Beginning the Month of August 2007

As usual we started our day visiting Ban Nern. We stop and talked with Ta Kong for a while. There are 3 believers in this area. Only one able to read but I think she will struggle to read the 2nd Bible we just given her last week. I prayed and asked the Lord to give her desire enough to read. After few more visits we went straight to the meeting point.
After committed the session to the Lord I asked them what they want to start with either Bible lesson or singing songs. They choose to study first. I have prepared Genesis 1: 1-5 with the story about day and night and simple pray.

They are children so simple and innocent enough to touch our heart. We asked God to help them through. We prayed for the Lord covering them each time. We commit them to the Lord as we know that after we went back the community around them or the world will take it force against them.
We split into two groups one bring the children to visit few old folks at that area to sing few songs to them at this time to keep in touch with them. During our visiting K.Dum and K.Man talked to some adult who came to join us. There are two new believers just accepted Christ during we went around to visit Pah Sumruay. By grace of God thery are allowed to come to His Kingdom.

Luke 14:15 When one of the guests sitting at the table heard this, he said to Jesus, "How happy are those who will sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God!"
Luke 14:16 Jesus said to him, "There was once a man who was giving a great feast to which he invited many people.

On the right Lee is always drunk with cheap white liquer. Today she is a bit sober dresses much better than prevoius Saturday as she mixed around listen to the good news and then decided to accept the Lord eventually. Another one stand on Lee's right hand "Lome" came to us with just curiousity full of logic and doubts but she told us that she saw the cross when we arrived that place in that morning. Sinner pray followed by renouce all idols to their life and asked the Lord to grant them this life jouney mercy and be led by the Holy Spirit. Carnally I don't think they understand all this but we know that our good Lord will bring them through. Thank you Lord for working through us.

Another one is the lady in grey in this picture. She could not write nor read and skeptical about the good news. I told her not to believe what I say but listen to her own heart then I prayed for the Lord mercy to her a Saturdays before and to day she told us that she is ready to accept the Lord.
As I stopped for refreshment at the provision shop across the road she asked one of the the children to call me to come as she wanted to accept Christ.
I came and lead her to Christ. Thank God for using this vessel. I knew so well that of my ability I am not in any position to convince any of them to see the the kingdom of God. Another thing that she is illiterate who do not attend formal school at all. To read she depended on her grand hild who come along to sing songs with us.

A girl name "Palm" was waiting for us from the beginning asking us to visit her grand mother at her home another side of the village. We did as her request. We believe that her family will be blessed through her. Wonderful Ajarn Dumrong our guitarist who put his heart come along with us during his holiday. He loves fishing and spends many of his weekends and holidays by the fishing ponds all over the place in this area. Now he come with us every Saturday as a volunteer to play guitar for the children. Thank God for Your provision. Alone what can I do but with You I can do all thing in Christ Jesus. We looked to the whole area and from that what we have seen of all their problems we lose hearts. We keep going back there just only we believe that our God is there and He is doing something for this village and this area through His vessels who believe in Him and willing to do His will. I told Him earlier that I have no ability to do anything without Him. He assured me with His word.

"Philippians 4:13 I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me."

We decided to celebrate with them by asking them to join us for local kuay teow. The lady just first day try do not know how to do just know that she has put up 1000 Baht to buy ingredients and already sold some earlier. They afraid that they don't have enough for all children. So after we paid for the left over we move out to have lunch another place. Thank God for all encouragement while we teaching some basic Bible on Genesis 1, and singing gospel songs with children God prepared their hearts before joining us as we take tour of the same route to visit few senior people and pray for them. We are quite eager to tell them about the redemtion and the good news. Even we know that Salvation belongs to our God but we felt that we like to see faster rate to have more people saved.

Children love to play rough with Kajad instead of clap their own hands they beat Kajad's knees instead. After enjoy themselves. Freindship started caused them missed Kajad and looking for him next Saturday as he is too busy to come.

After we finished what we do in Nong Tumleung we left for lunch across the road behind the temple where their yong tou foo is good. While we waited Ajarn brought down guitar and we started sing Christian songs and talked to people. Thank God for His provision the lady who helping in the shop ready to accept Christ. We lead her to Christ but she told us that she can not come to church on Sunday because the day is good for business and she has a lot of things to do. We gave her Bible and believe that the Lord will increase her faith and know Him better so that all those blockage will become blessings to straighten her faith and knowing the Lord better. As she trusted Him she will be blessed and problems will not become stumbling block any more. With God all thing possible.

After lunch we make our way to see Rosukol as everytime we see her we can see God's hands are upon her. We are waiting for the "His opportune time".

Romans 5:16 And there is a difference between God's gift and the sin of one man. After the one sin, came the judgment of "Guilty"; but after so many sins, comes the undeserved gift of "Not guilty!"
Romans 5:17 It is true that through the sin of one man death began to rule because of that one man. But how much greater is the result of what was done by the one man, Jesus Christ! All who receive God's abundant grace and are freely put right with him will rule in life through Christ.

Rosukol's condition is encouraging she can turn herself left and right without helping. The can eat and look at her right now how she looked. Thank God.

Ephesians 2:6 God has brought us back to life together with Christ Jesus and has given us a position in heaven with him.
Ephesians 2:7 He did this through Christ Jesus out of his generosity to us in order to show his extremely rich kindness in the world to come.
Ephesians 2:8 God saved you through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God.
Ephesian 2:9 It's not the result of anything you've done, so no one can brag about it.
Eph 2:10 God has made us what we are. He has created us in Christ Jesus to live lives filled with good works that he has prepared for us to do.

Being saved is a gift from God.
Praise the Lord.