My Thailand Calling

My Thailand Calling is the autobiography of Christian missionary Rynier Kruger. Born in Southern Rhodesia in 1952,  Rynier Kruger had an idyllic boyhood growing up on his family’s isolated farm near Chipenge, near the border of Mozambique. As he reached his teens a revolt led by communist guerillas was in its early stages. In 1970, along with his older brother, Rynier enlisted in the Rhodesian Army.  Following his military service, Rynier attended an agricultural college in South Africa. At the conclusion of the Rhodesian Bush War, Robert Mugabe was elected a promised sweeping reforms. Gradually, life was made difficult for Rhodesia’s farmers. His entire extended family was forced to abandon their farms and leave the country, settling in South Africa. After graduating from college in 1981, he went to work for the Agricultural Marketing Board of South Africa.  It was while working there that he came to saving Faith in Christ and he  committed his life to Christian service.