Drew in Missions

With my time in the Land of Smiles drawing to a close, I’m wanting to write a few more posts before I switch gears to Camp of the Hills. The problem is, I’m not sure what I should do. My posts have been all over the place over the last few months, with stories, deeper insights, and slide-shows. While I have a few ideas, I’d like to take your suggestions. If there’s something you were really wanting to hear about, let me know. If you really enjoyed my slide-shows, I might be able to put another together before I leave.

I’d also like to get your thoughts on what you’re wanting out of this blog in the future. I’m not new to blogging, but having multiple readers is a relatively new development. I want to keep this site fresh, interesting, and uplifting, and that takes your input. Weigh in with what you want to see more of, what you’re not crazy about, and any other suggestion you have.

If you look to the right, you’ll notice that we’re nearing 5,000 views on this blog, not counting my own. That says to me that there are people genuinely interested in what I’m doing, which is pretty cool. I’d like to shift to being a more reader-driven blog. I’m hoping that y’all will suggest new topics of discussion, good books to examine, compelling stories to retell, and other cool ideas that will interest us all.

I expect to spend a while trying to get a feel for blogging post-Thailand, and I may tweak some things here and there, but rest assured that my focus will remain. I want to keep those who are interested posted on my life, what I’m learning, where I am, and what I’m up to.

Well, it feels like forever since I posted in here, although my hiatus was broken by Mom’s post. In that time I have done a lot, from seeing my mom fly off towards America, to jamming out with Tum, Noom and Chris, and doing much more work with the Youth Group. I’ve preached in front of our congregation, as well as led singing in Thai. I even prayed in church all in Thai! That was one of my goals when I first came here, so I’m happy to have reached it.

Today I changed the name of my blog from “Drew in Thailand” to “Drew in Missions.” I don’t plan to abandon this site after I fly out of Thailand. I’ll do my best to chronicle my final summer working at Camp of the Hills in their Inner City Ministry, although I’ll have much less time to write, and I’ll be much more exhausted during my few free times. Posts will definitely be fewer, but hopefully you faithful readers will get a kick out of the hilarious stories a summer at camp brings, and glean some encouragement from the ministry that I will retell.

After that is a big question mark for me. I’m not sure if I will be working, if I will be back in school, or if I will be training for future missionary work. What I am sure of is that I want to continue to tell my story, bring interesting thoughts to light, and examine thought-provoking books together. This will not be my last post. No, this is only the beginning.