I am in the planning stages of traveling to the Global Impact
Conference (GIC) that I have the opportunity to participate in at my home
church in Birmingham, AL at Shades Mountain Baptist Church every February. I am
very grateful that my home church provides the resources needed for one of my
family members to make this trip each year. Thank you Jeremy and Pastor Danny.
It is a great time to celebrate missions and be renewed in our heart to serve
the Lord in this very needy part of the world.
Over the last three years, at least one of our Thai staff
has been able to travel with us to this conference. This has been a very good
thing. It gives them a chance to be exposed to “church life” in America, new
ways of doing things, and helps them work more effectively with our partner
teams and volunteers that come out to Thailand to help the ministry.It is a very practical time of training our awesome Thai ministry partners.
This year as we prayed about whom the Lord would have us
consider taking, the Lord made it clear to us that it should be Jay. The Lord
gave me the privilege of baptizing Jay as a university student on October 21, 2007.
Here is a video clip of that day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7c6R_dYflI&list=UUQxuqAaL4rlZJ_eAu2XotLQ&index=32&feature=plcp
Jay is from a Hmong Village called Huay Khu where we have been
parting with a small village church over the past several years at Christmas
time to help their church reach out and win their village for Jesus.
Jay is a very bright young man that graduated with honors
from Rachabhat University and felt the leadership of the Lord to join us on
staff at Grace Language School and at Baan Athitaan Church after he graduated.
He has been an active part of our team since November 17, 2009.
God has used Jay in tremendous ways while serving these past
two years and we pray that God will continue to give Jay a heart to serve Him
with us in the years ahead. Jay currently serves as our key Thai leader for
Grace Language School as well as one of our key leaders at Baan Athitaan Church.
Recently we partnered with another organization to send Jay
to Singapore for some leadership training. Now we would like for him to
accompany me for some “on the job training” and be a part of several mission
speaking opportunities where he will get to share firsthand what God has been
doing in Northern Thailand.
We are writing to all of our family, friends, and supporters to give
you a chance to be a special part of sending Jay to America through your
prayers and through your giving. Even before I put this update together, God
has been opening the door for Jay to go. Two weeks ago Jay traveled down to
Bangkok to request a tourist visa from the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok and the
Embassy granted him 10 year visa!!!!
Your Servant to Nations in and Around Northern Thailand for
Jesus,
Michael Johnson for the team
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Donations can be sent to: Northern Thailand Impact Ministry
(NTIM), P.O. Box 26115, Birmingham, AL
35260 USA Main Website:
www.gontim.org
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NTIM is a non-profit 501(c)(3)charitable organization based
in the USA. We are committed to connecting people in need with people who care
and are focused in the heart of Southeast Asia where poverty is high, education
is low, needs are great, darkness is everywhere, and the love and message of
Jesus is needed to transform lives.
