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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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.