Grandmaster Wesley So is the two-time winner of the US Chess Championships and the number eight ranked player in the entire world! When the young Grandmaster personally requested me to fly to Minneapolis to perform his baptism I was thrilled and honored. This gifted champion has played simultaneous chess on as many as 104 boards […]
An eleven-foot alligator and the group of Canadians
Revelation 12:11 March 2020, Dear Friends, I had an audience of an eleven-foot alligator on the 18th fairway at Mission Hills for my second shot! I actually saw three gators that day, but this was the granddaddy and was worth the risk and earned the picture. But the joy of the day was sharing Christ […]
A Broken Elbow Part 3
This is the third part of my Broken Elbow. If you want to read the whole story, click : Part 1 / Part 2 In 1983 Karen and I saw a lot of change and pain in our lives The most dramatic change came when my elbow was broken. After two operations in Manila and […]
A Broken Elbow, Part 2
Tom continued his story of the broken elbow in a second letter. Read the part 1 of the story Dear Friends, II Corinthians 4:7 (TLB) “…Everyone can see that the glorious power within must be from God and is not our own.” Sometimes I make the drastic mistake of thinking that because of my ability, […]
Article on esportswall About Tom
There is a new article about Tom and his journey during a flight from Manila to Tokyo. During this flight, he met and talked with 3 very differents person : a Filipino girl, a Japanese girl and a DJ You can read the article about Tom here
A Broken Elbow, Part 1
Tom wrote the following letter to his supporters telling them about a life-changing event that happened in June 1983. Dear Friends, Thank you for your prayers which have helped me through some difficult times. I am thankful for your faithfulness and that God has been faithful in a recent difficult experience of mine. On June […]
The Games are Free !
As the team bus pulled up to the stadium in Cagayan City, I started to get excited. I could see the hundreds of people jamming through the gates into a stadium already full of several thousands of basketball fans. We were going to play the All-State Selection Team of Cagayan and everyone wanted to see […]
The story of Soledad in Philippines
Dear Friends, Because of your faithfulness, you are now supporting more people and more ministries than you originally started with by sending Karen and me to the Philippines. Let me introduce you to your latest ministry. A young Bible school graduate got the burden four years ago to win the people of Ragay, her hometown, […]
Full of contrasts Journey for Tom
Good and bad news in Mindanao (Philippines) Bad news…Because of terrorist tensions in Mindanao, all games had to be played during the day and in the hot sun. Good news…Tom Randall was able to keep clear of the amoeba and Marco’s revenge problems by not drinking the unsafe drinking water. Bad news…Tom was instead drinking […]
Busy trip in the Philippines – Sept 1982 – Tom Randall Letter
Tom wrote a letter to people supporting us in September 1982 telling about a trip to the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines. A basketball team came from the US to play two to three games a day with the goal of sharing the Gospel message with the crowds. The crowd was always given […]