Dear church and staff who is spreading the Gospel. There are many difficulties in the past year but also joy and growth in God. We are greatly thankful for your support in prayers, through mail, visits, and donations.
Remembering the past year, I want to share the blessings that God gave us. There were moments, it seemed to us that we are all alone, but as soon as we cried out to God, volunteers came to us to help. Two groups came to the ministry and some of them came on their own to stay for a few months and donated their time and work.
A team from a church in Singapore served with medicine preparation. More than 100 people received medical help and heard the news of Christ.
We reached the hearts of people through sports games with the youth from neighboring villages. And even though our team did not come in first they learned to pray to God and care about other people.
Last year we held a church camp. God is faithful, and we were able to form a team of leaders and assistants. During the camp, some children prayed aloud for the first time in front of their peers.
We also have an official name now: “The Avoda Fund in Chiang Rai”. This will help us in preparation with all documents and visas for those who wish to help us in the ministry.
A camp in a General Education School with a team from the US was a great blessing. Every day we could openly testify about Christ. Some children started to come to church after this camp.
May God bless you and your families so that in this new year we will bring even more fruit.
Many thanks for your prayers. Three of our girls were able to undergo the CEF training which was held in Bangkok. I was a blessing for them to see other Christians and the warm relationships between them. The training process was not easy but with Gods help, they were able to complete it. God sent good people with them on the way and they were also to see the sea (Gulf of Thailand) for the first time in their life. They are very grateful to everybody who supported them with prayers and financially. Please keep praying for Gikik, Ing, and Ping so that they can use all their acquired knowledge in the ministry.
We are thankful for our church, which provided finances to purchase clothes for our girls. With tears in her eyes, the seven-year-old said: ”Thank you, I never owned a dress in my life.” This seems so insignificant but for them it is very important.
Our children’s choir participated for the first time in our worship service, and two girls were playing the piano. Praise God for sending us people who can teach our children.
Recently we had a special evening in our church. We remembered how God built relationship with people. The way God was interacting with biblical heroes in the past is how he wants to communicate with us. We studied the scripture, prayed, sang and ate together. One of the girls said: ”I hope to see my friends and family in heaven.”
All of our children are from Non-Christian families. They pray for their parents but don’t see any fruits of it. Last week we listened to the testimony of Ploy, and how God answered her prayers. When she came to Christ she prayed for her parents for many years, and waited daily for an answer. Seven years later they turned their life’s over to Christ and her father is the founder of our church.
We are very happy to have a stove in our church. Here our children learn how to bake and enjoy the sweet they created. There is no recipe that they can ruin, they eat everything they cook with joy.
They are already planning to share their baking creations with families in need. They also plan to bake for church events, sick in local hospitals, which we regularly visit on Sundays, and of course for orphans around us. We want our children to understand that they receive blessings by giving. Thank God.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ! Thank you very much for your prayers and support! God is faithful to His promises and when we rely on Him we can expect Him to help us.
On Mother’s Day, we invited local mothers and their children to our house of prayer. Many of them visited us for the very first time. Not knowing what to expect they were watching everything that was happing. We congratulated all mothers and grandmothers of this beautiful holiday.
This holiday is special in Thailand, and we used this opportunity to get to know the mothers and grandmothers of our students. For them this program was special. The children sang and congratulated their mothers. It was nice to see mothers and children sitting together because many of them grew up with their grandparents or other relatives.
Since Mother’s Day has passed, we now have a desire to organize a family day, where the whole family can come together and hear the about Christ.
Prayer Request:
For every child who hears about God would bear fruit in their hearts.
For the staff, that God would send the right people who are ready to help in the ministry.
For our elderly women who come to church and are not employed.
