Happy New Year from the Johnsons - Family Update

Recently, we’ve been sharing with you about our ministry here in Northern Thailand. We also want to share with you about our family and what’s going on in our everyday lives. We hope this will help you get to know us better and be able to pray for us in a personal way.

We’ll start with the youngest:

Caleb:  Caleb is 14 and in the 9^th grade at Chiang Rai International Christian School (CRICS). He’s had a good start to High School this year studying Geometry and Biology among other things.  He’s been studying Karate and reached a blue belt in 2013. He loves working out, soccer, basketball and hanging out with his friends. He also enjoys playing electric guitar, bass, and is learning piano this year. Please pray for him as he grows and learns.

Josh:  Josh is 16 and in 11^th grade at CRICS. Josh loves his friends and making people laugh. He continues in his love for drama and film and has really enjoyed making videos with his new movie camera he got for Christmas. He plays the drums, is also learning piano and enjoying drama class at school. He plans to take the SAT this spring and look at what comes next after High School. Please pray for him as he focuses on school work and seeks God’s will for his future.

Liz and Dallas:  We welcomed Dallas Vaughn to our family in July at their beautiful wedding here in Chiang Rai at our church. After their honeymoon on the beach here in Thailand, Liz and Dallas returned to Jackson, TN to continue their education. Liz is a junior in Music Education at Union University and Dallas is studying Christian Ministry online through Liberty University. They both are busy studying, working and serving the Lord in a new church plant called 116 Church in Jackson, TN. They are currently raising support to go to Las Vegas this summer for a ministry internship with Hope Church.  You can learn more about this on their website at http://vaughns2vegas.wordpress.com/ . Please pray for them as they seek to follow God’s calling.

Jessica and Aaron:  Jessica and Aaron are expecting their first child (a girl - Ruth) in March!  Jessica has been teaching third grade at Hodge Road Elementary School in Raleigh, NC, while Aaron is working on his Masters of Divinity at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest and working 2 jobs. They are also very involved leading a growth group at their church, Imago Dei.  Please pray for them as their family grows and they seek to follow God’s call on their lives.

Michael:  Michael wears many ministry hats:  VP of Field Operations for NTIM, Director of Grace Language School, and Pastor of Baan Athitaan Church. Michael would say the best way you can pray for him would be to pray that he would seek the Lord is all that he is and says and does. He would ask that you would pray that God would fill him with the love of the Lord and with wisdom to know how to best lead and equip others and make disciples of Jesus in a way that accomplishes God’s purposes, builds up the body of Christ, and expands the kingdom of God in this part of God’s World.

Hope (Me):  Many of you already know that after being an English Instructor at Mae Fah Luang University for 3 years, I felt like I needed to spend more time on family and our ministry. With that goal in mind, I left the university and began in August teaching at the boys’ school (CRICS) and teaching English at our language school (GLS) on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. At CRICS I teach piano, voice, elementary music, choir, study skills, 6^th grade writing and grammar, and 8^th grade homeroom and Bible. In the church, I play the piano, teach and coordinate Children’s Church for the English Speaking Children. Please pray for me as I seek to serve.