Thai Tempo

Thai Tempo

OMF Thailand publishes a web prayer letter once a month called the Thai Tempo. Here are some exerpts from the latest update which has encouraging news:-

“My Hope for Thailand” Report The main event took place on December 19, 2009. On this day about 50% of Thai churches participated and more than 41,000 of their members were involved in reaching out to over 200,000 of their friends and neighbors to tell them about Jesus. We now have the responsibility of calling the church leaders to find out what God did during this time. The news is exciting! We have recorded over 6,580 decisions of people who have decided to become Christ followers, from all corners of the country. We anticipate by the time we finish calling all the leaders we will have recorded more than 12,000 new Thai Christians. This is an amazing work of God in a land where only half a percent of Thailand's 65 million people are Christians. This is the first time there has been a national harvest of this size in this country. As we are calling, our staff also has the privilege of documenting miraculous works of God that happened during these meetings. Each of our staff members has recorded dozens of reports of healings, people freed from demon possession, people being freed from addictions and families being reconciled. (taken from “CrossTies Asia” January 2010 newsletter)

And something from Lampang from our Team Leader:

The Bible? No Problem! A few weeks previously, I was asked if I would consider going to the Lampang Cancer Center, located just outside town, to teach English. I explained to the Administrator that whilst I taught English, my purpose was also to expose Thai people to my Christian worldview and that I would be using Bible passages as my English teaching texts. He had no qualms about that and we set a date for me to start early in January. I have been there many times already and its been really awesome! The staff have been given two hours per week off during working hours to study English. So I have a class that ranges from 12 to 24 educated and motivated nurses, doctors, radiologists, IT specialists and clerks who are practicing their English and hearing about Jesus. (Nick Bekker, church planting, Lampang) Pray for God to reveal Himself to these English students as they hear about Jesus Pray for them to make progress in their English so that they feel this is a worthwhile endeavor Pray for English classes throughout the country, which are means of making contacts and helping communities. The English class at the International Church in Bangkok (highlighted in the Thai Tempo a year ago) continues and has over 100 Thai and Burmese each week

Please let me know if you want to be on the email mailout for the Thai Tempo. You won't regret it.