DMJ

Hi,

My name is Dustin M. Johnson and I'm a junior at Sterling College. I'm majoring in Communication of Mass Media.

This trip will be my first mission trip with Sterling College. I'm really excited for what God has in store for me on this trip!!! :)

I'm also really excited to see what God has for the awesome group of people that are going with me as well!!!

Here are a few things about me: I love football, playing the bagpipes, wearing my kilt, and puttin' on some warpaint...and if you put all of those together, you have one heck of a person to Rowdy at an SC football game!

I also love movies, and have a nice little collection of them in my dorm room :)

Benjamin

Hi friends, Thanks for following our trip to the land of luscious jungles and buddhist temples. I am really privileged to have an opportunity to serve on TWO trips with Sterling College this coming summer. I am leading the trip to Peru, which arrives back in the States about 2 days before we leave for Thailand. I am excited to be a part of this trip to be with some great people, including my soon-to-be-wife, and also to not have any real leadership responsibilities. I just get to be along as the hired muscle. The work we will be doing in Thailand is really humbling and it is an honor to be included in God's plan in this way.

A little about me.... I graduated from Sterling in December with a major in History and a minor in Religion and Phiolosophy. I get married on graduation day (April 25) and couldn't stand being apart from my new wife for a whole month, so I decided to come along. Good thing I got a job with the college for next year, or it would be tough to get a month off during the summer. I like fantasy baseball, college football, grunge music, flannel pearl snap shirts, buffalo wings and reading books.

I also went to the state spelling bee in seventh grade.

I also can't wait to update you all on our trip.

Nate!

Well, I wanted to start with a joke, so I tried looking up some Thai jokes because all the ones I tried to come up with were lame. But it turns out that I don't really get Thai jokes. Hopefully that will change...

Hey, I'm Nate Prior! That's me clinging to the side of a volcano in Nicaragua, on my first SC mission trip last summer. Well, it's not actually the side of the volcano, more of a like a lookout post..and I'm not actually clinging...Anyway, I'm graduating from Sterling in 4 weeks, and I'm so excited to be going to Thailand as an assistant team leader (or is that 'assistant to the team leader'?). And I'm a little bit more excited that Miss Regier will become Mrs. Prior about halfway between these two events. It's just one of those summers!

Things I am looking forward to most about Thailand: Thai people, Thai food, hot season, rain, sweat, 8-foot spiders, diarrhea, relationships, Thai food, smiles, tonal languages, playing "Balls", serving Jesus, seeing the world, experiencing God's grace, showing God's grace, living God's grace, mountains, beaches, and Thai food.

Things I am looking forward to least about Thailand: 10-foot spiders, Imodium AD, wet towels

Basically, I can't wait to go. God has been extremely faithful to our team thus far (no surprise, really), and He's going to carry us through in typically amazing fashion. All aboard the Thailand Express!

LEAH

Hello everybody! My name is Leah Grace Frees. I am currently a sophomore at Sterling College studing Youth Ministries. I am SO excited to go to Thailand this summer. This will be my first missions trip ever and I don't think I could be going with any better people.

I am so looking forward to the things we will learn in Thailand and the way God will use us. God has showered me with mercy and His redemption for all of us is so sweet. I can not wait to share that everlasting love with the people of Thailand.

But.... one interesting thing about me is, I am a giant. If you couldn't tell from my picture, I'm rather tall. That is a joke :) I'm just setting on my friend's baby mini pony. Also, I absolutely love music. I love to sing and try to create my own music that will show God's love to those who hear it.

Well. That's it for now. I ask for your continuing prayers as we prepare for this amazing experience. Talk to ya later Gator.

~Samantha~

Hey all, Sam here. I am a senior at Sterling College and am excited to graduate in April. I'm an assistant team leader for this trip-a responsibility that humbles me and challenges me, but I absolutely love it! This is my first mission trip with the college and my first time in leadership on a trip. I went to South East Asia last summer and am so excited that I am able to go back again, especially with such a wonderful group!
Some important things about me:
I love God and am learning more and more what it means to love Him, follow Him, and love His children.
I am getting married in May, to Nate Prior, the other assistant team leader for this team (you'll hear more from him later). Woot!
Ever since I was young I've had a fascination with Asian cultures and religions.
I like to tap dance.
I love awkward kids! This typically means Jr. high kids, but sometimes awkwardness lasts for a long time.

~Karin~

Hi Everyone! My name is Karin and I have the amazing opportunity to serve as the team leader of this group of amazing men and women. I am a Sterling College graduate and am currently working in the Marketing Communications office at Sterling.

This is my sixth trip with Sterling College and second time serving as a team leader. I ask for your continued prayers and support of this trip! We are ready to love like Jesus loves. We are ready to serve as Jesus serves. Mostly, we are just honored to have this chance to be an example of Jesus Christ to the people of Thailand!

Oh, I love donkeys. I love my family. I love cupcakes. I love Africa.

We're on a train to Bangkok...

...aboard the Thailand express!

Sorry for the classic rock reference, everyone, but this is the only song with Thailand in it that I really know, and Rush is great, so...anyway, our blog is up and running! Stay tuned for Team Thailand introductions!

dêe-o jer gun èek! (See you later!)

-Nate