Alabama & Mississippi Baptist Help Open New Doors in China - June 10, 2010

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (NTIM reports) – There are more than 44 million people living in Yunnan Province in Southern China and most have never heard the message of our Lord Jesus. Amongst the millions who have never heard the gospel, God is using Alabama & Mississippi Baptists in partnership with GLS to plow new ground and open doors for future work.
One of the team members from Shades Mountain Baptist in Birmingham, AL who serves as the Field Director of NTIM and Director of Grace Language School (GLS) in Chiang Rai, Thailand said relationships of deep trust and friendship were hard to build but easy to tear down. “We are so grateful for partner churches like FBC Florence’’ he said. “They understand our philosophy of teaching English with integrity and with a very intentional life purpose of being salt and light while building bridges of trust and friendship with those we teach.”

The team from FBC Florence, MS, where Buddy Sheriff serves as pastor, had six members who met in Bangkok in early June with a team of four members from GLS. They flew together to the capital city of Kunming and drove to a strategic city in the Yunnan province. There they spent three days being salt and light and teaching English to more than 2,000 students in both a university and high school where GLS has been developing strong relationships.

The team was especially excited to unexpectedly meet a couple of the university students who were led to Christ through Baan Athitaan Church in Chiang Rai one year ago.“The fields are ripe for the harvest,” NTIM Field Director said. “But the workers are truly few.”
GLS is praying for God to send seven college graduates (one preferably ethnic Chinese) who love Jesus and can go to Chiang Rai and serve for at least two years and help the school reach the nations living in and around Northern Thailand for Jesus. For more information visit www.gontim.org or send an email to pray4gls@gmail.com

A youtube video of our trip can be found at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3nm0CJDsEI

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