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FREE! Gospel Project

FREE! is a fantastic set of evangelistic resources which TCS Central Thailand have produced in co-operation with a number of different Thai organisations.
Our aim is to distribute more than 10,000 copies of John’s Gospel to Thai students throughout Thailand and the world! We also want to see them connected into small group bible studies, Christian events and ultimately coming to faith in Jesus Christ.

If you have contact with Thai students anywhere in the world you are welcome to order any of these resources. Contact us by e-mail th-students@omf.net or leave a message on this blog.


FREE! John’s Gospel (individual portion)20 baht
FREE! John’s Gospel (box of 10) 175 baht
FREE! John’s Gospel (box of 100)1600 baht
FREE! John’s Gospel (box of 250)4000 baht
พบพระเยซู bible studies from John’s Gospel for seekers(THAI) 35 baht
ใก้ลชิตพระเยซู bible studies from John’s Gospel for new believers(THAI) 35 baht
เดินกับพระเยชู 12 bible studies in John’s Gospel for cell groups (THAI) 45 baht
Introducing Jesus 6 evangelistic English lessons 45 baht
‘FREE!’ Thai cartoon tract (pack of 100)100 baht
‘Who am I?’ glossy colour Thai tract (pack of 50)250 baht
‘Two Ways to Live’ Thai Gospel presentation, colour booklet (pack of 10)100 baht
FREE! CD including MP3 of John’s Gospel and Thai songs (pack of 100)500 baht
Creative Evangelism handbook of talks, skits and activities 100 baht
FREE! evangelistic survey form (THAI)FREE
FREE! evangelistic survey form (ENGLISH)FREE
English Resource CD FREE
FREE! prayer bookmarks (THAI)FREE
FREE! prayer bookmarks (ENGLISH)FREE
FREE! invitation cards (add your own details on the back)FREE

September Staff Days

One of our roles as team leaders for CTSM is to host Staff Days twice a semester.
The whole team join us in Nakhon Sawan for two days and nights of prayer, bible study, planning and fun.

It is always a real blessing to catch up with the team members and to hear stories of what God is doing in each place.

Pray with us for the Staff Team for 2008/09 who work incredibly hard to live and share the Gospel with students in Lopburi, Nakhon Sawan and Phitsanulok. Pray for them especially over the semester break Oct 1-28 that the Lord will refresh, encourage and renew ready for the next semester.

Reaching Students ... Reaching Thailand

Our work with CTSM team is directly focussed on students. We share the Gospel, disciple and train Thai students, encouraging them to grow in their love for God and his Word.

This term we have been thrilled to see the fruit of the ministry spreading further to family members, and particularly parents of the students.

Many of our students come from rural areas where there are few known Christians and often no churches. But as they return home to family and 'gossip' the Gospel, as they share their lives and live as exemplary children seeking to honour their parents as well as the Lord family members are beginning to ask questions about their faith.

This semester one father and another mother has professed faith in Central Thailand, another mother travelled over 50km to attend church with her son for the first time ever and another mother of one of our graduates is starting to pray.

Please pray with us that we will see a real movement of not only students but 'student families' coming to faith as students learn to love, serve and share the Gospel in the Youth Houses.

Princess for a Day!

September 11 2008 Bethan turned 5. Our big girl enjoyed 'being a pink princess' for the day. A strawberry and orchids cake, pink clothes and a princess crown all helped to make this her special day!

Pray with us that she and the boys will all grow up to love God and appreciate the privilege of growing up Third Culture Kids.

TCS Student Day 2008, Central Thailand

'So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as your were taught and overflowing with thankfulness' Col 2:6-7

Each year we host a Student Day for all the Christian students linked to Thai Christian Students in Central Thailand. This year the theme was 'Grow' and a variety of talks, small group reflections and workshops all helped us to think about the 'how' and 'why' of Christian growth and maturity. At the end of the day each student was given a miniature cactus with words of Colossians 2:6-7 attached to it.

Particularly encouraging this year was the number of Buddhist students attending this overtly Christian event. Workshops helped them to answer questions such as 'How can I start to pray?' and 'Who is God?'

Please pray with us that students will remember what they learnt that day as they look at their plants at home. Pray that we will see a generation of godly, mature believers emerge from the student ministry here in Central Thailand. Pray too that some of the Buddhist students present will start out on that process of growing by accepting the Word of God which has been planted in their lives.

Olympic Camp

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August 15-17 nearly 150 students and staff went on our annual International Camp. With the Olympics being held in China a sporting Olympic theme was natural and certainly caught the imagination of the students! Using the colours of the Olympic Rings we studied the one source of true peace and harmony and challenged students to think about the purpose of their own lives 'What are you running for?'

Below are some testimonies from students and staff who attended the camp ...

Riam: (First year university student in Phitsanulok): "Even though I was born into a Christian family my relationship with God isn't that good. After returning from camp I knew that God's desire is that we have a good relationship with him. Now I am getting to know God better and growing in my relationship with Him. Thanks be to God for this camp".

Weew: (Fourth year university student in Phitsanulok): "I have lead Bible studies several times in our student cell group and know that this can be difficult and challenging but when I went to camp I saw the staff leading Bible study groups which included both Christians and those who are new to studying the Bible. I saw that this was even more difficult because you have to find the right words to help those who haven't studied the Bible before understand it easily. The blessing that I received from this camp was that I saw God working through the staff leading the Bible studies and I learnt how to teach the Bible to those who aren't Christians. I will be able to use these methods myself in the future".

Bom: a new-comer to the Nakhon Sawan youth house but a tennis partner of one of the Christian students here, came along to camp and was intrigued to read of the Bible's message. Since then he has come to the Youth House to join in an evangelistic bible study looking at who Jesus is, the church prayer meeting and music practice ... At the end of September he gave testimony to God's power to save him from sin! For Bom that has been a slow and gentle process of revelation and conviction by the Holy Spirit.

Pang: Pang (age 15) has been coming to the Lopburi Youth House regularly for 2 months now and has heard several testimonies, been to church several times, sat in on the weekly Bible Studies, and joined us all in singing worship songs. She was drawn to the Youth House because she could tell people here cared about her because we looked in her eyes when she talked. She told us of how alone she felt at home and school, and how her parents didn't seem to care about her. Slowly she has started see Christ's unconditional love for her. At the camp, she was able to clearly study the gospel message of our sin and separation from God, and Jesus' love for us and desire to have relationship with us. Pang chose to make Jesus her Saviour and to follow him whilst at the camp. Since then, she has taken her Bible to school everyday and been telling her friends why she has it. She even watched the entire Gospel of John video and read along in her Bible. Please keep her in your prayers that she will grow into spiritual maturity.

Nam: (High school student in Lopburi) Nam, age 17, has been a Christian for 2 years now, and has obvious leadership and fruit of Christ's work in her life. Through the witness of her life and the change in her life since becoming a christian, her mother is also a christian now. Nam was a Bible Study leader for the first time at the camp. She said it was a great experience and very challenging. She was so excited to be able to serve God in this way. Her group had 1 other Christian and 3 non-Christians. She said they asked many tough questions, but she was still glad to be their leader. Some students even thought she was staff because of her maturity.

Kareon: Kareon, a missionary who volunteered at the camp, said, "I loved the atmosphere at the camp, with people from many countries (USA, England, Taiwan, China, Netherlands, Singapore, Thailand etc.) and the wide variety of activities. The blessing I got is to have many chances to sit and talk with many Christian and Non-Christian students about faith".

Praise God for his work in the lives of students across Central Thailand!

Life down our street!

Here is a flavour of life on our soi or street.
Thanks to Angela Farrant for these 'first impressions' of everyday life in Thailand.

New Youth House

From May 2008 we have handed over responsibility for the Nakhon Sawan Youth House to Caroline (OMF) and Zo (Thai apprentice). After painting and cleaning a building two blocks down the road from our home it was great to see the Youth House get up and running so quickly. Students are at the house every day. Some are living there in the upstairs dorm rooms. Bible studies, training and worship are all part of the weekly programme alongside food, fun and relaxation together. Caroline and Zo have also had good opportunities to work with the university students at Rajabaht University just up the road and were thrilled to have forty students turn up for INTERactive (the International Activities club run by two of our Christian students) on the first week of term.

Please pray for Caroline and Zo as they lead this Youth House
Pray for Christian students to grow in their love for God and his Word as they spend time together at the Youth House
Pray too that many of their friends will come along, hear, understand and respond to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Pray for our own involvement in the lives of the students through disicpleship training events, bible studies and personal conversations.

School in Thailand

Many of you have been praying for Matthew and Bethan as they settle into their new Thai classes here. Thank you! As you can see life is rather different to the UK!

Last week Joyce (our home school tutor) left us to return to the UK. Please pray with us for an urgent replacement from August 15.

If you know anyone who might be interested in living and working with us in this role please do let us know.