{"id":3870,"date":"2026-06-21T10:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/?p=3870"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:01:14","slug":"surprise-visit-before-the-spring-feast-and-urgent-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/2026\/06\/surprise-visit-before-the-spring-feast-and-urgent-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise Visit Before the Spring Feast and Urgent Request"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Surprise
Sabbath before Passover and Unleavened Bread.  L to R: Gloria, Rebecca, Maria, Dah, Leon,
Stelle, Naw Mya, Say Say, May, Sunny Say with Stelle and May\u2019s baby Esther,
JoHtoo, Copa, and Na Moo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


Dear Brethren and Fellow Laborers,

Just before the Days of Unleavened Bread Maria Lucas and Rebecca Ferro came to visit our small group of sheep.\u00a0 Here is what Maria writes:

Rebecca Ferro is from the church in Italy, and I am from Vero Beach, Florida.<\/em>

I am a newly baptized member as of 2020 and I have set out to visit my brothers and sisters around the world to fellowship and get to know one another since we all serve the most amazing God and we are all One Family.<\/em>
<\/em>
One of our stops was our visit to Chiang Mai, Thailand.\u00a0 We contacted Gloria and Leon Sexton before arrival, and from that moment on, they were so kind with open arms going above and beyond.\u00a0 Jib, their daughter-in-law, met with us for lunch with a plan to see some of the beautiful sites nearby and then we walked to the local Night Bazaar.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clockwise: Maria Lucus, Rebecca Ferro, Chanisa (Jib) Sexton with
daughter Norah. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We stayed with the Sexton\u2019s in their home and fellowshipped with our beautiful brothers and sisters for Sabbath services from other parts of the world.  Afterwards we all ate dinner together at a local restaurant.<\/em>
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sabbath fellowship with our special guests for Thai food at Baan Suan Mae Rim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Legacy Foundation was truly a humbling and amazing experience that I will hold close in my heart for the rest of my life.<\/em>
<\/em>
Till we meet again!  To be continued\u2026.  Maria Lucas<\/em>

Here are few choice portions pulled from Rebecca\u2019s words chosen in addition to Maria\u2019s:

The fellowship with all the brothers and sisters was a truly immense gift for both of us. It was a real pleasure and joy to get to know everyone. From the very beginning, we felt welcomed and embraced with genuine kindness, as if we were part of a big family.<\/em>
<\/em>
It was especially beautiful to see such a strong sense of unity, with three generations coming together in church, all sharing the same faith and love.<\/em>
<\/em>
It was also very special to see the little girl (Esther 6-months old) surrounded by so much love within the congregation.<\/em>
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It would be very special to come back with my future-to-be husband and with our families as well, spending more time together, listening to your stories and sharing more life moments. I wish more brethren could have the joy to get to know you as we did!<\/em>
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We carry this experience in our hearts with gratitude and affection.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Rebecca with Diego<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It was of course our pleasure to have our sisters in Christ come and visit us from so far away.\u00a0 Also, we are excited to mention that Rebecca Ferro is soon to be wed to her fianc\u00e9 Diego from the church in Chili.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are working on a post regarding our Spring Feasts in Burma and Thailand, AND, our now special guest brother Aaron Dominguez who is staying with us.\u00a0 So much more to tell asap!

Please do not forget us in your prayers.\u00a0 We are urgently in need of donations.\u00a0 We cannot wire the amounts needed for Burma and Thailand for nearly three months.\u00a0 Please remember that we rely totally on individual private donations.\u00a0 We do not receive regular donations from any COGs.\u00a0 We know many of you are also struggling and also getting older as we ourselves are.\u00a0 We need a miracle especially since we have invited a young family from Burma to stay with us for one month.\u00a0 They will be here to get more training.

We all need each other\u2019s prayers and the AGAPE love for each other\u2014His firstfruits.\u00a0 Let\u2019s be the lights and the ones that have the ZEAL, passion, and excitement, in talking God\u2019s Words with each other and be doers as humble servants in the preaching of the Good News of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God that we seek FIRST!

In Christian love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leon and Gloria Sexton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Brethren and Fellow Laborers, Just before the Days of Unleavened Bread Maria Lucas and Rebecca Ferro came to visit our small group of sheep.\u00a0 Here is what Maria writes: Rebecca Ferro is from the church in Italy, and I am from Vero Beach, Florida. I am a newly baptized member as of 2020 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[30,40,32,37,27,41,36,38,23,39],"class_list":["post-3870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-generalnews","tag-30","tag-chaingmai","tag-church-of-god-asia","tag-holy-days","tag-legacy","tag-request","tag-spring-feast","tag-surprise","tag-thailand","tag-urgent","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3870"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3887,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3870\/revisions\/3887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}