Dear Church! We are very grateful for being with us on this part of the World by prayers and your support! Because of God’s grace, we can witness these blessings:
“I will go to Heaven!” – was a very sure answer from a 10-year-old boy. Why do you think this way? we asked him. “Because I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, Who came to this World and died for my sin. And he continued with the whole Gospel in his own words. When he finished, he said: “Do you know who told me about Jesus? P’Kig, my Sunday school teacher!” He was so excited and sure in his words.
Our Sunday school is not the only place where children learn about Christ. God opened the doors in the public school where children and teachers can learn more about God each week. From the first time when we talked about God the Creator and Jesus, His Son, we saw that this news was completely unfamiliar to them, and now we see that there is more understanding in what we are talking about. “Thank you very much for coming here, we are waiting for you and happy when you are here” – were the words of the children. Teachers are sending their greetings to everyone who made it possible for their children to learn English and hear about God. Every single day we can openly present the truth of the Bible! Thank God for these opportunities. Thank you for your prayers, because God gives us strength and joy and doing this, also our local youth encouraged to help in sharing the Gospel.
God is also really working in the hearts of our youth: “I want to be a pastor and open a church up in the mountains where there are no Christians” – said one of our young boys. This desire is not normal for a boy, who is growing in a non-Christian family and in the culture where all expectations to provide a house and car for the family, are put on the son. But God can do miracles and he is the One who gives the desire.
Please continue to pray for
1. Us to have wisdom in sharing the Gospel
2. The dry season didn’t start yet, but we already lacking in water and many people need to go to the river to wash their clothes or bring water for their families
3. Our youth to grow in the Faith and stay firm in the truth
4. Please pray for God to send us a helper in teaching children for this May – July
Last December we started our program “The gift of health and hope” as we entered our winter season. Many families live in simple homes, where often the temperature inside is the same as outside, and this season it was 7C (44F) which is very cold for us.
This is the season when hospitals are full of sick children and adults. We were encouraged by this situation, to make small presents for wellness with some cough syrup, cream, warm socks and etc. and share the hope that is in our Lord Jesus. One of our events took place in our evening school where we invited the parents of our children. Most of these children come from very simple families with a small income, some are growing up with their grandparents. As we talked about Jesus’ birth many people were very surprised to hear the good news that Jesus was born in a very simple place, laying in the Crip and have shepherds as His first visitors. Jesus, the Son of God, was born poor and very simple! For many parents, these were news they probably didn’t hear before.
Thank you very much for your prayers and financial support. We were able to make more than 100 presents, but we didn’t stop there. As the cold season continues, we would like to offer the same program in a public school, teaching the Bible on a weekly base and encourage elderly people.
We really appreciate every one of you, your prayers and for the last month God provided a helper for us, but we are still in big need for an English speaking person who has a heart for God, to help us to teach in the public school the Bible and English in January and February. We believe that our God is the God of miracles!
Please also pray for our youth as they are growing and facing many temptations, having Christian support only in Church.
Many blessings to every one of you, your families and churches.
Dear Church, brothers, and sisters in Christ! We are very grateful for your prayers and support towards the reconstruction of our Church building in Thailand, where less than 1% of the population are Christians.
Thank God for the nine people which opened their hearts and came to help, not only to build but also to cook, organizing day camps, giving clothes and toys to children, teaching English to government officials and encouraging local youth. Two other tribes, that we visited together and organized camps, were very grateful and encouraged by it. “Thank you for coming and organizing a camp in our place, you brought a lot of joy to children and many are encouraged to come to church or youth group” – said a pastor who works with people in that tribe. Our local youth also had a lot of opportunities to serve together and learn new things for the ministry. It was very active and full of many blessings.
During this time, we had a temporary bamboo shelter, where we continued all the activities. Now, as the school year started, we have a strong and safe building, where children, teens, and adults can come and learn about God and also, learn how to live life the way God meant it.
Thank you again to everyone who participated in this work, it made a big difference. Even though there are a lot of things accomplished, we are still continuing the work on our building, where we need to protect our roof from the heat, put some bricks around the metal frame and make our floor nice. If God puts in your heart to participate in this project, please make your donation towards this cause “church building”. May God richly bless every one of you!
These two ladies look very happy and grateful because now they can listen to Jesus’ story on their own, tribal language! One of them got a device and in the next few days brought another lady who was really asking to have the same. Even this elderly lady doesn’t move much, she found her strength to walk to the Church and get a story that she really wanted to hear! Please pray for these people who hear about God through these devices that God would give them an understanding and open their hearts for Him!
Ministry in Thailand – San and Anita, “Avoda” Thailand
The small tribal school that is up in the mountains with 140 students doesn’t have enough teachers and one teacher has to teach several subjects. English is being taught by showing videos. It seems like a very typical tribal school up in the mountains, but we believe that God has a special plan for this school!
Last August the teacher came to us with the request to teach in that school, but we said that we don’t have enough teachers who can go there and teach. A few days later we received a message from two young ladies. They said that they would like to come for one week and help in the ministry. We saw it as the answer to this need and planned a three-day camp at that school. It was such a blessed time, without any rain, during a rainy season, and at the end the teachers told all the students: “We didn’t have anyone to teach English in our school, but God heard and sent us these people who organized a camp for us”
And the principal said: Please come and teach our students about your God! These children come from poor families and by their believe they need to bring sacrifices, which make them suffer a lot, please teach them about God and how to live for Him!” This principle and teacher, who is a very strong Buddhist, is inviting us to teach about God in their school!
It is such a great opportunity, but we don’t have people who could do it! After that there was a school break and as a new semester was about to start, we thought again, how can we help: “Lord, but we don’t have enough people!” two days later I received a message from a young girl who said, “I just finished my school program and have two months to come and help in the ministry” Wow! That was the answer, these were exactly the two months before New Year! Even those it took her some time to come at the beginning of the month, God provided a team of young people who came spontaneously for two weeks, exactly for these two weeks that Irina needed for her preparations! God is great! We started teaching in this school by faith, that God will continue to bring people to continue the work! We have two days a week, where we teach English and one-hour Bible lesson for students with their teachers. Isn’t this great?
God’s work is great, and we invite you to join us, we are in need of a teacher for January and February, as it would be the end of the school year. Please if you can come and be a part of God’s work, or you can tell someone else who can come and maybe help financially for somebody to come. Or maybe you can pray that God would provide a person, this would make a big difference and bring glory to God! We also have a need for a teacher for our new school year May-July 2020. If you can speak English and have a big heart to serve the Lord, you are the right person!
There is a big joy to witness the decision of two people who decided to follow Jesus and made it visible through baptism! “I want satan to know that I am following Jesus and I want people around me to know that I am with God!” “I want to be a part of God’s Church” – were answers when we ask them why they want to get baptized. It was truly a big joy and we are grateful to God who does the work!
“I look at you, Christians, and I like what you are doing, I want to be a Christian too, but I am still afraid of the spirits that they will harm me and my family.”-said one lady, whose husband is a shaman. We had a chance to visit them and share about God, who is much higher than any other spirits and our sister, who just got baptized, was glad to share her testimony and how God is helping and protecting her.
Every Sunday we are visiting the elderly in our village and even there is a language barrier it is nice to see how our children helping each other to find the right words in their tribal language to tell about God. One Sunday, I was amazed to see how God is giving courage and desire, one of our boys was so on fire to share about God and His love for us. After we finished, he came and said that he wants to prepare a Bible story about the rich man and Lazarus, he said that he will tell this story in Mien. One week afterwards, his sister joined us and she was very surprised to hear her brother speaking in Mien, she said that he refuses to speak Mien at home, she didn’t hear him speaking Mien and no here he is telling a Bible story in it. Praise God for the work He is doing in their hearts.
Another grandma was very interested when we talked about God, a few weeks later when we came to visit her and asked if she is ready to believe and she said yes!
We have many children and teens who are coming to the church, there is one group of children who walks to church for around 40 min from their village up in the mountains. They are glad to be with us and learn more about God.
Thank you for your prayers, as we finished the half-year of our school, we realized that we had three groups of children but only two teachers, and for the third group, God always provided someone to teach! Through all these 5 months! One girl came for 3 months, as soon as she left, in one week, another young lady came for 2 weeks and in a few weeks later the school was over. God is great!
We are also grateful to God for our new friend and sister in Christ. Also, we are grateful for the opportunity to learn with our youth how to share the Gospel in a simple way, using colors and telling the main truths about God, Jesus and mankind. Which is very useful for every Christian!
Please pray:
1. For those who got baptized for their faith to get stronger.
2. For those who hear the Gospel, that their hearts will be open to understand and accept Christ as a Savior
3. For our Church building project. Thank you, we have 5 men and 4 young ladies who are coming to help. We are also planning to have English activities during this time
4. Please pray for our youth as they will share the Gospel with others during the upcoming camp.
Thank you very much for every prayer, God is really answering.
Dear Brothers and sisters in Christ! Greetings from Thailand! Thank you very much for your prayers and support! God is at work!
It was a usual Wednesday evening when we were having our Bible study. The last few weeks were very active, and many questions were asked, and it and the bible study took us longer than usual. This week we were learning what the Bible tells us about sin and the work of Jesus Christ. We had more people because some of our older girls visited us during their summer break from their University. We explained the Gospel, and now the question was: “Have you ever made the decision to follow Jesus? Would you like to make it today?” and one by one, all who were there, decided to pray and ask Jesus to come in their lives, some for assurance and some for the first time in their life. It was a usual Wednesday evening but for some, it was a turning point in following God. God is at work and His Word can change the hearts. We are also praying for them to take the next step in their faith and get baptized. It’s an important decision as they might face conflicts in their families.
When we visit elderly people in our village, they are very encouraged and surprised about our care. This is the best way to show God’s love and introduce them to the audio Bible in their own language. When we came by to one lady and offered her a small speaker with easy access to the Bible story, she refused to take it. First, as she said her family members don’t like when she is listening to Mien, also she was afraid that someone will steal it. So, we found a solution for her and invited her to come to church at any time and listen there since she is our neighbor. She liked this idea. Two days later, this lady came and asked if she can listen to the story, we offered her last time. After she listened to it she came to one of our girls and started to retell the story she just heard. It’s so nice to see how God is talking to everyone in different ways, so they would understand it. Another lady is listening to Jesus story every day from the day she got it and really like it.
There is one more prayer that God answered. Ching is a young girl who is growing in her faith and is now playing the piano for our worship time. She wanted to grow and learn more in this area. She was so thankful when we found an app for her to learn the piano, but after a while, it was hard for her to understand because of all the explanations in English. We prayed for God to send us someone who can teach piano, God answered, as He does it every time we ask! Eveline came for two months to teach piano and Choir to our children! We are very Thankful for God’s care!
Please continue to pray for Cheetah and for God’s plan in his life. The most important part is for his family is to be saved. Cheetah is the a 6-year-old-boy, who is sick with an incurable disease, the one we asked you to pray about before. At this point he has a feeding tube in his stomach, his immune system is not strong, and he is getting sick very easy. Please pray for the family as they are going through this hardship and also for their salvation.
Please pray for:
1. Our teens to grow in their faith and make a decision to be baptized.
2. Our protection from snakes and other dangerous animals.
3. The ministry with the elderly as they are listening to Jesus story, and their hearts would be open to understand and accept the salvation.
Thank you for every prayer and your support, because together, as Church in Christ we can do so much more!Many blessings to you and your families
