ANGELS IN HEAVEN ARE REJOICING – A NTIM and Baan Athitaan Church Update – July 15, 2022

We recently called on all of our Prayer Partners to please pray for Camp Logos on Wednesday (13^th), Thursday (14^th), and Friday (15^th). Today is the last day of camp so please keep praying even after the camp is done but we did want to say God has heard your prayers and was moving in a mighty way last night. At the end of our time of worship at Camp Logos led by Gahn last night, 6 Thai people (that I know of, maybe more) gave their hearts to Jesus and now have their names written in the Lamb's Book of Life. There were about 20 people who came up for prayer but at least 6 of them were taken through the “steps to peace with God” and surrendered their hearts to Jesus.

The Bible says that the angels in heaven rejoice over one person who repents and turns to God in faith. Last night at least 6 Thai young people turned to God in genuine faith. Your prayers played a part in that process. Please keep praying as we seek to reach and train a new generation of authentic followers of Jesus here in Northern Thailand.

Shortly after the camp is done, we will do a video and update for you but wanted you to be able to rejoice with us along with the angels in heaven over these new brothers and sisters in Christ today.

Today is a special day for another reason for us because on July 15, 2016, we sent out a request for pray and a message that informed everyone that we were in the process of purchasing the land that God has now given us. God has blessed us with an awesome multi-purpose building that we have named "The Lighthouse Learning Center (LLC)" or "The Lighthouse" as we call it. I am sitting in my office in this building this morning writing this update. This LLC building belongs to God and is now the home for Baan Athitaan Church (BAC), Grace Language School (GLS), and Channel of Blessing Foundation (which is the legal sister foundation in Thailand for NTIM).

Praise God for God's leadership and provision and for all the awesome partners all over the world (but especially in the USA) that God has called to work together to make disciples of Jesus in and around Northern Thailand. This part of God's world is where some of the least reached people groups in our world today live in darkness with little or no light of Christ and where many that we see come to Jesus are the first person in their entire family to become a follower of Christ. We recently had a building dedication and will send out an update on that as well in the coming days.

Thank you for joining God in what He is doing in and around Northern Thailand through your prayers, through your giving, through sending us as your representatives, and through your coming on mission trips. We are now ready and able to receive mission teams now that the pandemic is mostly behind us.

May God be glorified in all that we do to reach these precious souls for Jesus Christ and equip them to walk with Jesus and become authentic followers of Jesus Christ and share their faith with all the people they know in and around Northern Thailand for the glory of God and the advancement of His kingdom.

Below is the message we sent out 6 years ago on July 15, 2016

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---Written on my Facebook page and posted on July 15, 2016---

Please Keep us in your prayers. We are in the process of purchasing a piece of land so that NTIM can put up a more permanent "Beach Head" known as Grace Language School (originally began as Lighthouse Language Center 15 years ago). This will be a multi-purpose facility and Lord willing will be where Baan Athitaan Church will also have offices and will have full access to the facility.

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Please keep us in your prayers. 

Until all the people in and around Northern Thailand know Him,

Love & Prayers from A Grateful Heart,

Bro Michael (or Pii Mikun as many Thai people call me.)

“For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.” 2 Corinthians 4:5

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Financial support can be given through NTIM....

Northern Thailand Impact Ministry (NTIM), P.O. Box 26115, Birmingham, AL 35260 USA Main Website: www.gontim.org

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, unreached people groups (UPGs) are all around us, and the love and message of Jesus is needed to transform lives. 

URGENT PRAYER REQUEST FOR CAMP LOGOS – A NTIM and Baan Athitaan Church Prayer Request – July 12, 2022

We all calling on all of our Prayer Partners to please pray for Camp Logo on Wednesday (13^th), Thursday (14^th), and Friday (15^th). This camp starts in the morning at 9:00 and will be 2 nights in our new building and 3 full days. This is most likely the most important camp we have ever done and we have about 70 people that will be involved in this “Youth” (jr high, sr. high, and university students).

The reason that we think that this is the most important camp we have ever done is because the name “Camp Logos” is not just a good name but has very significant meaning. Many of you know that the word “logos” is a Greek word used in the Bible to refer to the Bible and to also refer to Jesus as “the WORD that became flesh and dwelt among us.” Jesus also said that He was the bread of life. We will be lifting up the Word of God in honor of “the Word” that became flesh according to John 1:1,14. 

We also know that God’s Word tells us that we are to live not only on bread alone but also on every “word” that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord. So, we felt led by the Lord to design a camp around the theme of helping our young people become more active in reading the Bible, studying the Bible, memorizing the Bible, reflecting on the Bible, and obeying the Bible. That is what “Camp Logos” will be all about. 

Please pray for us each day starting tomorrow morning at 9:00 A.M. Thailand time. Please remember to pray for not only those who are “campers” but also those who will be teaching, leading, or in some way involved in the equipping of this new generation of young Thai people so that as God’s Word tells us in 2 Timothy 3:17, “so that the man or woman of God may be fully equipped for every good work.”

Until the People in and around Northern Thailand know Him,

Michael for the team

“For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.” 2 Corinthians 4:5

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Financial support can be given through NTIM....

Northern Thailand Impact Ministry (NTIM), P.O. Box 26115, Birmingham, AL 35260 USA Main Website: www.gontim.org

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, unreached people groups (UPGs) are all around us, and the love and message of Jesus is needed to transform lives. 

                                                                             

 

Incredibly Opportunities In Northern Thailand -An Update on our “English Fun Day” on July 6 – Update July 07, 2022

Dear Family, Friends, Partners in Ministry,

I must confess that yesterday was an incredibly joyful day when all of us connected to Grace Language School (GLS) (our ESL outreach into the community for our local church and for NTIM) along with our first team of volunteers from the USA since covid hit 2 years ago, got to do an amazing ESL outreach. We are so thankful for our partnership with Crosspoint Church in Gulf Port, MS and our close relationship with the Piper family. About 19 of us got into 2 trucks and a car and drove about 30 minutes to a school on the outskirts of our city (Chiangrai) and put on what we call an “English Fun Day.”

As I understand it, this school had never had a native English speaker come and teach English on their campus and let me tell you, these kids were pumped and very excited about having our team. Let me also tell you that we had a blast. We had lots and lots of fun. We even got a natural chance to share about the real story behind Christmas, which most had never heard before in their life. Imagine a place where you can grow up all of your life and never hear the real Christmas story. That place does exist actually in many places in our world but one of those places is Northern Thailand. What huge opportunities God has put in our hands.

We love Thai people both children, teenagers, young adults, and older adults. We want all of them to know that God loves them. We also love reaching out to Thai people through our English language school. We teach on campus at the new Lighthouse building but we also go into our communities to bless them and take the light to them.

We love bringing volunteer teams over to partner with GLS from the USA, Canada, Australia, and other countries. They come to work with us and to go out together all throughout Northern Thailand, into China, into Laos, and all over Southeast Asia blessing this part of our Lord's world and being the salt and light of our King and reflecting His love to those who have never heard. Here is the link to see some of our pictures of our outreach activities yesterday but we have also included a short video clip of our time together yesterday.

 

Link to pictures: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=GraceLanguageSchool&set=a.5324608810948349

Short 2 minute Video Clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn0tU3f-rsg

Thank you for all of you who prayed for our outreach. Thank you to all of you who pray for us on a regular basis. Thank you for all of you who pray for us every day. God is listening to those prayers and moving in mighty ways. Please keep us in your hearts and prayers.

Also, a special thank you to all of you who give to NTIM so that we can live and serve the Lord here right in the heart of some of the least reached people in our world today. Out of approximately 150 children that we interacted with all day yesterday, according to the statistics there were less than 2 or 3 of those children who were followers of Jesus and most of them do not know that Jesus died on the cross as the payment for their sins. How will they know if no one tells them?

Will you come help us? We at Grace Language School are in need of a two or three people to commit to come and to serve with us as English Teachers for 1 or 2 or even 3 years and help us take the love and light of Christ into the darkness and let our lights shine brightly for our King and for the expansion of His kingdom. Please pray that God will raise up laborers for His fields here in Northern Thailand that are ripe for the harvest. If you know someone who might be interested, forward this update to them and have them contact me directly at pray4ntim@gmail.com Thank you for your prayers.

May God richly bless you. Thank you for your generosity and for sending us to Thailand. Any gift you would like to make to our normal, everyday ministry, no matter how small or how large, helps us reach people who are the first persons in their entire families to know Jesus.

Until the People in and around Northern Thailand know Him,

Michael for the team

“For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.” 2 Corinthians 4:5

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Financial support can be given through NTIM....

Northern Thailand Impact Ministry (NTIM), P.O. Box 26115, Birmingham, AL 35260 USA Main Website: www.gontim.org

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, unreached people groups (UPGs) are all around us, and the love and message of Jesus is needed to transform lives. 

                                                                             

 

 

As I write this urgent prayer request this morning here in Northern Thailand, I am sitting in one of the rooms at an elementary school here in Chiangrai, Thailand where Grace Language School is doing an English outreach that we call an "English Fun Day." We have a team from a partner church from Crosspoint Church in Gulfport, MS in the USA with us along with all of our GLS Teachers and staff as well as some of our Thai university students and Young adults with us doing this outreach. Please take us before the throne of grace and ask our Lord to help us be the salt and light of Jesus in this school to these kids and teachers. This school has never ever had Native English speakers come to their campus and they are all very excited. We will be teaching and interacting with about 150 kids from about 4 years old to about 12 years old all day along with about 18 Thai teachers from this school. Praise God he has opened up the door for us to do these kinds of outreaches again now that pandemic is dying down. "Here we are Lord, use us."