I had been taught to love planting trees since I became a Christian, by my missionary friend.

My trees were growing beautifull and I thanked God for it every time I came home..  until one day ....

I got home and couldn't believe my eyes, all my beautiful trees(growing tall in 4 years time) were cut down and destroyed', by my husband. He decided he was going to build a fence without consulting me

I was extremely upset and did not want to see my husband ever again. I also did not want to talk to God either. Why did He  not stop my husband!!!

This went on for a few days when one night I boiled up some snails for us to eat. usually one can just suck out the snail with not too much effort but this night I could not suck it out and frustration built up in me as I throw one snail after the other down. My 10 year  old  boy watched me doing this and he got up to find some smooth sticks that came with a Thai sweet which my husband bought earlier on. My boy offered me one of these sticks to pick out the flesh of the snail saying:" Mother, isn't God wonderful, He got into dads heart and make him buy the Thai sweets so that we could have these sticks now to pick out the snails meat".

These words "God got into dads heart" just stopped me in my tracks. I knew this was God speaking to me and not my little boy. God was reminding me that He can change my husband, only He can get into his heart. I was ready to give up on my husband. This time he went too far. Now I was willing to talk to God again, thanking Him for knowing about my pain and trusting Him again to change my husband. I had immediate peace and even joy returned. 

(This is the story of a Thai Christaian from Namkhem church in the area that was hit by a Tsunami 7 years ago.)