His Protection :
We loaded two trucks at 04.00 a.m. on Saturday morning. We prayed together and 19 of us drove of at 05.00 a.m. One of young man said “We have a long way, we should check the engine. He found the dry water pot and moreover, he found a big pair of pliers lay on the engine. Thank you God for keeping us safe for the whole trip!!
Special Time :
We arrived school in time for lunch. After lunch we spent time with about 300 school kids. We played games, we painted and danced. My Buddhist friends from Bangkok gave the
children a lot of sweets and snacks. All the kids joined in and had fun with us all afternoon.
At dinner time we sang a special song for the Bangkok team- a Christian song about God’s home. One in our team thanked them for their support and shared with them our feeling and the meaning of the song. Come home to God’s love and his family. My Buddhist friends had soft eyes and were quiet. More important thing is when we thanked God for our food, no one from Bangkok started to eat until we said “Amen”. We needed to leave the school after dinner. Our Bangkok friends said a long good bye with our young team. One even said “God bless you” it’s not the word for general Buddhist should say and this is the first time. Truly, they enjoyed being with us and want to spend more time together. I’m confident they are hungry for God’s love but they don’t know it yet.
Impress :
We stayed over night at a Christian brother’s home in small village called Baan Nam Meat. On Sunday at 06.00 a.m., we went to worship at a local church. They are worship early
in this farming village. There are Lawa hill tribe and have about 20 members. We sang special songs and shared encouraging testimonies. I met an American missionary, his name is David. He had lived in this area more than 30 years. He has studied the local culture. He learned to listen, speak, read and write the local language. Now he teaches Bible and he translates Bible into their local language. He told me he wants to make a complete local language Bible before he leaves this world.
I was very impressed for with the Holy Communion ceremony. They use sticky rice and clean water instead of bread and grape juice. I feel they remember Jesus on the cross with their heart. Thank you God for a very wonderful experience.
Prayer Point :
1. Mr. David. He is over 60 years old and needs good health.
2. Bangkok team. They are Buddhist friends, the same team as before. Let them be more hungry for the truth and God’s love.
3. People at Baan Nam Meat. Many village people believe false gods and worship idols.
4. For next mission outreach. Maybe we will arrange a Christmas outreach.
5. Youth team. They are students. Sometime they have problems. They are a great
Team. They love God and they love each other. Pray that little things do not interfere.
Monday, September 7, 2009
A Testimony (cont.)
If you will turn the clock back five years into the past, a woman named Noina prayed to the Lord, asking him to increase in her the value and meaning of life, to fill within her his love- to make up for what she thought was ‘missing’.
And increase the meaning of life, God, indeed, do.
For the first two years, he gave her care over a ‘youth’ group. The group consisted of four University Students in Chiang Rai, all of them from the Hill Tribes and even one of them was living at her house. As she went into her third and forth year of ministry, eight more students joined her. Praise the Lord that, now, five years into her ministry, she has more than twenty youths, (young adults, really) in her group. All but three of these young people came to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. They were all from poor, farming families- and none of them have ever had what most would consider a ‘normal’ past.
She spent much of her time with them to build relationships, and she did it by:
1. Holding fellowship time after work and having dinner with them at least once a week in the first two years, then it was three times a month in third and forth year. Currently, due to the size of the group and economic reasons, they would carry this activity for once or twice a month. However if there was a plan to do outreach there would be additional get together.
2. Take time to listen, share, advise and pray with them, for they are young adults…and young adults problems, they are keen to have!
3. Raise support for those who are in need. Praise Lord, however, that seventeen of our students received sponsorship for lunch, dormitory and, more importantly, a sponsorship for their tuition.
4. Leading the group to work with non-believers and to demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ and through this activity, the Lord used this opportunity to teach both the group and the group leader all at the same time.
For the first two years, God filled what was missing in these youths, as they learn to “receive,” while at the same time, Noina learnt how to “give”. Give warmth, love, care, and advices. She would hold fellowship time, lead activities, go shop hunting for Christmas presents. Many times, she would seek advice from those in the pastoral positions- she thought if some of the people truly deserve sponsorship, but as one missionary states ‘we pass on the blessing not judgment .
We should thank God as, into the third and forth year, the youths eventually learn the true meaning of what it is to ‘give’. This change came about as they go into outreach, the young men and women were more willing to put in ideas and the labours. They started giving more support instead of receive , and as such, their quality of live seemingly improved. This is when they start sending presents to the supporters. And this year, Noina received a surprise from her ‘youth’ team, for on her birthday, they held a secret party, had cakes, singing “Happy Birth-day”, and telling her that it is for “our second mum”.
Through these years in her ministry, she saw growth in her youths: physically, spiritually, and mentally.
To the Lord be all gratitude and glory for His answer in Noina’s life. Now she feels complete.
And increase the meaning of life, God, indeed, do.
For the first two years, he gave her care over a ‘youth’ group. The group consisted of four University Students in Chiang Rai, all of them from the Hill Tribes and even one of them was living at her house. As she went into her third and forth year of ministry, eight more students joined her. Praise the Lord that, now, five years into her ministry, she has more than twenty youths, (young adults, really) in her group. All but three of these young people came to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. They were all from poor, farming families- and none of them have ever had what most would consider a ‘normal’ past.
She spent much of her time with them to build relationships, and she did it by:
1. Holding fellowship time after work and having dinner with them at least once a week in the first two years, then it was three times a month in third and forth year. Currently, due to the size of the group and economic reasons, they would carry this activity for once or twice a month. However if there was a plan to do outreach there would be additional get together.
2. Take time to listen, share, advise and pray with them, for they are young adults…and young adults problems, they are keen to have!
3. Raise support for those who are in need. Praise Lord, however, that seventeen of our students received sponsorship for lunch, dormitory and, more importantly, a sponsorship for their tuition.
4. Leading the group to work with non-believers and to demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ and through this activity, the Lord used this opportunity to teach both the group and the group leader all at the same time.
For the first two years, God filled what was missing in these youths, as they learn to “receive,” while at the same time, Noina learnt how to “give”. Give warmth, love, care, and advices. She would hold fellowship time, lead activities, go shop hunting for Christmas presents. Many times, she would seek advice from those in the pastoral positions- she thought if some of the people truly deserve sponsorship, but as one missionary states ‘we pass on the blessing not judgment .
We should thank God as, into the third and forth year, the youths eventually learn the true meaning of what it is to ‘give’. This change came about as they go into outreach, the young men and women were more willing to put in ideas and the labours. They started giving more support instead of receive , and as such, their quality of live seemingly improved. This is when they start sending presents to the supporters. And this year, Noina received a surprise from her ‘youth’ team, for on her birthday, they held a secret party, had cakes, singing “Happy Birth-day”, and telling her that it is for “our second mum”.
Through these years in her ministry, she saw growth in her youths: physically, spiritually, and mentally.
To the Lord be all gratitude and glory for His answer in Noina’s life. Now she feels complete.
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