Thomas (Tommy) first arrived on the mission field of Thailand in March 1990 with church planting as the ministry objective. He was single and spent the first six years in Samut Sakorn an hour outside of Bangkok. In 1996 he moved to the northern province of Chiang Rai where he spent the next 17 years working with the hilltribes in the Golden Triangle. While there he invited Kannika who had graduated from Bible college to help in teaching the Christian men and women how to read and write so they could study the Bible and be leaders and teachers in the churches. During this time she also developed a ladies and children ministry. In September 2001, they were married. Their son was born in August 2005. In 2013 they moved to Bangkok to team up with a fellow missionary. Every ministry is focused toward church planting. From creating opportunities for witnessing to discipleship, and leadership training.