Meet the Team: Alyssa
What is your favorite sport? Soccer!!! What’s your favorite Bible verse? 2 Corinthians 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness…” This verse is a huge part of how I ended up in […]
Sports Friends Thailand/SE Asia
Love Suffers Long
After a nail-biting four hour journey along the winding mountain roads of northern Thailand, we finally pull up outside the house. We’re met by Coach Sathit, his family, 12 new-born puppies, and a whole host of chickens. The kettle is […]
Planting Seeds of Hope
The Esan region of northeast Thailand is often described as one of the hardest places to do ministry in Thailand. Christians are few and far between, Buddhism is strong, and drug addiction is widespread. Although there are some church-planters in […]
Meet the Pete
Sports Friends currently has over 80 full-time missionaries and staff around the world. Get to know our newest national staff member, Pete, who is serving in Thailand. What is your role with Sports Friends? Sports Ministry Trainer and […]
It Touched My Heart
By Denise Poon, SIM Thailand “It touched my heart,” PbeeMai says. It’s one of his constant refrains, and when he says it, he puts his hand to his heart in a slightly dramatic fashion and smiles, shaking his head and […]
Meet the Team: Maneenoot Temjai
On this month’s edition of Meet the Team, we’d like to introduce you to Maneenoot aka Noot! What is your role with Sports Friends? Administration, Finance, and Camp Programs Coordinator. Favorite sport: My favorite sports is Volleyball. Favorite Bible verse: “In their righteousness, they […]
From Noodles to Soccer Balls
By Denise Poon, Thailand Aof had gone to church for many Sundays and had said many “Amens” to the prayers people had prayed for her – but nothing really worked until she challenged God herself. “Aof, God has chosen you. […]
Pre-Season Training
By Anna Baker, short-term volunteer from Australia Last month, a group of about 30 key volunteer coaches from across Thailand, all trained by Sports Friends, joined together for several days of pre-season training up in the mountains. In sports, pre-season training aims […]
Seven vs Seventy: It isn’t always about the numbers
By Bec Oakley, SF Thailand Recently we have been part of the Sports Friends training team for two very different trainings. A few weeks back we travelled through the mountains to a small Karen village outside of Mae Sot, near […]
The Language of Sisterhood
By Jessica Peroyea, SF Thailand Gods’ love speaks all languages. It is amazing that two groups of women coming from completely different languages and cultures can meet together and learn from one another. This is what happened at our recent […]
