The Missing Part of Spirit Truth in My Life

by ANDY WOOD on May 24, 2013 – (originally posted here)   by Acharaporn Limpanapirak (Gift) (I mentioned the other day that our friend Gift is visiting from Thailand. Gift is a businesswoman and the wife of a pastor in Bangkok. I asked her if she would like to write a guest post for LifeVesting readers, maybe about her experience with …

Gam-lang Jai

by ANDY WOOD on APRIL 16, 2012 – (originally posted here)   Robin and Gift It was a fairly eclectic group gathered around the dining room table Saturday night.  A combination of old friends and acquaintances, family, and a special friend who had literally traveled around the world to be here. All eyes were on our Thai friend Gift, who had …

The Home Church

by ANDY WOOD on JULY 6, 2009 – (originally posted here) Have a dream?  A vision of what could be, if only…?  Do you have a vision of something greater to come, which you passionately long for?  This past Saturday  night, on what was as much a holiday weekend in Thailand as it was in the U.S., a visionary, passionate Christian …

What I Learned a Half a World Away

by ANDY WOOD on JULY 18, 2009 – (originally posted here) I expected to learn some things and be reminded of some things when I made my first trip to Thailand.  I was not disappointed.  To put an exclamation point on our trip, here are some things I learned along the way… You may think you know what humidity is, but …

Why We Are Starting a Missions Organization

by ANDY WOOD on MARCH 16, 2015 – (originally posted here)   It was spring 1973 when I happened to catch a little announcement in my home church bulletin that would change my life.  It was an invitation to “Mission 73” – a youth choir trip to Virginia Beach, Virginia, for anyone who had completed the ninth grade. To say the …

Who We Are

   LifeVesting International exists to bring glory to Christ Jesus by mobilizing teams to go into hard-reached areas and share the gospel. – A bridge between churches in the US and churches in other parts of the world – Reaching out to some of the least-reached people groups in the world – Teams coming alongside pastors planting churches around the …