It has been a real challenge lately for our Thai partners as they deal with loss of financial support. Tanom and Khrua's support ended, which was essentially what they lived on. Our language students packed up as a team and moved, which was essentially the bread and butter for 4 different folks of our team. So now they are praying and stressing. We are helping, but with 7 of them, we can only do so much. Two days ago Tanom & Khrua's kids Aa and Mee had a birthday party. I asked how they found the money to have the party, and Khrua told me they worked on construction sites to get enough money.
So we are all praying.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Krua telling Bible stories for the "Red" team
During the camp, we had 4 teams, Red, Yellow, Blue and Green. Each team did Bible story skits. Here the kids are learning the Bible story. After this we acted out the Bible stories and then each team did a skit in front of everyone else. It was fun and a great way to help them learn.Pray that they would remember and that God would open hearts with His word.
English/Bible camp on Ko Kaw Island
We had 72 kids show up for camp this past week. They came from Prudeow, Bang Sak and Ko Kaw Island. We have had calls already asking us, when will you be having camp next year, we want to be sure to come! Many of these kids heard the gospel clearly for the first time during this camp. Pray for them as they think about what they learned. We desire to keep in there lives as we teach English and spend time with them in different activities. Pray we can get into the lives of their mom and dad too.
Dear friends and supporters,
In the last update I mentioned that you pray for a English camp that we organized and as a team.
It was a great time and many lives were impacted. We had 72 kids and about 18 staff. The kids heard the gospel clearly a number of times and seemed to have loads of fun. We had fun learning English and doing sports activities. We had fun practicing Bible story skits and memory verses too.
Pray for these kids that they will remember what they learned and go home to tell there parents how great it was.
On Mondays we have been meeting as a small group. There are some new young people coming to this meeting. Pray as we teach them chronologically and out of other passages of the bible that their hearts would be open to God provision.
Thank you for praying for us. We see God answering them.
In Him,
Kennedy Paizs
Check out pictures of the English camp on our prayer blog.
http://southernthailandprayernetwork.blogspot.com/
In the last update I mentioned that you pray for a English camp that we organized and as a team.
It was a great time and many lives were impacted. We had 72 kids and about 18 staff. The kids heard the gospel clearly a number of times and seemed to have loads of fun. We had fun learning English and doing sports activities. We had fun practicing Bible story skits and memory verses too.
Pray for these kids that they will remember what they learned and go home to tell there parents how great it was.
On Mondays we have been meeting as a small group. There are some new young people coming to this meeting. Pray as we teach them chronologically and out of other passages of the bible that their hearts would be open to God provision.
Thank you for praying for us. We see God answering them.
In Him,
Kennedy Paizs
Check out pictures of the English camp on our prayer blog.
http://southernthailandprayernetwork.blogspot.com/
Dear Friends,
We want to thank you again for your prayers and support. We are privileged and very thankful for all that you do to keep us here on the field.
We feel your prayers these days as we serve here in Thailand. I have recovered from my sickness and in many ways it was a blessings. Our Thai co-workers took turns looking after me in the hospital while Wendy home schooled. It was a great time to spend hours talking to each one of them. I had the chance to here in detail how they came to God and what God is teaching them in their lives. They asked me to share testimonies of God's faithfulness. I got to hear their concerns about the work and saw their faith as they trust God in the issues of life that they don't have answers for.
Many people prayed for me often and I recovered quickly. In the end God used my sickness to answer prayers for unity, prayers for opportunity to love each other and prayers for good communication with Thai partners. Thank you for your prayers too. I believe God answered them and did many good things through my being sick.
There are some events that I want to share with you and ask you to pray for.
Next week we will be doing a Bible English camp on the island of Ko Kaw. 70 kids should come. I (Ken) will be the main English teacher. Our Thai partners will be doing Bible teaching 2 times a day. We will be doing memory verses and Bible skits too . Sports and games will be part of the program too.
Pray for God to give us stamina. Pray that the hearts of these kids would be open and changed as the gospel is shared. Pray for the parents of kids. Pray we do not have any accidents. Pray we will have a blast and that the kids would go away blessed and touched by God. That they would be convicted of sin and turn to the resurrected Christ.
The next activity I would like you to pray our time with people. On Mondays we are spending the whole day at peoples homes in the village of Taptawan. The Taptawan people are mostly Sea Gypsies and other ethnic groups of people from the Eastern Thailand. Many of them work each day to eat and get by. Pray that we would have wisdom as we talk and build relationships. Americans are far from the Molken(Sea Gypsies) and Esan people that live in Taptawan. Pray for openness. Pray that as we talk we would take risk and bring up hard subjects, like: Why are we here? Where did the world come from? How come every one dies? Is there a God? What is sin? Is there a heaven? What is a spirit? What does the Bible say about spirits? Who is Jesus?
Most of these people are into spirit worship and are Buddhist in a nominal way. Some of them are deep into witchcraft. Pray for us as we enter into spiritual warfare. We have spent a month praying every day, walking around this village asking God to open hearts. Now we are going out by faith looking for the people He has called out. Please keep praying for us as we pursue these people.
In the future we look to do church planting in Thakua Pa. It is the county seat of the this province. It is the most populated city near us. I believe God wants us to move there with in the next 3 years and start to seek out people of peace and see small bible studies started there. In the mean time, we need to take a year, or many months to saturate this area with prayer and make relationships. We will be going out on the 31st to prayer walk every morning at the Buddhist temple and the main neighborhood of this city. Pray that we would be disciplined to keep praying and talking to people when we go out.
This is a dark place and it is like an epicenter of Satanic activity in this area. I have seen many hundreds of people being controlled by spirits in this town. Pray for us as we enter spiritual ware fare in Thakua Pa.
Lastly. On Mondays and Fridays we are meeting and worshiping and doing Bible study. We meet in Chan's house in Taptawan on Monday night and we meet in different people's home on Friday night. This is what I want to ask you to pray for. That Jesus, the Holy Spirit would be the MC of these meetings. We want to follow Gods leading and moving in these times. We don't want to try and control Gods agenda, but want to follow Him. Many time the temptation is to organize and invite God to come and join us. It is my desire to come and listen and seek God's face. Pray as I back off and don't "lead" as the missionary, that others would have freedom to use there gifts and be led by the Spirit to share from the word and give testimony of God goodness.
Please pray for us as a family too. Pray we invest in our kids. Invest in each other as a couple. Walk in the Spirit every day every moment. That we would not get discouraged, but have a great joy, peace and rest as we are part of God's plan for Southern Thailand to see them be part of His Church.
We covet your prayers and believe they are vital to see these activities bear eternal fruit. You are very much a part of this work.
Look forward to seeing many of you when we are in the states from Sept 2008 to Mar 2009.
In Him,
We want to thank you again for your prayers and support. We are privileged and very thankful for all that you do to keep us here on the field.
We feel your prayers these days as we serve here in Thailand. I have recovered from my sickness and in many ways it was a blessings. Our Thai co-workers took turns looking after me in the hospital while Wendy home schooled. It was a great time to spend hours talking to each one of them. I had the chance to here in detail how they came to God and what God is teaching them in their lives. They asked me to share testimonies of God's faithfulness. I got to hear their concerns about the work and saw their faith as they trust God in the issues of life that they don't have answers for.
Many people prayed for me often and I recovered quickly. In the end God used my sickness to answer prayers for unity, prayers for opportunity to love each other and prayers for good communication with Thai partners. Thank you for your prayers too. I believe God answered them and did many good things through my being sick.
There are some events that I want to share with you and ask you to pray for.
Next week we will be doing a Bible English camp on the island of Ko Kaw. 70 kids should come. I (Ken) will be the main English teacher. Our Thai partners will be doing Bible teaching 2 times a day. We will be doing memory verses and Bible skits too . Sports and games will be part of the program too.
Pray for God to give us stamina. Pray that the hearts of these kids would be open and changed as the gospel is shared. Pray for the parents of kids. Pray we do not have any accidents. Pray we will have a blast and that the kids would go away blessed and touched by God. That they would be convicted of sin and turn to the resurrected Christ.
The next activity I would like you to pray our time with people. On Mondays we are spending the whole day at peoples homes in the village of Taptawan. The Taptawan people are mostly Sea Gypsies and other ethnic groups of people from the Eastern Thailand. Many of them work each day to eat and get by. Pray that we would have wisdom as we talk and build relationships. Americans are far from the Molken(Sea Gypsies) and Esan people that live in Taptawan. Pray for openness. Pray that as we talk we would take risk and bring up hard subjects, like: Why are we here? Where did the world come from? How come every one dies? Is there a God? What is sin? Is there a heaven? What is a spirit? What does the Bible say about spirits? Who is Jesus?
Most of these people are into spirit worship and are Buddhist in a nominal way. Some of them are deep into witchcraft. Pray for us as we enter into spiritual warfare. We have spent a month praying every day, walking around this village asking God to open hearts. Now we are going out by faith looking for the people He has called out. Please keep praying for us as we pursue these people.
In the future we look to do church planting in Thakua Pa. It is the county seat of the this province. It is the most populated city near us. I believe God wants us to move there with in the next 3 years and start to seek out people of peace and see small bible studies started there. In the mean time, we need to take a year, or many months to saturate this area with prayer and make relationships. We will be going out on the 31st to prayer walk every morning at the Buddhist temple and the main neighborhood of this city. Pray that we would be disciplined to keep praying and talking to people when we go out.
This is a dark place and it is like an epicenter of Satanic activity in this area. I have seen many hundreds of people being controlled by spirits in this town. Pray for us as we enter spiritual ware fare in Thakua Pa.
Lastly. On Mondays and Fridays we are meeting and worshiping and doing Bible study. We meet in Chan's house in Taptawan on Monday night and we meet in different people's home on Friday night. This is what I want to ask you to pray for. That Jesus, the Holy Spirit would be the MC of these meetings. We want to follow Gods leading and moving in these times. We don't want to try and control Gods agenda, but want to follow Him. Many time the temptation is to organize and invite God to come and join us. It is my desire to come and listen and seek God's face. Pray as I back off and don't "lead" as the missionary, that others would have freedom to use there gifts and be led by the Spirit to share from the word and give testimony of God goodness.
Please pray for us as a family too. Pray we invest in our kids. Invest in each other as a couple. Walk in the Spirit every day every moment. That we would not get discouraged, but have a great joy, peace and rest as we are part of God's plan for Southern Thailand to see them be part of His Church.
We covet your prayers and believe they are vital to see these activities bear eternal fruit. You are very much a part of this work.
Look forward to seeing many of you when we are in the states from Sept 2008 to Mar 2009.
In Him,
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