Thank you for your prayers, financial support, and words of encouragement. We have had a busy past three months with the ending of summer activities and bringing us into the rainy season/monsoon rains. Praise the Lord, our home and church areas haven’t been affected by flooding yet.

Celebrations

On Easter Sunday, we combined both churches and had a special, long service celebrating the Resurrection of our Saviour, including special music and the Lord’s Supper. It was just our church family due to Easter landing near a Thai holiday. For many of our church members, this was their first time celebrating the Resurrection. In June, we again combined churches to celebrate our Chom Tong church’s 2-year anniversary; around 200 attended. There were several visitors, and many people who hadn’t come in a while came. Everyone enjoyed a special meal and 2 raffles—one for the children and one for the adults. We praise the Lord for growth in the church members over the past year. Several have been baptized, and others have made important decisions.

Dormitory Children

Our church has a few dorm rooms on our property for children and youth in need. Until now, 4 children have been sponsored and mentored though our church, but only 2 children have stayed on the property. In March, an aunt and uncle of 4 children, who were going to take care of them, came and asked us if we could take in their niece and nephews during the school year due to their aunt having health issues. We encouraged them to have the children become a part of our church and children’s activities during the summer. After prayer about it and getting to know the children, it was decided to welcome them into our dorms. There are now 4 girls and 4 boys, from the ages of 8 to 14, entrusted into our church’s care. Six of them are living on the church property under the care of Pastor Abel’s family and a worker, Khun May. Please pray for wisdom and guidance, so that we can make an eternal impact on these children’s lives and that they will be a testimony to their families when they visit their parents.

Children’s Program and Activities

Our largest ministry outreaches in our San Sai church are to the youth and children. Our church continues to hold a Saturday morning children’s program and an evening youth-group activity. After a devotion, the youth go out to pass out tracts or enjoy team sports and games. Often, the youth join both morning and evening activities and bring their friends. In April, it was a pleasure to take the youth and our nephew to a three-day Youth Conference about an hour and a half away. We pray that the decisions made and the lessons learned will stay with them. The last week before school opened, we rewarded the faithful children and youth with a day out at a small water park. We had a group of around 20. While many disappear during the summer, this group stayed faithful to all of the church services and events.

With the opening of the new school year in May, many children have returned from visiting family during the summer break, and an average of 50 now attend our Saturday program each week. Most of them come from families who believe in Buddhism and Animism. The newest outreach opportunity that God has given our church is to hold a chapel service on Fridays at the school that the children in the church dorms attend. Please pray for us as the church staff puts their hearts into reaching the next generation for Christ, guiding them in the right way, and helping them through personal difficulties.

Special Prayer Request

Wedding of a Couple from the Chom Tong Church: Even though they have been together for several years and have a son, they hadn’t married. After learning about what the Bible teaches about marriage, they decided they wanted to marry and commit their marriage to God. They have invited 200 of their unsaved family and friends to attend the ceremony. We are praying for many of them to open their hearts to receiving Jesus as their Saviour. Please also pray for this couple’s family and their continued spiritual growth.

God bless,

Teerapat & Tiffany Phaisarnpiwat