Our monthly update...about a new teenage boy we are taking in

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This is a copy of our email update we just sent - have a read and let us know if you would like these updates too!

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We have something to share with you all and along with that becomes a very urgent prayer point for our family and the person involved.

A friend from the YWAM base in Chiang Rai called us about 2 weeks ago (in tears), because her son (a Christian) was being threatened to be taken and killed by an Islam kid in the school. She had nowhere else to send him and it definitely wasn’t safe for him to be in Chiang Rai anymore. She asked if her son could stay with us. But at this time, we have hardly any money (it's a big step of faith for us just to eat well or drive our car and trust God for the money!), and so everything inside me screamed: “No!! LORD, please! It is so hard to be taking care of one teenage boy already (Pedro) and having only been married 2 and ½ months!”. But in the next couple of days as I prayed about this, God challenged me with a few different things: 1. The verse in Matthew that says we need to give to everyone who asks us. 2. The verse that says “if you welcome someone in my name, you are welcoming Me.” 3. Empathy with the mother and seeing how much she might need to see at this time that God is still taking care of her, by providing a house and carers for her son.

So we called her and told her that we can take him in, and we will just need to remember and trust that when it gets hard, God will give us the strength. This boy is on the bus right now and will arrive tomorrow (Thurs 19th Nov). If he didn't come to stay with us in this time, he would be living in a very dangerous place. His name is, Ice, and he is the same age as Pedro. So now Noom and I have two 16 (almost 17) year old boys living with us. We are responsible for their food, transport, spiritual life, and everything that a teenage boy needs. But at the moment, as I said before, we are struggling with our monthly support and with Ice coming our needs for support are even higher. You may think we are crazy for taking care of two teenage boys when we have only been married for (almost) 3 months and have no money, but we are just doing what God has asked us to do. We don't know how long this will last and if God will give us more people to take care of, but we know that the safest place we can be is in His will. We trust that He will take of us.

So if you are reading this, please please pray if God wants you to help us! Just $5 a month will help us at the moment! But if you really feel that this isn't the way God wants you to help, then please be remembering to pray for us every day - for Noom's and my relationship (that we can have our own time together aswell), for Ice and Pedro (that they will grow in God and will really benefit from living in our house...if they leave, they have nowhere else to go but on the streets), for financial support, and for protection from spiritual attack. Please also pray for wisdom in discipling these guys.

Yes - please pray! We need this the most.

Also, an update on the house and farm which I asked you all to pray about last month - we haven't been able to start any of these yet because of the financial struggles. We have prayed alot about the farm and been able to see that we won't be able to start this unless God provides someone to take care of our animals full time (if we care for them, we will not be able to do our ministry that we have come to do). We are trusting that if God wants us to use a farm to help us with financial support that He will send the right people and the money to start it. If this happens, we will let you know for sure :-) Same goes with the house. We are just paying normal rent at the moment because that is all we can afford, but we know if God has a plan for us to buy this house that He will provide the money. So if you feel like God wants you to help us with any of this, please let us know :-) We are waiting on His timing. But for now, we want to focus on our marriage and on these 2 boys that God has given us to take care of.

Thankyou so much everyone for all of your support, and GOD BLESS!!!!!!!!!!!

Love Noom and Karis