:: back from provinces ::

Last week I went with Fon to:

1. Sawang Daendin (Mon - Wed)
2. Korat aka Nakhon Ratchasima (Wed - Fri)
3. Ban Chang (Fri - Mon)

Had a great time in these places... met Singaporean missionaries in Sawang and Korat. Learnt more about church planting work and I've been wondering how it could apply to the church in Tanjung Balai and in Cambodia. Culture plays such a major role!!!!!!

Pray about:

1. Flooding in Thailand - i may want to get a pair of boots soon

2. Sawang Daendin - they need English native-speaking volunteers to teach for long term at the kindergarden. The parents have a choice of placing their children in other kindergardens because the current volunteer (Audrey) has finished her 4-month "contract" and is returning to Singapore soon. And the kindergarden is the church's source of income. Pastor Dickson tries to raise fund from Singapore for the income, but that is not sustainable.

3. Korat - This nice town is doing quite well... praise God. Pray for opportunities to reach even more people

4. Ban Chang - Achan Anong is the leader of the church (Super woman!!) She has a committee though. The last she shared about the church it was full of thanksgiving because the kindergarden there is doing well, in terms of intake and support. The church is expanding so that it doesn't have to share compounds with the kindergarden, and they need 100,000 baht more. Pray for financial support and manpower!

5. Oh yah. The political situation. Pray for wisdom! Only wisdom can rule a country well. I don't really know what's going on out there, but it's been disrupting tourism and businesses for the lower class people. Hmm.. just read that the prime minister of Thailand hosts a TV cooking show. I'm sorry, but doesn't it sound amusing?