The evening began with worship that went back and forth between Thai and B-----se, as Tuesday evenings are when our B------se church meets. Below Pastor Isaiah and team lead worship.
Our church members had worked all day to make the church beautiful. Thai people love Christmas lights, for any occasion!
As part of the worship, we listened as each of the 5 people who were baptized shared their stories of how God had worked in their lives to bring them to this step of faith.
Below is Sunday (with Bob and Ozz). He is Thai, but his wife is B-----se. She cannot read Thai, so she asked her husband to read the Bible to her. He did, and through that God worked in his own heart and he accepted Christ about 1 year ago.
Below is Chin (with Ozz, Bob and Pastor Naat). His wife is also from B----a and she also had asked him to read the Bible to her, and God used it to begin revealing himself to Chin. He is the man who built our church building, and has a very powerful testimony. He has been involved in nearly any form of evil you could mention, but God has changed his heart and is making a man of God out of him.
This is Pote. On the day of the baptism he was knocked unconscious by an electrical schock, putting up the spotlights. Everyone there at the time gave glory to God for protecting him. His wife is also a believer who had already been baptized.
This is Meet, Sunday's wife. She was challenged to pray that God would bring someone to serve with us who spoke her language, and God heard that prayer and sent us Pastor Isaiah. Now there are about 2 dozen B-----se believers that meet for worship every week, and many are preparing for baptism next month!
This is Uncle Man. His wife (Auntie Kham) came to the Lord before him, and he was impressed with how she read her Bible every day, and how bold she had become in sharing her faith. He has always been very quiet, but since we went on the missions trip to Isaan and he stood up and shared his faith with his family, he has become very bold himself!
Each person who was baptised received a new Bible or worship cd (if they already had a Bible).
Uncle man receives his....
And of course, the evening finished with Communion, followed by a great meal of Thai and
Below is Chin (with Ozz, Bob and Pastor Naat). His wife is also from B----a and she also had asked him to read the Bible to her, and God used it to begin revealing himself to Chin. He is the man who built our church building, and has a very powerful testimony. He has been involved in nearly any form of evil you could mention, but God has changed his heart and is making a man of God out of him.
This is Pote. On the day of the baptism he was knocked unconscious by an electrical schock, putting up the spotlights. Everyone there at the time gave glory to God for protecting him. His wife is also a believer who had already been baptized.
This is Meet, Sunday's wife. She was challenged to pray that God would bring someone to serve with us who spoke her language, and God heard that prayer and sent us Pastor Isaiah. Now there are about 2 dozen B-----se believers that meet for worship every week, and many are preparing for baptism next month!
This is Uncle Man. His wife (Auntie Kham) came to the Lord before him, and he was impressed with how she read her Bible every day, and how bold she had become in sharing her faith. He has always been very quiet, but since we went on the missions trip to Isaan and he stood up and shared his faith with his family, he has become very bold himself!
Each person who was baptised received a new Bible or worship cd (if they already had a Bible).
Uncle man receives his....
And of course, the evening finished with Communion, followed by a great meal of Thai and
B----se food. This was truly an international service, and one we know that God was pleased to bless!
God has blessed us with several families where both the husband and wife are Christians. That is a great thrill to us. Please pray for all our families to love God with all they've got, and their neighbors as themselves (and for the missionaries to do the same). Pray for our ministry with the factory workers, and for the new opportunities in the local school. Please pray also for our upcoming Christmas events, that Jesus will be lifted up! Amen!!
God has blessed us with several families where both the husband and wife are Christians. That is a great thrill to us. Please pray for all our families to love God with all they've got, and their neighbors as themselves (and for the missionaries to do the same). Pray for our ministry with the factory workers, and for the new opportunities in the local school. Please pray also for our upcoming Christmas events, that Jesus will be lifted up! Amen!!
