I want to thank all of you who have been praying for us and reading these updates each day. I pray that they have helped you to see what an awesome God we serve and how deeply our Lord loves all these unreached peoples living in and around Northern Thailand and how He has invited us to join Him in His great work.
Today, I want to ask you to join us in praying for
a few missionaries that partner with us in a very special way on a regular
basis like Josh & Jessie Grammer, David & Dianne Ford and their family
and missionaries like Lesa Morgan, Kim Matthews, Vern and Audrey McCauley, and
many
others
just like them who serve on the field here in Northern Thailand.
I think I
speak for most of us when I say that this is a time of year that is a time of
high emotional strain and adjustment. We are deeply emotionally connected to
our friends, our coworkers, and the people we have come here to serve in
Thailand, but our hearts also long to be with our families and friends back
home. I would love to walk up to my mother and give her a hug and say “Merry
Christmas Mom. I love you.” I would love
to go over to my brother’s house for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day and have a
meal and celebrate Christmas with both of our families. I would love to spend
time with our two daughters and their families and with Hope’s Dad and sisters
as well. Those are desires that we have tugging at our hearts this time of year
in a way that is just hard to pen.
Please understand your missionaries that are
long term missionaries. This is the time of year that they (we) really do have
struggles and they (we) really do need your love and your support.
Pray
for them. Yes. Pray for them earnestly. They need your prayers. But do not stop
there. Write them an email. SEND THEM A CHRISTMAS CARD. Send them a care
package. Send their children a small gift for Christmas. Make a small donation
on their behalf expressing your support of their mission. Reach out to your
missionaries this Christmas in a meaningful way.
Prayer Example:
“Lord, we thank You for raising up people who are willing to follow You
wherever You lead them to go. We thank You for the Johnsons, the Grammers, the
Fords, the McCauleys, for Lesa and for Kim and for many others who serve You in
Northern Thailand. We thank You for the reminder that they really do struggle
during this time of year. Please help their families understand the call You
has placed on their lives and help our missionaries to rest in Your perfect
plan for their lives. Help us, Lord, not to forget them but to reach out to
them in a special way this year. May You wrap each of our missionaries and
their children in Your arms of love and bless them in a special way. Help us do
our part in reaching out to encourage them this Christmas too. In Jesus name we
pray. Amen.”
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