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How do you know God is real?
One of our close Thai friends leads a women's small group. A woman had begun attending and showing interest in learning about Jesus. However, since she was a devout Buddhist, our Thai friend was not expecting her to come to faith in Jesus. This woman's main objection to believing in Jesus was that she didn’t know if He is real or not. Our friend asked for some advice on how to answer this challenging question. We were happy to share some thoughts and ideas. The next week our Thai friend excitedly stopped us on our way into the office and shared that this woman became a follower of Jesus! It was through our friend’s consistent witness that this woman came to faith!
Titus in School
Titus's Thai school has been a very good experience for him. He's learning a lot and starting to speak some Thai. His school went on fields trips to the police station and the fire station. Titus loved it!
Bacon, Anyone?
Owen started his own business making and selling homemade bacon to our local ex-pat community. He has enjoyed the learning experience and the chance to make a little bit of money. The flavor is hard to beat!
Hard Worker
We're continually amazed at the support Grace International School offers Jake. School is still his favorite place to be. We're so thankful to be able to live overseas but still have his academic, social, and developmental needs met!
Our teacher team in Sukhothai has seen quite a lot of fruit lately, both professionally and spiritually. We're very thankful for their faithfulness in living out the Gospel on a daily basis. It is so exciting to see new believers professing faith in Jesus!
A new teacher will arrive in Thailand from New York at the end of this month, and we hope another will follow early next year. COVID has understandably made mobilizing new teachers a bit more difficult. Additionally, we have internship proposals for two well known TESOL programs in the US and Canada, but it looks like internships won't be easy in 2021 due to travel restrictions and the associated risks.
Faith finished her certification in spiritual direction! She put it to great use soon after she finished by leading a Thai women's retreat. Faith shared about how the Lord sees them and knows their story and situation. Many of these new Christians had never considered how God sees them because they view themselves as insignificant. They were so excited about what they learned and the great experience they had, that they were talking about it even weeks later.
Eric has the opportunity to come alongside a young Thai church leader. He preached in the Thai language for the first time last Sunday! This church is going through the Gospel of John and Eric was able to speak on Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman in John 4. It was a good time for stretching linguistic ability and learning how to be more comfortable speaking in front a groups using Thai. Pray that this small church grows in love of Jesus for one another and those around them.
Prayer Needs:
  • First year English teachers in Sukhothai - they have done a great job assimilating and building relationships - continue to pray for longevity and fruitfulness in their work
  • We will be receiving a new teacher in a few weeks. Pray for her quarantine (14 days in a hotel room in Bangkok) and adjustment to life and work in Thailand
  • Our roles will be changing some in the coming months with Crossworld. Pray for us as we adjust and learn what this will look like on a day to day basis
  • We have found it difficult to have a consistent time for discipleship with a few of our Thai friends. Pray that God continues to use the time we do have with each other to encourage one another and spur one another on to good works
Thank you for making this ministry possible!
In the Shepherd's Arms,
Eric, Faith, Jake, Owen and Titus
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