Legacy Letter June 2020

I have been home for almost 2 months and the dreaded day has come for me to finally end this blog and admit that my time at Legacy is done.I am so very grateful for my time spent in Thailand, fully immersed in the culture, completely involved with my fellow volunteers, my students and the Sextons. We created a family unit in 10 months that completely changed

Attendees for Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread in Taungoo, Myanmar 2015I am at the end of my Thailand adventure. It has totally been an adventure but I can truly call Thailand my home. I adore it. I not only adore the beauty and the culture. But I adore the home that I found at Legacy with the Thai and Burmese students, along with Leon, Gloria and the L

Since our last update on Legacy school we have started and also almost finished our last semester of the school year!Even though there is currently a land Sabbath everyone has remained very busy. I’m very happy to say that we have had a very prosperous year at the farm despite only being able to work it for the first half of the year. We have picked and used

L to R: Oth Ali, Lacee, Hser Nay Htoo, Kathleen, Htee Mu Pel, Hser Nay Say, Hser Nay Paw, and One.“Go ye therefore into all the world, preach the gospel unto everyone.”I know this scripture was directed specifically to the apostles and Jesus Christ wanted them to be the ones to preach His truth. But what does it mean to those who aren’t ministers? What does

The Feast of Tabernacles went very well over here in Chiang Mai, Thailand! The other teachers and I were quite busy during the Feast but we loved every minute of it. It was great for us young volunteers to see just a glimpse into what running a Feast site is like! The best part of the Feast for me was witnessing the students so happy as they experienced new

One week before The Feast of Trumpets the Legacy student body president (Moe Palel), a Legacy Employee (Surachai) and myself (Chris), one of the teachers at Legacy, set out to the western boarder of Thailand to visit with Noh Blay Paw, a lady who is unable to attend the Feast of Tabernacles this year. Noh Blay Paw is the mother of one of the students at Lega

About a month and a half ago I was in the middle of our corn field doing a happy dance. The corn was taller than me and looking so strong! All our hard work had paid off and the corn was growing taller and faster than we had hoped. The following day we show up to the farm and a great amount of the corn had fallen over! I was devastated! The previous night th

Its hard to believe its almost been a whole year since I arrived at Legacy Institute.  As the Sustainable Agriculture teacher and farm manager I can say its been a wonderful learning experience!  The tropical season and weather are much different than the unpredictable highs and lows in Texas, US weather.  Here in Thailand the temperatures range from about 6

This was an eventful week at Legacy. We have a Burmese family attending classes here (4 girls and 2 boys). I have one of the boys in my second year English class, but all of his siblings are first year students.Meet our Burmese/Karen Family:Beginning from the back, left to right: Htoo Mya Shwe (2nd year), Great Aunt, Nomya (mother), Cousin, Great Aunt, Hser

I guess I was in Texas too long. It just didn’t feel right over here in Thailand at Legacy without some cows. So, guess what? We got us some cows!The plan is to raise cows for food and manure. We started with two cows and 2 calves. These are called “Wua Lampoon” or Lampoon Cows. Lampoon is a province just south of Chiang Mai. These cows are native to Southea

It is that obnoxious season of the year again. Santa Clause is depicted in every shopping mall. Everywhere you look, there are those fake evergreen trees with red and silver balls hanging on them and sometimes a plastic angel perched on top. And then there is that maddening music. If I hear Jingle Bells one more time, I am going to scream!…And by the way, I

http://youtu.be/mAyoMzc8N44 Gloria Sexton shares her view from one of her motorcycle rides through the countryside in Taungoo, Myanmar during her and Leon’s visit for Pentecost. Motorcycle Ride in Myanmar

Here are some quotes from the Associated Press that were published by the Top Nine online news service: “Abbas, Perez Confirm They Will Meet Pope Francis At The Vatican For Peace Prayer “Pope Francis plunged Sunday into Mideast politics during his Holy Land pilgrimage, calling the current stalemate in peace efforts “unacceptable” and winning the acceptan

Dear friends, We made prayer requests for the employee (Surachai) and student (Moepalay) who were injured in a motorcycle accident.  Here is the latest update. Moepaley is back at Legacy School and is back to his regular duties.  He has been miraculously healed by God and, other than a few scars and aches and soreness, is back to normal. Surachai is out of

Gloria and I just returned to Chiang Mai, Thailand from a very successful trip to Myanmar (Burma) for Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread. Seven new people were baptized and added to the Body of Christ. A total of 28 shared the symbols of the bread and wine at the New Covenant Passover. A sermon was given every day for each of the 7 Days of Unleavened Brea

Prayer Request, Please pray for 2 of our Legacy team who were in a motorcycle accident last evening. Legacy employee Surachai and student Moe Palay were both on a motorcycle that was hit from behind by a speeding pickup truck on the main highway. They both flew off the motorcycle and sustained serious injuries. They were taken to the emergency room and Legac

Here is an update from Amy Vierra: We’d like to share an update with respect to Herb’s progress from the past two weeks. He is gaining muscle strength on his right side and today he was more stable than any other day in learning to stand up. The other day, his left foot (which to date has been immobile) started to move whenever he’d move his right foot. This

Here is the latest on Herbert Vierra’s condition.  Please pray he heals quickly.  I know from personal experience because of having strokes now 5 years ago that with God all things are possible. Leon Sexton Message from Herb Vierra: Leon and Gloria, Here’s an update on my current state of health: Apparently, I’ve had a stroke. When the Nurse Practitioner

A Burmese language translation of the booklet (for Myanmar/Burmese speaking brethren around the world).View, Download and Print here: Booklet: “Is Christmas in the Bible?” (Burmese Language)Download (PDF, 821KB)