1. The Tells
in
Thailand
Ministry Update
Dear Friends,
Wow, what a truly incredible month. Without a doubt, the highlight
of this month was the chance for Jasmine and our six Thai friends and
ministry partners having the opportunity to attend the Global Access
Conference hosted by Joni and Friends International Disability Center!
Jasmine, our two little hoodlums, Pastor Ann, as well as Off & Peung,
departed Chiang Mai on February 12th. Jasmine was BEYOND grateful to
have three other adults for the long 30+ hours of travel. (Please don't
remind her of the 34 hours of travel alone with two kids in March... we're
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2. not thinking about that yet.)
Farewell crew at Chiang Mai International Airport
Tackling travel issues with Thai style ingenuity in LA (Why are luggage

3. carts so expensive at airports?!?)
Pastor Ann, Jasmine and her parents, Dennis & Rebekah, and Off &
Peung
They landed in Phoenix on the 13th, and drove about three hours to
Parker, where Jasmine's family gave them a warm American welcome
with cheese and crackers. The next morning we were up early and off to
Kingman, Arizona for breakfast with Manzanita Baptist Church. What a
delight! We shared about how God is moving at The First Church of
Chiang Mai and using Family Retreat as an amazing new ministry tool.
Jasmine will be going back to MBC on March 15th to share further with
the congregation. We love how they love the Lord!

4. We had some time to kill in Lake Havasu City before our next
engagement at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, so Jasmine introduced the
crew to Hobby Lobby and Walmart. What a hoot! Jasmine enjoyed
shopping with people who actually enjoyed shopping (Joey is not a
shopper, after all). And in their typical spirit of grace and service,
everything they bought were gifts for friends and family back home! It
was a great example of how giving and generous our sweet friends are,
to their very core. After our shopping fun we enjoyed a lovely time at the
Saturday evening service of Mount Olive, giving an update and also a gift
from Thailand. They also presented us with a check from their youth
group who had done a fundraiser for our family's monthly support needs.
What a blessing!

5. Pastor Ann enjoying WalMart!
Enjoying some of mama Crawford's amazing American steak!
Sunday morning we were again up early to head to Lake Havasu

6. for the 8AM service at Mount Olive, and then back down to Parker for the
10AM service at Messiah Lutheran and more sharing! Whew! Then it was
time to kick back and rest for Sunday and Monday. The crew enjoyed
making Thai food for Jasmine's family, eating American steak, taking
pictures with Saguaro cactus, and getting to know the Crawford family. It
was such a special delight for Jasmine to see the two most important
parts of her world collide in such a neat way. We really praise God for
allowing this special part of the trip and making it possible through the
generous gift of Messiah Lutheran to cover airfare for all three to Arizona.
We praise God for such sweet friends and co­laborers and a greater
understanding of each other's lives through this time with each other.
Tuesday we were up early and off to Phoenix for our flight to LA and
the start of the Global Access Conference. We were happily reunited with
the rest of our Family Retreat team who was in LA for the conference,
Dream and pastors Ying and Golf. Of course we celebrated our reunion
with a Thai food picnic in the courtyard of our hotel. Then it was off to
the opening of the Global Access Conference!

7.
Thai food!
With our friend Ama from the JAF IFR department. All checked in for the
conference!

8. Ready for the opening of the conference. An incredibly historic moment!
New friends from Israel and Ukraine!

9. Thailand & Joni and Friends lunch... looking forward to future
partnership!
Exclusive viewing of "The Drop Box" film and picture with it's director!
It's hard to even put into words how incredible this conference was.
It was packed full of amazing information, inspiration and networking.

10. We're so thankful our team could be part of this and we're excited to see
what God will do in Chiang Mai, Thailand and all of Southeast Asia in the
next few years! Please pray that the momentum and inspiration would
just expand through the power of God!
The highlight of the conference for the team was of course getting to
meet Joni Eareckson Tada!
After the conference Jasmine returned to Arizona. She has been
working on our adoption paperwork, banking and sundry other things that
need doing during her short visit to the US. Since we don't plan to visit
the US again until the end of 2016 or, more likely, the beginning of 2017,

11. we have a lot of things to do to get us set for our next time of ministry.
Please pray for her stamina and organization during this time. Our friends
went on to Santa Barbara and a few other places. Off and Peung arrived
back in Chiang Mai on the 28th, where Joey welcomed them back at the
airport. Dream should arrive back on the 1st, although there have been
some issues with her flight already. Pastor Ann will leave for Thailand on
the 13th of March, and Ying and Golf return in another month or so. It will
be good to have everyone back home in Thailand and prepping for
Disability Ministry expansion as also the Family Retreat in July!
Speaking of this, we are looking for Occupational or Physical
Therapists from the US to come for the Family Retreat in July. Are you
interested in an amazing experience that will impact you for the rest of
your life? Let us know, and please share the need!
Join Distribution in Uttaradit with Rotary International
The Wheelchair Project has been quite busy! They started the
month helping our satellite team with the Uttaradit Rotary distribute 150
wheelchairs throughout Khampaeng Phet, Sukhothai, and Phrae. Joey
has been busy planning future distributions, helping edit our new website
that a volunteer is making, and various other work around the
warehouse. We're hoping to distribute 1,500 wheelchairs this year.
Please pray alongside us toward this goal!
Have you thought about how you will be giving in 2015? We are still
underfunded by about $900 per month. Would you pray about whether
God might be leading you to give $10, $50 or maybe $100 each month?
Any amount is a huge blessing to us... truly, it's the regular $30 a month
that sometimes means the most to us! Please let us know if you have
questions about supporting us, and please do share this newsletter if you
know of anyone who might be interested in partnering us to advance
God's kingdom and reach out to people with disabilities in Thailand!

12.
Family Update
Of course the highlight of this month for the kids has been time
with Grandmama and Grandpapa Crawford! They very generously paid
for airfare to come to the US for the conference, and kept the kids for
five nights so Jasmine could take our team to the Global Access
conference. They are awesome! They've been spoiling the kids with gifts,
food, and lots of quality time. We're so thankful for this precious time
with family!

14. Grandpapa!
However, we are really missing Joey and being a family
separated has been hard. We've been Skyping whenever we can and
Ilyria and Cordelia look forward to Daddy reading them stories over
Skype!

15. Zoo time!
Jasmine and both girls have all been sick during their whole two
weeks so far, so please pray for quick healing! Joey seemed to not want
to be left out of the fun and now he is also coming down with a bad cold!
A special thank you to all who have been giving to adoption

16. fundraiser! Our pants fundraiser raised $3,000! Our homestudy has been
paid off and we're now just $1,500 away from our next goal of paying our
International Fee when we submit our dossier to Serbia. Our goal for this
is May.
Ilyria and her youngest cousin, Delilah!
Prayer Requests
· Prayer for healing from illness for all of us!
· Prayer for the RICD team as they continue to work hard. Especially
March 2nd and 3rd when they will be distributing in Chiang Rai.
· Prayer for continued safety over the next month as the rest of our Thai
team travels in the US and then back to Thailand.
· Prayer for our new daughter in Serbia as we continue to wait for her!
· Prayer God to guide us and our friends at First Church of Chiang Mai as
we seek His will for the work He has called us to!
· Prayer for God to be glorified in all we do!
Praise Reports
· For safe travels for us and our team and the opportunity to attend the
Global Access Conference!
· For great chances to connect with some of our churches here.

17.
Blessings in Christ,
Joey, Jasmine, Ilyria and Cordelia Tell
· For God's provision for our daughter's adoption expenses!
· For all God is doing in Thailand and Southeast Asia!
· For each of you!
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18. Support can be sent to:
Messiah Lutheran Church
800 S Mohave Ave, Parker, AZ 85344
Please specify Joey and Jasmine Tell Thailand in a separate
note. All donations through the church are tax deductible and
allow us to continue serving in Thailand.
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