Hello everyone!
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year! Christmas time is very busy for us at
NTIM! We had many outreaches this year
and a couple teams that came out to support us during these events. Keep reading about what’s been going on!
Our
Christmas actually started in November with a Christmas Party for Chinese
students. A team of 3 people came from
Shades Mountain Baptist Church to help kick-off our new Chinese Ministry. Also in November, our church helped with a
Christmas outreach at Mae Fah Luang University where 36 students gave their
hearts to Jesus! To read more about
this, go to: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/36-University-Students-Give-Their-Heart-To-Jesus.html?soid=1103335986076&aid=_PR0q5Svhtg 
December
was cram-packed with events! A team of
10 from Singapore came to work with us for 10 days and God was really able to
use them! We had an HIV Christmas
program at the same hospital we went to last Christmas. We also had a Christmas outreach for the
children from some of the children’s homes and a Coffee House Christmas Party
for our Grace Language School students.
Our church Christmas Program was on the 17th and around
300-400 people came to watch performances, sing carols, hear about the birth of
our Savior, and have dinner together. It
was a great time! But that’s not all…
The
day after the Christmas Program, we loaded up 2 Song-taos (truck taxis), a car,
and a truck and drove 3 hours to Huay Khu village in the mountains. This is the same village we went to last
year. We spent 3 nights in the village
and did several outreaches while we were there, including, painting the church,
prayer walking, an English Fun Day, and a Christmas Program. When it was time to drive home, we were all
tired and ready for beds and hot showers, but excited about the seeds God
planted while we were there.
Back in Chiang Rai, we said good-bye to the Singapore team,
went caroling to church members’ homes, and then had Christmas with our church
family Sunday morning where we celebrated the baptisms of 8 new believers! Here is the link if you want to read more
about it: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/The-Harvest-is-Here.html?soid=1103335986076&aid=BGyK1WxgVq8#fblike
God was definitely at work in December and He still is! Please pray for the lives that were touched
during the Christmas season. Pray that
God will continue to work in their hearts and that He will receive all the
glory!
It’s a new year and I can’t even express how excited I am
about 2012! It is a year of hope and
possibilities for me, for our team, and for our ministry. I can’t wait to see what God has in
store!
We need your support this year! Your prayers, giving, and going are important
to us and to the people of Northern Thailand.
If you would like to make a donation, come on a short-term mission trip,
make a long-term commitment to serve with us, or find out other ways you can
support us, please go to www.gontim.org
In Christ,
Kara
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