We are very thankful for your prayers and we praise God that our whole team was able to return safely! Esther made it onto U.S. soil and was not even asked a single question during immigration. Caleb also passed the health checkpoint in Korea after leaving Chiang Rai with a fever!
It’s been around 24 hours since we got back from Thailand and I can probably say on behalf of our team that our hearts ache after being separated from the Thai people.
But just because we are not there does not mean that God’s work is not being done.
Help us pray for Peter and Lillian, the missionaries who hosted us, that they will have energy, wisdom, and health to continue their ministry at Bethel Bible Institute. We are so thankful for their kindness and the joy that they brought to our team!
Pray for the Jian Hua students who we had a chance to interact with. For some students, our friendships with them might be the only glimpse of Christianity that they will have a chance to experience. Pray against this being their only opportunity; pray that these students would have more Christian influences placed in their lives so that they might know Jesus one day. Pray for the principals and the teachers that we befriended, that they too might accept Christ into their hearts.
Pray for the Canaan Center kids. Words cannot describe how grateful we are to them for their hospitality and how encouraged we are by their faith in God. The Canaan Center leaders and students truly have servant's hearts. Pray for the students, that they will continually look to God for guidance and that they will have the courage to share their faith with their peers. Pray that God will provide the Canaan Center with the funds to renovate so that they may house even more students, allowing them to continue their good work!
Lastly, pray for the Kingdom of Thailand. A predominantly Buddhist country, but interestingly enough, 0.7% Christian (I read this on the Thai Airways in-flight magazine). After observing the 20% Christian demographic at Jian Hua, the Bethel Bible Institute students, the Canaan Center, and the village churches, it is clear to me that God is moving in Northern Thailand. God is raising a generation of leaders to save the lost. Pray for the gospel to spread like wildfire throughout the rest of Thailand. Pray that His name will be made known, that tongues will confess that Jesus is truly the King of Kings.
I’d also like to share a few important things that God has reminded me of during this trip:
- God’s love transcends all obstacles, including language barriers.
- God perfects us in our weakness…ALL of our weaknesses.
- And it is by GRACE in which we have been saved, not by our good works or by ourselves.
Thank you to all of our readers for your prayerful support! May all the glory and honor go to God!
“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” -Matthew 24:14
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