Week of Halloween

It has been over a week since the last post...oops. Well as most of you know Halloween is over hope you all stayed out of harms way. I learned something new this past week, did you know Reformation Day October 31 1517? This is the day Martin Luther nailed the 95 thesis to the door post of his church. Reformation Day is a protestant Holiday. I thought that was kinda cool, no need to redeem a wicked day Martin Luther did that almost 500 years ago. All that to say we had a good day, we reflected on what the Lord has done for us, spent some time with the Johansens and both families talked about the need for following the Word of God and sometimes the cost of doing such things, as seen by Luther. We ate some "German" food (Goulash and hotdogs, that's as close as we could get here) and had fellowship. It was really neat for me to learn about this part of Christian History, I learned things I never knew before. Praise God.


We have been praying about what to do for the kids social development, adults aren't really the best avenue, and the Lord directed us to have them attend Thai public school part time. The last week or two we have been seeing that through and today was there first day. None of the three boys were very excited by the thought but I think they really enjoyed it. They are attending classes in our friend Tar's class three hours a day, during this time they study Thai language, writing, reading and also get the chance to interact with other children. Sarah and I are excited to see how fast they learn the lessons taught.


Sarah is in her second week of teaching English and things are going well, with the curriculum we found online the students are able to be taught more at their level. The first couple of days Sarah administered a placement test and from this the classes were restructured to fit their needs better. This is really exciting please keep these classes in your prayers.


So that is the boys and Sarah as for Marissa and myself, Marissa is doing very well in her schooling and her reading is coming along excellent. She is currently working her way through Amelia Badelia for practice. Pastor Eric and Mj have two daughters aged 5 and 3 so she gets lots of play time. I have been helping Sarah with organizing her school stuff, and also with the homeschooling of the children. I was blessed to be able to teach at our weekly evangelism Bible study this Saturday and at a local Karen Baptist Church on Sunday, both went well if you ask me, but I am the one that taught so its kinda bias.  Eric has all the equipment for film showing and we have been praying about opportunities to do some outreach, today we took a drive into the mountains to a Karen village that Eric had never been to in hopes to meet up with someone from that village that could assist. Get permissions and that sort of thing. The pastor was out farming and we were unable to make a contact, but were shocked at the size of the village, we both felt it would be a great place and are going to pursue making contact. Please pray for this area of ministry.


Next weekend we will be traveling to Chang Rai to do visas, it is about 6 hours away. We will have to cross into Myanmar to get a stamp, this is the closest and normal place to renew visas. We will stay the night in Chang Rai, Thailand, and return home the following day. Even with our one year visa we are required to exit every 90 days, going now will put us on the same schedule as the Johansens and enable us to travel together.


Below is a picture of our Bible study group, as you remember please pray salvation for each of these young people.

Prayer Requests:
Continued strength
Salvation for Thailand
Ministry 
Our Family


 I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, and also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, is my Lord, who has redeemed me, a lost and condemned creature, purchased and won me from all sins, from death, and from the power of the devil; not with gold or silver, but with His holy, precious blood and with His innocent suffering and death, that I may be His own and live under Him in His kingdom, and serve Him in everlasting righteousness, innocence, and blessedness, even as He is risen from the dead, lives and reigns to all eternity.  This is most certainly true.  Martin Luther