It was still dark when the village began to stir. A mother wrapped her shawl tighter around her child. An elderly couple sat quietly outside their wooden hut, waiting for the day to warm their bones. In the distance, the mountains of northern Thailand stood silent—beautiful, remote, and unforgiving.  No clinic.  No paved road.  No one coming—at least not usually.  And yet, this is precisely where the Church belongs.  There is something deeply Gospel-shaped about going to plac