Prayer Letter Oct 05 Written on October 21, 2005, by admin.
Dear Friends, October 2005
And I, as I’m lifted up
From the earth, will
draw all men to myself
Thank you for all you support and prayers. You all are a great blessing to us.
Family
We are doing well here, settling down in our new house, which is about 10 mins drive from the Old City.
Tobias is doing well overall. He is now 2 years and 7 months old and talking a lot in 3 languages, but predominantly English. He is also becoming more independent and knows what he likes to eat and wear. He is looking forward to going to school next year as he knows many of his friends do already. Tobias is very sociable, has a lot of friends, opens doors and is really a lot of fun to be with, so he can be a hand full at times.
We continue to study Thai language. Stefan is concentrating on reading the Bible in Thai and he enjoys it very much, and also challenging, as the vocabulary is different from normal daily spoken Thai. Tina has more time to study now, as we share looking after Tobias. She has more confidence to talk more to our neighbours now, there her language skills are really picking up now.
Ministry
Even so we have moved to another area God still places in our hearts the previous area where we lived in the city. We still continue to visit people in the “old” area, continue to build relationship there and getting to know more people.
After praying and talking to some neighbours we recognized some of the needs of this community. One of them is teaching English and also we felt we should do a playgroup for the younger ones. Learning via play, which is a new concept in this area.
Through Godstance we found a building right in the middle of the community, called “Kam Siri” which translated means “Word of Glory”. We certainly pray over that building and the entire area that God’s glory will come and draw people on to Jesus himself. In fact- God’s kingdom has come on some people already. We prayed for Uan, who had Diabetes. A week later he told us his doctor sees a substantial improvement of his condition. Stefan, visit him regular, we read the bible together and pray.
Another friend, her name is Duan, was involved in an accident and broke four ribs. She was to rest for two months. After we prayed for her she was back working at the market after two days, telling us the fast improvement was due to our prayer.
So we started teaching English. 4 weeks ago we had registration and a big party for the kids. About 20 children came and they had fun with games and lots of foods. We started the classes for free as it is a need in that area and the parents cannot afford to send their kids for extra classes in English language. One of the parents was so touched that she sewed a curtain for us for free and another parent brought us lots of delicious food and fruits on the opening day. They really blessed us.
Last week we went to a Vineyard conference in Bangkok, where we met many old friends and made new ones. People came from all over Asia. It was awesome to worship together and spend time with so many people from different cultures. Very encouraging.
Prayer points
- We want Jesus to draw all those he has given us to himself. Please pray for the kingdom of God to come more and more and manifest itself in the area
- Uan, Manit , Sawat , Duan, Lombow, their families and many others to come to know Jesus. They all live in a very poor slum in our area
- Nit & Na are 2 Thai mothers – their salvation and their family too.
- We will be sharing with the kids about Jesus in Dec, what is Christmas all about. Pray for their hearts and openness to Jesus and His love.
- Home group in the near future in Thai ???
- Christmas party for the adults too – Christmas message.
- For us as we teach English classes with our limited ability.
- Finance for buying gifts for the kids for Christmas and also foods.
- Continue to pray for our Thai language study.
- Protection as a family.
- Phom is a friend of ours, who gave his life to Jesus about 6 months ago. Please pray for him, there he is in need of direction and what to do now with his new life. Also how can we help him in a constructive way , which points him to Jesus
- Please pray with us for the future as we are seeking God about expanding the ministry by having a sort of “drop in center” during the week at Kam Siri. We just need to know how to attract people to come and feel comfortable.(if God shows you anything, please let us know)
How to contact us:
We will be distributing regular news for prayer. This will be
- By group email
- Hard copies
- Through prayer gatherings.
For those in our home church – Riverside Vineyard Church, Feltham – contact Claudia Lamb (Tel 020 8751 6635 – Email mail@twolambs.net)
For others contact Ian Watts – 020 8944 0982 – hallelujah150@yahoo.com
Or you can contact us here in Chiang Mai. Our Email address is stefan@mickel.freeserve.co.uk
Thank you all so much for your support and prayer. We miss you a lot, but it is great to know that you are right behind us.
Lots and lots of love
Stefan, Tina & Tobias
P.S.
Uan gave his life to Jesus yesterday. He told us that he understand the bible better now, when he reads it. He also had a dream a week ago, where God showed him heaven, which he saw in the dream as a beautiful place, where he experienced piece, happiness and a lovely cooling breeze.
Please pray that God will protect him, speaks to him and draws him close to himself.
Also pray for me, Stefan, as I help him to grow in his newly found relationship with Jesus.
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