Update on Blessing Home Isan

We wish you a wonderful blessed Christmas.  We have been thoroughly enjoying the holidays.  As we speak at churches, we have had the opportunity to hear two Christmas cantatas in our own heart language (English).  And we have been enjoying spending the holidays with family.  It has been a very long time since we were together with all of our family for the holidays.  This time together is a gift from God.  Thank you, Lord.

We thank everyone who has been lifting us up in your prayers as we speak at churches to raise funds for the general budget and especially for the purchase of land and building a new building for the Blessing Home center in Northeast Thailand (Isan) which will be called Blessing Home Isan.  So far, over $17,000 has been raised for the new Blessing Home Isan center.  It is our prayer that God's people will remember Blessing Home Isan during this Christmas season.  With your prayers and support, many more children can be saved from traffickers and have a future of hope in Jesus Christ.

Remember, if you want to donate to Blessing Home Isan's building fund, please designate your gift as "Building Fund" OR "Blessing Home Isan".

You can give by mail to: TMM, P.O. Box 56, Mannsville, KY 42758

OR give online at:thailandmethodist.org

God of This City

We never would have thought that the city of Pattaya, the epicenter of sex tourism in Pacific Asia, would inspire a musician to make such a magnificent worship song.

Many of the churches that have contemporary worship in the States sing the song "God of This City", but do not know the story behind the song.  The first video is the story behind the song.  The second is the song by the original artist.   And the final video is the version made popular by Chris Tomlin.

We invite you to take time to hear the incredible testimony, enjoy the song, and remember to pray for the children of Blessing Home Ground Zero in Pattaya.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXh_tgjnYJw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=I1YECQwk1_g&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGkEE5dwmdY&feature=related

Pioneer Pastor Team needs your prayers

As missionaries, our goal is to train Thai Christian leaders to lead the ministries.  During this past year, a Pioneer Pastor Team of veteran Thai pastors has been formed and trained to take leadership in planting new churches in unreached sub-districts in Thailand.  The Pioneer Pastor Team discovers the right leaders for pioneering churches, trains them in Biblical and Pastoral studies, and also forms effective business plans and gives grants for pioneer pastors to start businesses to be self-supporting.  They provide coaching for the new pioneer pastors too.  And all of this happens while we are in the States for itineration.  And we are very, very pleased.  It is our vision that we will be able to train many teams of Thai pastors to plant churches in unreached areas of Thailand.  This first Pioneer Pastor Team is the firstfruits of the vision.

A new pilot program has been initiated by the Pioneer Pastor Team called the Lay Pastor Institute.  We believe most of the new pioneer pastors will be Thai laypeople who have never had the opportunity to go to Bible College.  The Lay Pastor Institute is a new program using the "Portable Bible College" curriculum provided by Evangelism Resources, a sister mission agency from Wilmore, Kentucky.  The curriculum is designed to train lay people to serve as pioneer pastors.  Every month the Pioneer Pastor Team provides training, both on-site and at the Blessing Home building in Pattaya (this building is a godsend to the ministry!).

The first class of the Lay Pastor Institute met on October 11 at Blessing Home Ground Zero in Pattaya.

Please pray for this new pilot program and for the Pioneer Pastor Team that will be meeting this month to make decisions concerning new church plants.  They have been very busy interviewing candidates and doing on-site visits.  We pray for the Lord to guide us and the Pioneer Pastor Team.  We want to do the Will of the Lord.