The time between Christmas and the end of January always seems to go by too fast, but we hope that this has been a season pregnant with joy and hope and that you are seeing beautiful things birthed from it.

At Mae Fah Luang, conversations, possibilities, and hearts are opening. Last week, I sat down with a Thai teacher to plan out our semester. It led to a conversation about his search for God and what he thinks about Christianity. Then I shared an elevator and a short conversation with the President of the University. Then I got a chance to catch up with the Vice President, who invited me to his house for dinner sometime.

This week, we began classes again. I am teaching a Mythology class, and it has alreadyopened up conversations with students about mankind's search for meaning in the world, the way that love is what brings us from darkness to light, and our tendency to craft gods in our own image. Already, the Lord is positioning us for those critical moments in people's lives where we will have the opportunity to invite them into his kingdom and his family.

As another praise report, you may remember the English Corner we began with a number of Chinese students last year. We partnered with another young missionary family and a local Chinese teacher in hopes that the practice of English would lead to conversations about faith. As that began happening, we felt comfortable leaving the Chinese students in the hands of the local church they had begun attending and that other young missionary family, who had just arrived in the country and decided to make the Chinese group the focus of their ministry here. Just this week, another of those students, Isabel, has decided to give her life to Christ. Isabel has always been the most influential member of the group, so her conversion carries so much weight for the other members of the group that haven't found Jesus yet. Furthermore, every semester new Chinese students come to Thailand as exchange students and join the group. We are believing that her story and her influence will make it that much easier for new Chinese students to put their faith in Jesus.

Thank you for being a faithful part of our team and a witness to all these beautiful beginnings with us. We look forward to sharing this year with you. We would also love to hear about your new beginnings, or the challenges you are facing right now. Please feel free to just hit "reply" to this message and send us a little line about something we can celebrate with you or pray with you about.

We Love You,

Andrew, Jacki, August, & Reese Quinley

Ben and Jessica were married in Benton, Kansas on June 24, 2012 in the evening.  Jessica is the youngest daughter of Wilson and Lori Kannenberg in Manaus, Brazil.  Her father is a pilot with Wings of Mercy, an affiliate of Missionary Aviation Fellowship.  Ben and Jessica live in Branson, MO.  Ben is a senior at College of the Ozarks and will be doing his student teaching next semester for Physical Education with a minor in math.  Ben is also a lifeguard at the college and is teaching children to swim in a program sponsored by C of O and Red Cross.   Jessica graduated from C of O (same college) May 2012 and is working in Springfield, MO as a registered nurse.

Left to right: Zach Burnham (cousin and youngest son of Martin, (class of '77) and Gracia Burnham), Hannah Washam, her maid of honor, Paul Spicer, (brother and best man and class of '10), Julie, her sister, Jessica Kannenberg, Ben's wife and MK from Brazil, Ben Spicer, (class of '08), Juliana Spicer, senior at Faith, Timothy Burnham, (son of Doug Burnham, (class of '80), Ashley Spicer (sister, class of '12) and Dawson Burdick, (friend and class of '08)

Wiese Siblings summer 2012: (L-R) Danny & Krista (Wiese '97) Caldwell & 3 kids. Matt ('00) & Sherina & Titus Wiese. Zach ('02) & Jill Wiese & kids Anna, Erynn, & Benton Wiese.  Matt & Sherina are living on Long Island, NY working along side our parents (their Pastor) as Youth ministers. Zach & Jill live and work in Missouri and are active in their church.

I am attending Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina, where my husband, Aaron, and I are both earning a Masters of Divinity. We just finished our first year, and have two years left in the program.

Caitlan (McKinney) Small, Faith Academy - Manila, Class of 2006

I graduated in 2002.  I'm now married to a Filipina, Ginny and we are about to have our first son, mid-April.  Currently I'm the leader of World Missions for Jesus.  We have ministries for children in the TakTak area in Antipolo (about 120 kids each week).  We are currently working on building a church for the community and getting sponsorship for them with Compassion Intl.  We have a band and worship team called Gloryfall.  We have released 4 albums internationally and have trained over 100 church bands.  We also do evangelistic concerts.  We have a professional recording studio where we help Christian bands record in order to spread the gospel through music.  Right now, I'm working with a group of people in the Christian music community start a Christian Music Association.