Christianity in Thailand

Hello fellow bloggers.
I am having an issue tonight with what I saw on the National news.
It was a story about Christianity coming to Thailand.
Did anyone see it?

The story was about the flock of churches and missions that came to help after the Tsunami.
Praise God for them.
Some communities have changed to Christianity but what disturbed me was the news really seemed to play up the fact that a Christian Organization came into a small villiage and offered to re-build their community only if they switched to Christianity.
The leader of their villiage brought this to the community and they were pleased until they heard they had to give up Budhism.
Their answere was NO
This group just pulled out.
They walked away.
I found myself praising God for the villiagers decision to remain Budhists.
The good news is a catholic group came in a built them their needs without question of conforming. Thank God and Bless those wonderful people.

I found myself asking these questions.
Could you please shed light on this for me.
I am really feeling a torment right now in my heart.

Should I have been praising God for the villiagers decision?
Were these false prophets?
Was God blessing these villiagers with the courage to say no as it was brought to them as a bribe?
Why does the news always focus mainly on the negative as there was a wonderful man there who has done amazing things? They tried to bait him.

Bust most importantly why, when we spread the goodness does society make us look bad?

I try to witness to my family as they are not Christians but when stories like this with positive and negative in them,the family seems to dwell on the negative and I find myself defending my position with the lack of grace.

I guess when you have felt the presence of the Lord in your life and try to explain the beauty of it people either listen or think your nuts, and yet when they go on about their psychic or alien or science filled thoughts and we make express our opinions or better yet the Truth we are then pursecuted for not being Christian like.

Wow I can't believe how angry I feel at this moment.I don't like it at all.
Some advice and wisdom would be cherished right now.
Thanks
and God Bless
Mona

Introducing My Family

I would like to introduce you to
my Family. These are the people

Whom God has blessed me with.

I am grateful for such a wonderful family.

My Parents Eilleen and Tony. They gave me laughter and courage.I miss them terribly.

My Big sister and brother,Pat and Jeremy. I gave them a hard time growing up. Still Do :-)

This is me and my best friend and Hubbie Steve

This is my Beautiful daughter Liane and my Grandaughter Mackenzie

This is my middle son Mike with his daddy

This is my baby boy Dave

My beautiful Grandaughter Mackenzie 10yrs old

My handsome grandson Myer 4yrs oldMy youngest grandson and cutie pie Owen with his dog Capone. Yes they are in his crib 16months old
This is Luke, Chef Extrordinaire and my son-inlaw
This is Rachel my daughter-inlaw with Owen and their other dog Abby-Jean

Back in the day. For you Amy

Remember back in the Day

When snowball fights included the whole neighbourhood.
When playing road hockey included the dads and moms
When Princess was something you wanted to be and not written on the butt of your pants.
When hanging around a lamp post at night wasn't loitering but was Home for Hide and Go Seek
When we believed in fairies and didn't call people that.
When pajama's were worn to bed and not the mall.
When crack was something you didn't step on for fear of breaking your mother's back.
When gay was being Happy
When Aylmer the Elephant was Cool and Officer Hall was the man.
When fear was only of the dark.
When downtown was place to be and not the place to avoid.
When Prayer was in school and not forbidden.

When God was real and not a choice.

When I thought it would never change
I remember

Through The Darkness

I call out through the darkness black,
To people of whom I often dream,
In hopes that I might receive answer back
From that in which I believe,
yet never have seen.
I search for answers, yet none do I find;
Only more questions to trouble my spirit.
Yet a voice seems to be whisper words not unkind
And so I move closer and struggle to hear it.
It speaks to my soul; my mind can't understand,
For my heart beats a rhythm out of sync with my brain.
I know something is there, wondrous and grand,
And if I could but learn, true peace might I gain.
Soon all around me are whispers, words without voices
Offering so many answers that I cannot hear,
Save once in a while, through hardships and choices,
When one sweet gentle word finds its way to my ear.
Thus I know thou art good,Lord
thus I know thou art wise Lord
And thus do I know that I'm not gone unheard
Thus I know thou art here,
though unseen by my eyes,
Like the smell of morning dew, like the song of a bird.