Nelson Family Mission Update: June 29th 2012

Just wanted to drop a quick update to everyone. Since my last post about Dengue I am fully recovered. I am no longer feeling any of the effects and most of the weight that was lost has been found. We thank the Lord that the experience I had with the sickness was rough but the recovery was rather quick. There are some other missionaries that were also sick at the same time that are still recovering. Joey, Jacob, and Tyler all also fell victim to these darn mosquitoes. Each had a very mild case of dengue. Joey had a mild fever and was down for a day, Tyler also had a mild fever but was never down, and of the three Jacob had the worst, down for a day but really under the weather for about 4or5 days. Again we praise the Lord they are all doing great, back to normal activities, and no longer in the recovery process. Many people in and around our village have fallen victim already this season with many more to come I am sure. This is a big area of prayer for not only us as a family but also us as a village.

We have been pretty busy getting ready for the Calvary Chapel Valle Vista team that will be joining us July 17th-23rd. We will be spending some time in Phuket and also doing a large youth conference for both the Thai and Burmese. On the 23rd the whole team including the Nelson family will be heading to Cambodia for the remainder of the trip, until I believe the 28th. We will be applying for new visas at that time as well as participating in short term missions with Water of Life foundation. We are really excited to welcome them and see so many of our friends and family. Please pray for the team, their visit, Cambodia, and our visas.

I have written about the twice monthly Bible reading before, by request we have now begun to hold this study every week. Last week there were 9 people that came to hear and discuss the Word of God. I am very excited to see what the Lord is going to do with this group. Prayerfully we will have to find somewhere else to hold study, with 9 it is already pretty full.

As we attempt to witness to the Thai of our village we continue to run into one roadblock. The animosity between the Thai and Burmese. Many attempts are thwarted as soon as the relationship between myself and the "Burmese Church" is established. Calvary Chapel Ban Nam Khem is of course not a Burmese Church it is a Church that holds services in both Thai and Burmese, but getting the Thai to understand that has not been easy. Satan has alot of strongholds in the lives of the Thai, making them very hard to reach. Please join us in fervent prayer for wisdom as we are faced with these strongholds and work with the Lord to tear them down.

Recap Prayer Requests:

Protection from Dengue

CCVV Team, Visas, Cambodia
New Bible study Wisdom