English for Adults & Children

This is almost a given here in Southeast Asia...English is a coveted commodity, and they would greatly appreciate if we would all share our wealth of knowledge on our mother-tongue. So we will be starting November 1st to teach local Bang Sak children & adults English. Please pray we would make lasting relationships with more Bang Sak locals. Bless you for your prayers on the behalf of the Southern Thai peoples.

Bi-Vocational Thai Church-Planters

Yes, a miracle, for anyone who knows Thai church culture. Our Thai partners have decided to go this route. They will be starting a nursery at Dean's Center here in Bang Sak for the local children. A LOT of work, and they need ALOT of prayer. This is a big scary step for them to take, but it will open the avenue for more bi-vocational churchplanters to be raised up and sent out. Please pray for their encouragement, and the financial success of this micro-business venture. Pray that the many young believers who consider our partners their spiritual father and mother would be willing to go this route as well.

Team Unity...Always a Challenge

We were on the Island of Ra, 20 minutes off the coast on a wooden long-tailed boat, the only guests at a kind of rugged cabin/camping site. We had finished dinner and a day of exciting discoveries; giant jellyfish, big pufferfish, and a sea-snake among other animals! We were doing a simple de-brief as a team, and one of the questions was, "What has been the most difficult thing for you these past 10 months" and "What do you want to thank the Lord the most for?" One of our partners, Ning, said the hardest thing was working as a team, and working as a team is also the thing she wants to thank the Lord the most for.
Working as a team is hard work! It is the number one reason missionaries leave a work. Among other things, it takes a lot of prayer, humility, willingness to compromise, mutual respect and understanding that we all have our weaknesses and strengths. These are all values that we can all agree on in principle, but find a challenge to work out in daily life.
I thank the Lord for our team, yet I also know we need a lot of prayer. As we see churches being established and new believers growing in the Lord, we also experience the fiery darts of the enemy...and team unity seems to be a favorite target.

Pray for Gee

Gee is one of the new believers at our church here in Bang Sak. She was baptised a month ago along with our daughter in the ocean. Her life has not been easy. She was raised by her dad and stepmom, (her mother died when she was young.) When she was a 18 she had her first child, and then later her second. Her oldest is 8, and both children have been raised by her dad & stepmom...a common practice here so the mothers can work. She has a third baby, and she lives with the father of this child, his nickname is Pooh Bear and he is 2 years old now. (Common law type marriage here is very common, they are considered married.) She was from a Buddhist background, and her husband is still Buddhist. She really needs prayer to stand strong in the face of opposition from her husband and his family about her new faith. Please pray for her to grow in grace and knowledge of God, and also to be bold in her witness. She is feeling very weak and vulnerable to the enemy's attacks. Thank you for praying for Gee!

"A light has dawned!"

We have been in this area for one year. Already through Gods grace some have come to believe in Christ as their savior. Please pray for these new believers. Ung an Saw came to Christ as a family one evening at a Bible study. Shortly after they believed they were baptized. Pray they will keep walking with God daily and keep reading, studying, memorizing and applying God's word to their lives. Pray some day that they will begin to teach the word of God to others and start a new church. The children in this picture recently came to faith in Christ. Pray for them as they grow in their faith. Pray for there moms and dads to stay open to the gospel and for our friendships with their families. Please read the prayer request on this page. They will give you a good idea what to pray for concerning the big picture of seeing churches multiplied in this area.

Information to help you pray for the Andaman Sea area of Southern Thailand

This is to help you pray with us as we live and serve in this area. We are in a spiritual battle and we need you to pray that God will destroy spiritual strong holds. Please read this and pray for these people to come out of darkness and believe in Christ.

This blog is a way for you to know how to pray for the people of Southern Thailand.

Our Purpose
To glorify God by knowing Him and making Him known.

Our Vision Statement
We envision multiplying simple churches established from the Andaman Coast to the Bay of Thailand led by Southern Thai people reaching out to neighboring provinces and beyond.

Our Mission Statement
To facilitate an Indigenous Biblical Church Movement from Andaman Coast of Southern Thailand by partnering with and training Thai Christians to plant multiplying indigenous churches.