Lift Off! Summer Missions - Day 06
For those of you just joining us, Flight Ministry is praying for a missionary everyday for 10 days. Today, our focus is on the Thailand Team, so it counts for this prayer campaign and our Thailand Team updates as we prepare to head out soon! Welcome!
Dates: June 23 - July 5
Place: ChiangMai, Thailand
Organization: FCBC LA
Hey everyone! Our group consists of 9 individuals: Alisa Wong, Melody Kuan, Whitney Hung, Melody Young, Darren Lo, Jonny Lee, Matthew Tsang, and Kevin Lin. We will be working with Denise Poon (bottom right) at an English Tutoring facility called 'The Centre' in Chiang Mai, Thailand. On our schedule will be a number of events held by The Centre that we will take part in: worship night, cooking night, and a special July 4th celebration.
About a year ago, God put on my heart a desire to go on missions. Where? I wasn't sure. But I knew God would bring people together for a missional trip if our ministry had planned one. I began to pray and look for opportunities. Earlier this year, our church focused on missions and offered a few opportunities to visit some of the missionaries we send out (Denise being one of them). As our plans solidified, God has given me and brought others to join in His mission to Thailand. We see this as a chance to minister to His people abroad, support a supported missionary, and partner with a ministry that has permanence and longevity in the region.
For me personally, I look forward to the many opportunities we have to meet new people, begin partnership in ministry, and bring the Gospel with us to Chiang Mai. It will be difficult work, the conditions different, and leading a team may be strenuous, but my hope is to gain a greater perspective in leaning on God for His direction, His strength, and His transformative power.
Please pray for us! I see God shaping our time there with specific plans, but should they fall through, or not meet certain expectations, pray that we will be flexible and faithful. His ways are higher than ours and doing little (or big) things everyday are for His sovereign ways to be glorified. Pray for me as I lead and make decision--probably while traveling and in not-so-comfortable circumstances. That God's wisdom would be my guide rather than my own thoughts. Pray for patience and perseverance. Lastly, pray for kingdom-mindedness--our focus would be on ministry and missions as we learn a new culture, a new environment, and as a new team.
T-minus 6 days!
Thank you for all the support, encouragement, and prayer
-Darren
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