Today we left the city of Phrae to visit Mark and Lisa's community. This was the side of Thailand that many of us wanted to see. Being from a rural area, the members of our team were glad for a break from the city.
Wherever we went, we were surrounded by rice in abundance. And the rice was surrounded by mountains. But every so often, when we least expected it, the area looked eerily like the world we left behind one week ago.
The people, as we expected, proved to be very gracious hosts. One of our groups had the opportunity to witness to the "mayor" of one village. (His picture is at the top of this entry.)Even sitting there in the shadow of a wat, he took one of our tracts. We talked openly about our different religious beliefs. Pray for this seed that was sown, please!
Other groups marked sites in the community and did prayer-walking also. The food today was out of this world. (We might come home with a few recipe books.)
Tomorrow is our last day of work, and it is very hard to believe how quickly our time here on the ground has passed. Soon we will be on our way back home! Our prayer is that God will use this work to reach the Northern Thai people. Please continue to pray for these new friends.
3 comments:
I am glad to know that God is working! We will continue to pray for the mission team and the Thai people.
Shannon, I love you and miss you. Gavin and Addison love you and miss you too.
Internet has been down for a couple of days. I have been lost. Thank you Karol and Shea for your emails. You made my day. I miss you all so much. Church just seemed so empty with out all of you. Johnny & Justin went to the game Saturday and Johnny was at church both for Sunday School and Church. I can't wait to see all of you Sunday. I will be praying that all the seed you have planted will be harvested and the work you have done will help others to reach all for our Jesus. I hope to be at the web cam tomorrow to see all of you. God bless you all. I love you mom
Robbie, I can't thank you enough for all your work to keep us informed. You are doing a great job!!! God bless you deb
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