06/11/2013

Hello, everyone. Hope all is going well for you. Here is a quick update from Thailand…

Teaching English is going very well! I have two pictures here. The first is me teaching English at the Bible college, using a globe to teach about colors. There is a week-long pastor’s training session at the Bible college this week, which means I have the chance this week to do more English teaching on my own. This is a great learning experience for me and so far has gone very well. The second picture shows the children at the children’s home as my friend Balloon and I teach them English. God also blessed them with new desks to use, so they are excited about that.

Teaching English is proving to be a great bridge in sharing the Gospel. I am meeting later today with a Chinese couple to teach English. I met them several nights ago when they visited church for the first time and had a great talk with them. As far as I can gather, neither are Christians, so this will be a great opportunity for me to share the gospel with them. I will have an update on this (and hopefully pictures) soon!

Several of you expressed interest in financially supporting the children’s home ministry, so thank you for that! If any of you would like to know more about this, please let me know and I will send you more information.

To summarize prayer needs, please pray for the following:
>Receptive minds and hearts for the gospel (especially the Chinese couple mentioned above that I will get to personally interact with about 2-3 times per week)
>Local pastors to be effectively trained in inductive Bible study and preaching skills (that is happening this week at a training session), so they can teach others
>Children at the children’s home to grow spiritually
>Pastor Chan’s plans to one day provide healing family counseling


Thank you all for your prayers and support!