Baptist Mid-Missions Missionaries in Thailand

Nate and Maam Beckman       Nate is a second generation Baptist-Mid Missions missionary. Maam is a Thai who got saved through the ministry of a Filipino PABWE missionary family. Nate and Maam met in 1997 in a church in Bangkok right around the time of our wedding. Nate spent three months in Thailand as a short-term missionary after that first initial visit in Bangkok. The Beckmans were married in 2000 and have been back in Thailand as full-time missionaries since 2003. They spent the first year and a half in Bangkok while Nate studied the language. In March 2005, they moved to Kabinburi to serve in the ministry there during our furlough. Now with their two children, Ryann and Hudson, they are back in the US for their furlough.

Duane and Hannah Scott, and their two children, Elaine and David, arrived in Thailand in June 2006 to start their first term of missionary service. Duane and Hannah met when they attended the same church in Minneapolis. The Scotts are in Bangkok for their two-year Thai language studies. They are still praying that God will show them where He wants them to serve in Thailand.

To learn more about Duane and Hannah Scott, please visit their website at www.scottsinthailand.org

Jenni Starkey is from Indianapolis. She grew up in a Christian home and got saved at a young age. She dedicated her life to the Lord for missions when she was a teenager. Jenni and Ed became friends at Piedmont Baptist College and served together through "Conquerors in Missions." They also attended the same church while in college. When Ed married Darlene, she and Jenni became bestfriends right away and shared the same interest in music.

Jenni knew God called her to be a missionary but didn't know where God wanted her to serve. She visited three other countries but didn't feel led there. She visited us in Thailand in October 2001 for the purpose of finding a teaching job; but God had other plans for her. During that visit, God showed her that Thailand was her place of ministry. Jenni has raised her prayer and financial support to go back to Thailand. She arrives Thailand in September 2007. Her plans are to serve alongside us in Kabinburi while learning Thai language and culture until the Scotts are ready to come and assist us after their language studies.