Primary School English Camp

On Dec 21 and 22 AnnAnn needed to brush up on her primary school teacher training as she led a primary school English camp at four days notice right after our regional
camp! 140 children from three rural temple schools here in Nakhon Sawan province joined in Christmas activities for two days. It is still mind-boggling and sobering to meet Thai people who have never heard of the Christmas story and have no idea who Jesus is! We were encouraged at the end of the two day camp when the teachers gave permission for each child to receive a Thai magazine explaining the life of Jesus Christ and the reason for his birth.

Pray for theareas of Thailand where there is still no church or regular Christian witness.
Pray for these school children and their families who have received Christian literature for the first time. Pray that they will read and be intrigued to know more.
Pray for the Nakhon Sawan ACT church which is trying to start a cell group in this area.

King's 80th birthday

On December 5th Thailand celebrated the 80th birthday of the King of Thailand. There were many events to mark the occasion, including special church programmes, a parade and LOTS of yellow t-shirts.

For our kids it was a first opportunity to participate in the Sunday School presentation alongside their Thai friends.

Please continue to pray for the country of Thailand
Remember our King as he rules graciously and lovingly
Remember to pray too for the establishment of the new government following the recent elections

Christmas Fun Camp - THE GIFT

December 7-10 100 students and staff went to a local resort for three great days together. Staff and short-term workers talked with students from five nations about the true meaning of Christmas and explained some of the stories behind different Christmas traditions.

Students had the opportunity to read and discuss the story of the first Christmas from Luke's gospel and many were amazed to learn the real story of Christmas for the first time in their lives. A number of students went home with copies of Luke's gospel to read for themselves.

Give thanks with us for God's faithful provision of all we needed to put on this camp
Give thanks too for the many students who are eager to come to these camps each year
Pray that God's Word would bear fruit in their lives as they continue to think and discuss what they have learnt with their Christian friends.

Student Baptisms

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On Sept 2nd four of our students were baptised. This was a very special day for us as we rejoiced with them. Each one was able to give testimony to God's goodness in their lives as they prepared to become members of the local church here in Nakhon Sawan.

Thank God with us for his grace and mercy to these students.
Pray for them as they grow in grace and love of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Pray too that many more will follow them in following the Lord Jesus Christ.

New Family Photos

Each Christmas we take a trip to the local photo shop to get family photos for grandma and granny back in the UK ( a relatively cheap event in Thailand!). Usually this is an hilarious event with three children who are definitely not camera shy! Here's a glimpse of what the kids look like now ... as well as the final 'offical' photo that we usually show family and friends! :-)

Who we are and what we do!

Holiday Fun

For the last five weeks we have been away from home and living out of suitcases. For three and a half of those weeks we were in Bangkok attending meetings. For the middle ten days we escaped to the beach ... our favourite hiding place in all of Thaialnd, Prajuab. OMF's wonderful holiday home there, complete with beach, pool, meals, laundry, library and videos is a perfect get away for us as a family. The kids treat it like a second home and have usually planned their whole holiday before we even get into the car. This year was no exception! Ten wonderful days of rest, relaxation and happy family memoried left us all refreshed and ready to go again for the new term

Praise God for this wonderful provision for us as missionaries. Beautiful creation and wonderful mission home managers all help to make a wonderful holiday
Praise God too for time to reconnect as a family and to enjoy uninterupted time together away from the pressure of the Youth House ministry.

Evangelism Training for Staff Team

October 22-26 the CTSM staff team joined us in Bangkok for a week of evangelism training. This time we were also joined by four TCS national staff. As well as bible studies, prayer and training we also had lots of fun making TexMex together and relaxing over ice-cream! The finale of the week was to go out together to a local night market to put into practise all we had discussed - tracting, surveys, preaching, testimonies, free literature, music and drama all enabled local people to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Praise God for his goodness to us during this week as we led and encouraged others to think about evangelism.

Pray that our team will be able to pass on what they have learnt to their students in the coming weeks as each Youth House looks at ACTive Evangelism in the book of Acts and as we gear up for the big evangelistic opportunities at Christmas.

N'New ... our Thai son!

In Thailand family and community are important. Our househelp is much more than a cleaner ... she and her son N'New are a part of our family! They came to us after being abandoned by P'Nok's husband. Nok can not read or write but loves God and is a faithful part of our team. They rent a single room next door to the Youth House where they sleep each night but during the day they work, eat and relax with us. N'New is as much a part of our family as our own three kids.

Pray for Nok as she raises New by herself
Pray too for New that he will grow to know and love God for himself
Pray for us as we receive them into the family that we will truly demonstrate the love of God to them and provide a safe place for them to grow in their faith

Happy Birthday Bethan Ruth!

September 11 Bethan Ruth turns 4. On Saturday 8th September we enjoyed a family celebration with her Swiss friends and special uncles and aunties joining for lunch. When asked what she wanted to eat for her birthday lunch she chose fried fish with garlic, rice and vegetables ... with icecream and chocolate cake!!

Happy Birthday Bethan Ruth!