3 Day Prayer "Push"

Last week, we asked our prayer partners to join us for a 3 day "prayer push." Following our time of prayer, we went out looking for opportunities to meet people and share the good news. The biggest blessing was sharing with my next-door neighbors, a young couple named Bow and Dtam. They both confessed that they would like to believe, but said that it is impossible for them to leave their religious community without persecution. Pray for this young couple that they will give their lives to the Lord and determine to follow him no matter the cost. In addition to this young couple, many doors were opened for Tracy at the local hospital and for me with the many people that we made acquaintance with during this time. Pray for these that the Lord will open the door for them to hear the good news.

Starting Over

This past week, we have spent a great deal of time beginning to set up our ministry. For me, that means a lot of emails. We plan on using various types of teams from U.S. churches to help us enter the communities regularly for the purpose of sharing Christ.
This week, I also had the opportunity to go out a couple of days to start meeting people and developing relationships. Satoon is filled with tea shops. (This people group does good tea, both hot and cold!). The Lord blessed me with getting to sit and talk with several groups of men (a restaurant owner, some men at a bus stop, and some men at a tea shop). I have much to learn and covet your prayers. My desire is to share the gospel through these relationships and pray that the Lord will lead us to men of peace who will in turn connect us with others.

Moved In!

We are finally in our new home in Satun, Thailand. It has been an eventful week. We lined up a big moving truck to pick up all of our stuff on Tuesday and spent the whole Monday finishing up packing and sorting everything to be ready to put onto the truck the next morning at 8:30 am. Then, Tuesday morning 8:30 am arrives... no truck. 9:30 am arrives...no truck. I tried to call the owner of the truck. There was some confusion as to what he said, then he hung up. What??? 10:30 a.m...no truck. 11:30 a.m...We ask Ong to call and talk with the owner, who says that he will contact the driver for us. Okay...I guess we wait. 2:30 p.m....still no truck. Ong suggests that we start looking for another one. What fun!
But, Praise the Lord, He provided a truck locally in just a few hours and we asked them to come at 7 a.m the next morning.
Now, after a long day of loading, driving, and unloading and 5 more days of unpacking, our house is starting to look like a house again. (Although we are not there yet).
Thanks so much for your prayers!!
Keith