Leaving all to follow the Lord Jesus Christ.

According to the promise in Luke 18:29,30, (Please read that portion of Scripture in the Bible) I have not failed “to receive many times as much in this age”.

December 2, 1966.

I am in Marseille in France to board a ship that is taking me to Bangkok in Thailand to work there as a missionary (“for the sake of the kingdom of God”) with stopovers in Port Said and Singapore. I am arriving in Bangkok on December 23, 1966, just before Christmas

For almost 13 years I worked in Thailand, namely from December 23, 1966 until November 28, 1979, from December 1971 together with my wife.from New Zealand.

Mission work in Thailand

Image / Alan Collingwood

From December 8, 1979 until August 17, 1982, we did some more studies at the Bible College of New Zealand, as it was called at that time, started to work as missionaries in Kaitaia (United Maori Mission) and continued in Kaikohe.

From August 22, 1982 until December 1, 1982 I had a short furlough for three months alone in Germany, while my wife carried on in Kaikohe with our two children. On the way to Germany I visited Sydney and Indonesia (Denpasar, Surabaja, Lawang, Batu, Jakarta). On the way back I visited Thailand and Christchurch. (We know a good number of missionaries all over the world.)

Altogether we worked in Kaikohe as missionaries (United Maori Mission) for almost 25 years, namely from September 1981 until December 2004.

Since December 2004 we are retired and living in Kaitaia, in the Far North of New Zealand.

And according to the promise in Luke 18:29,30 I will not fail in the coming age to receive eternal life.