I love this time of year in Thailand. It is a time
when the weather is cooler and it is the time of year when the hearts of Thai
people are open to hearing the greatest story ever told.
One of my favorite Christmas songs as a child was
“Go Tell it On the Mountains.” I love this song but it has come to have a much
greater meaning to me than I ever thought possible. You see, I am just an
ordinary man just like most of you reading this… but my life is nothing along
the lines of ordinary because God has taken me and my family on an awesome
journey that allows us to “Go tell it on the mountains” of some of the least
reached peoples in our world today. What a great joy it is for us to share the
message of Christmas with people who have never heard it.
The last few weeks have been some of our busiest
weeks of the year but also some of the most fulfilling. We love to tell the story
of Jesus and we like it very much when friends and partners come to help us do
that. We are so grateful for the awesome team from FBC Tuscaloosa who was with
us from November 12 – 18. During this time we were able to tell the story of
Jesus in an Akha Unreached People Group (UPG) village, a Mien Unreached People
Group (UPG) village, and a Hmong Unreached People Group (UPG) village, as well
as, provide English teacher training to 3rd year students at
Rajabhat University who are studying to be English teachers when they graduate.
We are so thankful for teams like FBC Tuscaloosa who continue to come back to
Thailand to help God’s Work move forward. Thank you Vial, Nancy, Pat, Leigh
Ann, Ken for your heart for Thai people. Here are a few pictures of our time with
the team from FBC Tuscaloosa.
We are also very grateful for new teams that come
out. We welcomed an awesome team from Gulfport, MS who was with us from December
7 – 14. During this time we were able to tell the story of Jesus in two Muang
Unreached People Group villages, with about 40 children that study English with
us each Saturday, with about 40 youth who meet with us each Friday night, with
about 50 university students at our Soccer Outreach, and were able to visit and
pray for some of our leaders in our church. We were very blessed to have this
team serving with us. Thank you Pastor Israel, Bobby, Shane, Mike, Doug, and
Christi for opening your hearts and loving like Jesus loves. Here are a few
pictures of our time with the team from Gulfport.
God is using English and Soccer in mighty ways to
reach the hearts of young people and build His church in one of the most needy,
yet fascinating places in the world – Northern Thailand.
It takes a lot of time and resources to build
relationships of genuine trust with people but we are thankful to God for
allowing us to be a small part of His plans to draw people to the cross and to
a personal relationship with Jesus.
Thank you for praying for us as we seek to lead
others to Jesus and disciple them. Thank you for coming on mission trips to
help with God’s work.
Thank you for giving through NTIM so that we can
serve here and insure that the gospel reaches into some of the least reached
people groups in the world.
Thank you for sharing with others about out work
and being an advocate for us and for the unreached people groups that we are
targeting.
Our ministry with university students has continued
to grow and blossom and we continue to covet your prayers.
Your Servant to the Nations in and around Northern Thailand,
Michael for the team
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