First off, Kay's father, J.B. Wingfield passed on to glory last month. He was 94 years old and, without a doubt, ready to enter into the promise given him so many years ago when he placed his faith in Jesus Christ. His memorial service was a fitting tribute to a man whose influence had touched so many throughout his life. Integrity...character...uncompromising. That pretty well sums him up. We will miss him but also look forward to being united with him again someday in heaven.
Our regional meeting was held in Chiang Mai last month. My faith and desire to 'get to work' was so buoyed by the words s
hared by so many of the M's of what they are experiencing in their personal work and ministry. It is evident the Holy Spirit is moving in the hearts and lives of many Thais. Once these people have discovered the joy to be found in the Lord, they are excited and boldly share that good news with their friends and family. Hardly a Sunday goes by that we don't see new believers attend our fellowship. That, truly, is the Good News!!!
FYI...we have been formally released from language school (I think they just got tired of us!) and are busy preparing our next 'snapshots' that assess our language acquisition level. Pray we will do well and meet the minimum requirements so we can move to our assignment in Hat Yai.
While Kay was home for J.B.'s memorial service, she had surgery to have the pin removed from her elbow. You might recall she fell and broke her elbow during our visit to the states last July. It has been an extremely difficult year - definitely one we want to put behind us, medically speaking.
We have had numerous opportunities to share our faith, especially with taxi drivers. When we are in their taxis, we, literally, have a captive audience. Every single one of them is courteous to hear what we have to share and we pray that the words we share and the tract we leave with them will be another step towards understanding true peace and happiness.
We had an opportunity to attend a concert with Don Moen this past week in Bangkok. There were over 4000 Thai believers (and a few Buddhists, I would bet) that came to the worship time. It was such a blessing to be in the middle of so many Thais hearing them sing 'Shout to the Lord' at the top of their voice. I think it might have sounded a little bit like what worship in heaven is going to be like.
Thanks once again for your words of prayer and encouragement. We are always anticipating the Lord to do something really miraculous in our lives and will rejoice to share with you what happens on a daily basis.
Blessings.
