Collection 697 Oral History Interviews with Angkarin Pimpaeng

Collection

Identifier: CN 697

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews with Angkarin Pimpaeng in which she discusses her childhood in Thailand, life in rural areas and the city, attendance at Chiang Mai University, conversion while a university student, work with Youth with a Mission (YWAM) in that country, attendance at YWAM’s University of the Nations in Hawaii, leading YWAM teams to Bangladesh, returning to Thailand and working with Study Abroad there, the development of her faith over the years, attending a TLC (Assemblies of God) church, Christianity in Thailand, strengths and weaknesses of the church there, her attendance of the Wheaton College Graduate School. The time period covered by the interviews is ca. late-1980s to 2016.

Angkarin Pimpaeng was interviewed by Bob Shuster in November 2016 and January 2017 in the office of the Billy Graham Center Archives in Wheaton, Illinois, USA.

Dates

2016-2017

Creator

Pimpaeng, Angkarin. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research, and there are no access restrictions

Conditions Governing Use

The copyright to the sound recordings in this collection is held by the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center Archives.

Biographical Information

Full name: Angkrain Pimpaeng

Birth: June 1980 in Chiang Rai province, Thailand

Family

Marital Status: Single

Conversion: Ca. 2002, while at university

Education

1980s-1993 - Attended elementary and secondary village and city schools in Chiang Mai province, Thailand

1993-2003 - Attend Chiang Mai University (Mahāwitthayālai Chīang Mai). Graduated with a BA in English.

2005 - Attended Youth with A Mission’s University of the Nations (UOTN), Discipleship Training School in Hawaii

2007-2008 - Attended Youth with A Mission’s University of the Nations (UOTN), Biblical Foundations and Missions School in Hawaii

2016-2018 - Wheaton College Graduate School, Masters in Counseling

Career

2003-2005 - On staff of Youth with a Mission (YWAM) in Thailand as a translator

2005-2010 - On the staff of YWAM in Hawaii as mentor and trainer at UOTN

2010-2015 - On staff of Study Abroad (International Sustainable Development Studies Institute)

Extent

3 Sound Recordings

307 Minutes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Accruals and Additions

The materials in this collection were given to the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center Archives by Angkarin Pimpaeng in November 2016 and January 2017.

Accession: 16-40, 17-02, 17-04

April 21, 2022

Bob Shuster