Thailand Missions (2018) "Second Full Day!"
Hello everyone!
We’ve only been in Chiang Mai for two full days, but today was the longest day yet. After team breakfast and devotions, we went to the SIM (Serving In Mission, the missions organization that Denise Poon is a part of) Thailand office to join the staff for their weekly prayer meeting, lunch, and orientation. Not only was it interesting to see more of Denise’s life here in Thailand the past three years, but it was also cool to experience the Church’s unity through bilingual and intercultural worship. The SIM Thailand director used a storytelling approach to the Bible study, which follows the Thai cultural preference for storytelling rather than timeline facts. I was also blessed by the fellowship over lunch, as the staff sent off a fellow member with encouraging and appreciative testimonies of God’s work in this member’s life. In the afternoon, we went grocery shopping and cooked for The Centre’s June birthday celebration. The evening was probably the most brutal part of the day, at least for me, since we were already very tired by then and stayed until late to fellowship.
The best part so far has been witnessing what God is doing here in Chiang Mail through various long-term missionaries and ministries. The most difficult part has been our tiredness. As we have begun to get the hang of what we doing here, I sometimes think, “what in the world did I sign myself up for?” God called me to “go” without really telling me who, what, or where, and then He sends a team of introverts to socialize for Him in a relationship-based culture and ministry. It’s a constant struggle to push ourselves through the tiredness and continue ministering to the missionaries and Thai students by helping out at the Centre and fellowshipping. But, as a friend told me, that’s what makes it all the more a miracle. In our team devotions, God has reminded me through 2 Corinthians 12:9 and Ephesians 3:20 that He is able to do so much more than we can imagine, even through our weaknesses.
Please continue to pray for us in the coming days. We are still very tired everyday and need God’s strength to get through each day. Also pray for God to fill us with His love, patience, humility, peace, joy, hope, and strength. Lack of energy can bring out the worst in us, so we really need God’s power to energize us to love on the people here but also on one another.
Some other prayer requests are:
Search and rescue of a Thai boys’ soccer team trapped in a large cave in Chiang Rai
God’s guidance during the new journey for departing SIM member
Ministries of SIM Thailand - Sports Friends, Radical Grace, and Administration
SIM’s preparations to send the first Thai missionary family (a young couple with a baby) who is going to a Southeast Asia country.
Our team’s worship night at The Centre this Friday evening
Thank you all for your prayer! As I wrote before, God’s work is done through those going and those staying behind, so please know that your support is very important and very much appreciated!
- Melody Y
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