee met with both of us to give us a crash course on sound and recording. God was already working in ways I wasn't even aware of. Donald and I continued to pray and talk and we set a date for our trip...May 26- June 10th.
Then, in a blink of an eye, Thailand was changed forever. Protesters who were in Bangkok for 2 months, were forced out by the Thai army. The next 3 days that ensued was chaos. About 80 people died and many many more severely injured. Violence and unrest soon began to spread into other provinces. Even in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, which was where we were headed. For the first time since planning this trip, I started to feel uneasy. Was it still safe to go there? My initial reaction was that it wasn't. Maybe I should just postpone it for while. That would be the safe thing to do, right? I have a wife and a kid. I doesn't make sense to do this. So I told Donald how I felt, and decided to postpone it.
I still was not feeling peace about the whole thing. I began to pray. I started to realize just how much I had grown to love the things that God had blessed me with. My family, my job, my things. It became to much to risk. Now that I had those things, I would hold on tight and not let go. Then it became clear to me. Everything I have is given by God. How could I repay Him by saying no I can't go and serve You know. The only question I had to answer was if God was indeed calling me to go and do this work. And the answer was yes. And as hard as it is to leave my wife, my family, my friends, my only daughter....I wanted to be obedient.
So here we are. Donald and I left last night...and here I am in Tapei on our layover before Chiang Mai. We have no idea what God show us or teach us. We are going in faith. And I wanted to share the journey with all of you willing to listen. We will try and document the process of trying to put the "Project" together. It will be a success if God is given glory through this. Please continue to pray for the both of us and for God to be glorified here in Thailand and around the world. Pra Jao Oi Pon! (God Bless You)
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