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July 2010 Prayer Letter Print E-mail
Friday, 16 July 2010 20:45

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Thai pastor sharing Gospel with small group of Thai childrenDear Friends & Family,

The first half of July turned out to be a very busy but very productive time for us.  Joining us for two weeks was a short-term team from East Sarang Community Church in Chino, CA.  Karl coordinated the team together with Tam, who works in student ministry in nearby Lopburi.  The schedule was packed with English teaching, an evangelistic student cafe, open air evangelism & tracting, children’s ministry, and preaching. 

Ministering at the Phrabaht church is often very discouraging and lonely, so it has been wonderful to have so many enthusiastic, dedicated young people with us, as well as their team leader, a former classmate of Karl’s from Gordon Conwell Seminary.  Working more closely with Tam was also a great experience as Tam is a hard working Biblically minded servant of God with whom we can communication well.

 
June 2010 Prayer Letter Print E-mail
Friday, 11 June 2010 23:15

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Thai School ChildrenDear Friends & Family,

 

June signals the start of the school year here in Thailand and life is busy and our days are long.  Karl has restarted the evangelistic kids club in Nong Doan and our first week had 20-30 kids, mostly returnees from the previous year.  As we reviewed Creation, Sin, and Noah’s Ark, some kids called out, “We know that already!”  That’s great.  It means that they remember some of what we did last year and we can build on those foundations.  Last year we spent lots of times doing Old Testament stories, especially the first part of Genesis. This year we’ll focus more on the New Testament.  Student worker Tam, some new student ministry interns will help out, as well as Pastor Jareun from the PhraBaht church.  Please pray for these children from poor homes in rural Nong Doan.  Pray that these stories and songs at kids club will be used of God to bring about faith and repentance in their lives as they grow up.

 
May 2010 Prayer Letter Print E-mail
Tuesday, 04 May 2010 11:30

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cows cross road in rural Thai village of Nong DoanDear Friends & Family,


Perhaps you noticed that we did not have a prayer letter this past April.  We were tired and really close to vacation time so decided to skip a month.  We’re in the midst of Thai hot season, which is particularly hot this year, so it was good to get away to the beach for a couple weeks even it is often not so restful with two small children.



When we arrived back in PhraBaht, we were glad to discover that Pastor Jareun and his family were about to head out for a week of vacation.  Thai people almost never take vacations, and only take a few days off around international New Year’s (Jan 1) and Thai New Year’s (April 13-15).  Jareun and his family really needed a rest so we were glad that they decided to do something counter-cultural here in Thailand - taking a vacation.

 
March 2010 Prayer Letter Print E-mail
Friday, 05 March 2010 23:05

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Pastor Jareun and TamDear Friends & Family,

Greetings from Northern Thailand!  No, we have not moved from Phrabaht but for the first two weeks of March are attending Pre-Home Assignment Workshop in Chiang Mai to help us prepare for our upcoming home assignment (furlough) from Dec 2010 to Oct 2011.  We are busy reviewing our life and ministry over the past few years, preparing talks, and starting to plan for the where, when, and who of our time in the States.  We’re looking forward to time back home to reconnect with many of you and to share what we we’ve seen God doing in Thailand over the past four years.  And looking ahead to AFTER our home assignment, we’re asking God to give us at least one more missionary family to join our church planting team here in Thailand. May the LORD of the harvest give us desperately needed like-minded co-laborers in the Gospel for His work here in Thailand.  Please pray with us (Matt 9:37-38)

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Prayer Requests

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  • The thousands of people who received John’s Gospel and/or tracts
  • Discipling Thai Christians
  • Evangelism in Nong Doan
  • Growth of Thai church (both numbers and maturity)
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  • Discipling Thai Christians
  • Visitation & Evangelism in Nong Doan
  • Growth of Thai church
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  • Discipling Thai Christians
  • Thai political crisis
  • Growth of Thai church
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  • Discipling Thai Christians
  • Pastor Jaruen’s family
  • Mentoring Tam
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  • Church plant in Nong Doan
  • Discipling Thai Christians
  • Pastor Jaruen’s family
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  • our Bible reading & prayer
  • Balance in family &ministry
  • God to grow the PhraBaht church in Biblical maturity
  • Kids club in Nong Doan
  • Wisdom & diligence in trying to disciple people
  • Pastor Jaruen’s family
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  • Christmas evangelism
  • our Bible reading & prayer
  • Balance in family &ministry
  • God to grow the PhraBaht church in Biblical maturity
  • Kids club in Nong Doan
  • Wisdom & diligence in trying to disciple people
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  • sufficient time for Bible reading and prayer
  • New routines and balance between family and ministry
  • Solid finish as Karl wraps up formal language studies
  • God to grow the PhraBaht church in Biblical maturity
  • Short termer Brent visiting other ministries while we are away
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  • that we would be diligent in making sufficient time for Bible reading and prayer
  • Figuring out new routines for our now larger family
  • Sun’s recovery from C-section, increasing strength and feeling “normal” again
  • Ting (Nong Doan) to understand and embrace the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Perseverance and progress in language study for Karl
  • Short termer Brent Meyers learning Thai and learning about missions
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  • Kids club evangelism in NongDoan
  • Healthy and safe pregnancy & delivery for Sun & baby
  • Ting to understand and embrace the Gospel of Jesus Christ as Jareun visits him to teach Bible
  • Perseverance and progress in language study for Karl when we get back to PhraBaht
  • Short termer Brent Meyers learning Thai and learning about missions
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  • Kids club evangelism in NongDoan
  • Resolution to messy church discipline situation at PhraBaht church
  • Healthy and safe pregnancy
  • Weekly Bible study with Chaat & Muay in Nong Doan
  • Perseverance and progress in language study for Karl & Sun
  • Brent Meyers learning Thai and getting to know people in PhraBaht

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  • Kids club evangelism and English teaching in Nong Doan
  • Resolution to messy situation at PhraBaht church, involving an influential family in the church
  • Sun’s pregnancy
  • Weekly Bible study with Chaat & Muay in Nong Doan
  • Perseverance and progress in language study for Karl & Sun
  • Brent Meyers learning Thai and exploring God’s call on his life
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Praises

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  • Short-term team from East Sarang Community Church
  • Evangelism opportunities with students, children, and open air
  • Visitation & discipleship opportunities
  • Reconciliation between some church members
  • Visitation & discipleship opportunities
  • Vacation for us & for Pastor Jareun’s family
  • Visitation & discipleship opportunities
  • Pastor Jareun staying at PhraBaht Church
  • Tam graduates from T2S ministry training program
  • Visitation & discipleship opportunities
  • Healthy happy kids
  • Christmas evangelism
  • Visitation & discipleship opportunities
  • Baby Caitlin growing well
  • Language study completed
  • Upcoming Thai Christian leaders like Tam
  • Brent’s time in Thailand
  • Sun’s feeling increasingly “normal” again after birth
  • Missionary Rene & Thai helpers will run the kids club while we are on vacation 10-24 Nov
  • Safe delivery of baby Caitlin
  • Strong healthy new baby added to our family
  • Rene continuing the kids club while we were away
  • Sun’s pregnancy progressing well
  • Sun passing 3rd year Thai exam
  • Kids club evangelism in NongDoan
  • Sun’s pregnancy progressing well
  • Sun sitting 3rd year Thai exam
  • Kids club evangelism in NongDoan

  • Sun’s pregnancy progressing well
  • Progress in Thai language study
  • Good start to evangelistic kids club and English teaching in Nong Doan

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6/27-7/11   East Sarang Church Short Term Team

7/18           Karl teach Sunday school at PhraBaht

7/25           Karl preach at Ayuthaya
6/12      Mini English Camp in Saraburi

6/13      Karl preach in Ayuthaya

6/20      Karl preach at PhraBaht

6/24-27 OMF Thailand Annual Conference

6/27     East Sarang Community Church Short-Term Team arrive
4/6-20   Family Vacation
4/25      Karl preach  at Phra Baht Church
5/5-7     National church leaders meetings
5/13      OMF prayer meeting
5/16      Karl teach at Phra Baht church

 

3/1-12 Pre Home Assignment Workshop in Chiang Mai
3/21 Karl teach Adult Sunday School, PhraBaht
3/28 Karl preach Blessing of Ayuthaya Church
2/14 Karl preach PhraBaht church
2/21 Caitlin’s baptism
2/28 Karl preach PhraBaht church
3/1-12 Pre Home Assignment Workshop in Chiang Mai
12/4      Karl Year 3 Thai Exam
12/14    Short-termer Brent fly to USA
12/18    Christmas at KidsClub, NongDoan
12/19    Christmas kids outreach in our neighborhood
12/20    Karl preach at PhraBaht church
12/23    Christmas outreach at PhraBaht Nursing College
12/25    Christmas
12/28    Caroling at PhraBaht Hospital
12/31    Christmas service at PhraBaht church
 

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