Seventeen years ago, when we opened the first Blessing Home Center in Pattaya, we had a vision that the Lord would give bright futures to these kids. We believed that many of the Blessing Home kids would become young adults who were followers of Jesus and had purpose-filled, joyful lives. And our Lord has done that. Our God is a wonderful, and His lovingkindness is beyond measure!
The Lord answered our prayers and the prayers of thousands of prayer warriors like you. But we want you to know that God has gone beyond our prayers, and far beyond what we imagined. A revival has broken out amongst the Blessing Home youth and also the young adults who graduated from the Blessing Home program. Through the leadership of Pastor Kaopoat "Corn" Prayongkham (in the picture below), the Director of Blessing Home Isan, these youth and young adults have been reaching out with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Acts 1:8 (NASB)
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and as far as the remotest part of the earth.
The revival began with serving in the church, which is their "Jerusalem". Some served on the praise team. Others served on the Audio/Visual team. Others served by teaching Sunday School. Others served as leaders of the Abundant Life Savings Group. We have seen guardians and other family members of these Blessing Home youth and young adults becoming followers of Christ.
Next, the youth began evangelistic outreach into their community and their whole county, which is their "Judea". The Blessing Home youth and young adults took leadership of providing youth day camps, where they would take turns teaching music, English language, Chinese language, and most importantly teaching them about Jesus Christ. Many more youth are a part of the Blessing Home Isan ministry and the church there because of these day camps.
Now, these same youth and young adults have been led by the Lord to plant Pioneer Pastor churches in two unreached counties in their region, which is their "Samaria". The first church plant is in Suk Paibun county, with a population of over 12,000 people. This church is only one month old and has 30 people in it of all ages. They have worship together and then divide into two Sunday School classes. This church meets in a house (most Pioneer Pastor churches begin in homes) that a generous person is allowing to be used for this new church plant.
One of the Blessing Home young adults named Yok is enrolled in seminary, and will studying through distance learning to earn a Bachelor of Ministry degree so she can become the pastor of this new church. Pastor Corn will serve as a mentoring pastor for Yok.
Yok received a scholarship from Blessing Home for two-years of study at a vocational college to train to become an electrician. Yok has graduated and will now become a bi-vocational servant of God who will help to plant this church while she is does seminary studies to prepare to be a pastor. Through your generosity, we are able to provide a full scholarship for Yok's seminary studies.
The second church plant is in Ban Rat, a nearby unreached county with a population of 8,000 people. This church is also one month old and has 20 people worshipping there. This church meets at the home of one of the Blessing Home youth. Above is a picture of Yok praying for one of the youth at Ban Rat Church. Below is a picture of Pastor Fern (who leads Grace Church, which meets at the Blessing Home Isan campus) leading worship with adults at the Ban Rat Church.
On top of all of this, Pastor Corn and some of the Blessing Home youth are travelling to other provinces to serve the Lord. For most of these kids, they rarely if ever travel more than 50 miles from home. So serving in another province is like going to the "remotest part of the earth". Once per month, the Blessing Home Isan youth travel to Blessing Home TaPhraya to put on a day camp. Blessing Home TaPhraya is about as remote as you get, being just 1/4 mile from the border with Cambodia. Now we see the revival fire of the Holy Spirit starting to catch on at Blessing Home TaPhraya.
This all happens because you pray! When you pray, mountains are moved by God in Thailand!
One more word of praise. A few months ago, we were contacted by one of our Pioneer Pastors with a wonderful serendipitous blessing. For her safety, I will refer to her as Pastor S. Pastor S said that she was contacted by the local Buddhist temple. There is a Buddhist school for children at the temple, and they requested that Pastor S. come every week to teach the children about Jesus! This is truly a miracle that this door has opened up. This door opened up because of your prayers! God is good! So if you could remember to pray for Pastor S., especially on Sunday evening (which is Monday morning in Thailand), you can lift her up in prayer while she is teaching the children about Jesus.
We also want to thank all of you who generously donate to Thailand NOW mission. Your donations make this mission possible.
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Thailand NOW
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