We just celebrated Chinese New Year. A friend and I went to Chinatown in Bangkok to celebrate the occasion...with about 250,000 people and I think I bumped into every single one of them. As I scanned the scene in front of me, all I saw was a sea of black hair. Again, I was reminded why we are here.
I have been working and teaching some with the Alpha Class at our church. It is a class for searchers - people who have little or no idea of who Jesus is. We are going on a retreat this week-end. Hopefully, several of the participants who have been coming to the class will be able to attend. Join with us that it might be a 'fruitful' weekend.
Kay and I have befriended a young soldier who has been coming to our Sunday Morning English-learning Bible Study group. As we were having lunch, he looked at me and asked if I would explain the gospel to him. Trust me - that hasn't happened very often in my life! So, I shared some very simple elements of the good news and then asked Baap, another good friend who is a strong believer, to explain the gospel again just to make sure Don had understood it. He is not ready to commit his life but is genuinely interested so, in your prayer time, pray for the light to shine in Don's life.
Kay and I both are coming to the end of our language acquisition journey. We'll keep you posted about our plans. They should become clear in the next couple of months. Plans now are to move to Hat Yai, where we will stay for about a year. Then we'll move to another city in the south where we have no company personnel...but that is quite a while away.
Until next time, blessings and enjoy the journey.
