Just a quick blog to share some testimonies of what has been happening in Ubon in the last few days. A team from America visited and ran a seminar here in Ubon for both Christians and non-Christians about God's healing power and how to hear God's voice.
Here are just a FEW stories of what God has done in the last few days:
- On 19th Feb, the team prayed for someone who had heart problems for a long time now. This person felt a moving inside their body during the prayer, and after being prayed for he went to lift up something he hadn't been able to lift without getting dizzy. He could lift it with no problems. God healed his heart.
- On 20th Feb, I watched as a whole family of thais and 2 other teenage girls recieved God's Holy Spirit and broke down crying, overwhelmed with His love.
- There was a young woman who had something in her throat for the last YEAR that affected her breathing. Someone from the team was shown her situation by God, and spoke it out before she had said anything, so she came up for prayer. After praying the first time, she felt 50% better, and after praying the second time, whatever was in her throat disappeared and she could breathe.
- 21st Feb...the team shared in a thai church and after the service had an opportunity to pray for healing for anyone who wanted it. I decided to join in, and had the opportunity to help pray for an elderly woman who wanted healing in her ears (most of her hearing was gone). She was healed and could hear again. This same story happened with two other people the night before.
PRAISE GOD! These were all Thai people that were healed and experienced the power of God.
I will also be putting two more stories in our next newsletter (coming out in a couple of weeks) of God's power working through a teenage boy that we disciple. He is only 18 years old. If anyone wants to recieve our newsletters who don't recieve them already, please contact us! noomandkaris@gmail.com
Thank God for His work in Ubon Ratchathani and please continue to pray for protection for His workers!
God bless :)
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
YWAM's 50th
Thankyou everyone so much for praying for us to get to YWAM’s 50th. God sent people to give us money to get there and pay registration, and He even provided the exact conference fees from a knock on our door the morning that we left Chiang Rai. He is good!
The conference was GREAT. We got a lot out of it and are so glad we went. We also had the chance to sit in on the DTS lectures the day before the conference. These lectures were about hearing the voice of God and were taught by Ellen Sanborn (the wife of Art Sanborn – a man who is literally a “walking miracle” and wrote an amazing book on what God has done) as well as her grown sons, Sean and David Sanborn. Just sitting in and listening to this family’s teaching was very insightful. On my DTS 2 years ago, Ellen actually prayed over me (Karis) and got a word that God was calling me to a dry land (which is where I am now!).
But yeah – We learnt many things through the teaching of Loren and Darlene Cunningham (founders of YWAM) at the conference, but in this blog I have just chosen two things to share…
Say “yes” to serving God
Loren and Darlene Cunningham shared so much about God’s faithfulness in YWAM and how it wouldn’t be this big if people hadn’t said YES to serving Him (whether it be by giving an amount of money or doing a job). This forced me to look into my own life and see how many times I had said “yes” to serving God even in the last few months – and not just saying “yes” but then doing it with a willing heart and a cheerful attitude. Yes, there have been times where I have done both. But there have also been times where I have said no – out of fear that it would have a negative effect on my husband’s and my relationship, out of fear that I would get worn out and tired, out of fear that our money would run out – the list is long. But God worked in my heart. Loren and Darlene’s faith brought revival, birthed YWAM, and brought them to every single country in the world (when they had no money!). YWAM is here, lives have been changed, and all because Loren and Darlene gave EVERYTHING (and I mean EVERYTHING) to say yes to serving God, no matter what could happen to them. God could use them. And if I compare this to my life in the last few months, I am not even close. There have been many times where I’ve shrunk back in fear, tiredness, shyness. But from now on, I will make a change. I will give God everything. I will die to my own desires (take up my cross) to follow Him, no matter what the cost. Faith like this is what will bring a transformation and revival in Thailand. Amen?
Before the conference finished, Tom Hallas (overseer for all of YWAM in Indo-China and a friend of Loren and Darlene who has been with YWAM since the beginning) shared about two questions that God had asked him in the beginning years of YWAM, and how God used those questions to encourage him to walk in transparency and humility before his team. He mentioned that these questions and their answers were what brought revival to a particular country: “In your life, what are you doing that you know you shouldn’t be doing? And what aren’t you doing that you know you should be doing?” We had time to wait on God and ask for the answers to these questions, and then stand up and promise God that we would talk to someone about our answers sometime in the next 7 days. God used these questions to show many things not only to me but also to Noom. As we were driving home after the conference, we discussed these questions together and grew even more in an understanding of each other and our struggles. Noom received a transformation from these questions, as well as many other things throughout the week.
How have I changed?
I am so determined to give everything to God, to surrender to Him, to be a woman of prayer and faith, to follow what He says, to spend more time with Him in prayer and listening to His voice, to spend more time in worship, to love people more and see them through God’s eyes…and MANY more things!!!! The conference taught us a lot individually, as a family, and as a ministry – and I believe there will be a LOT of change in our lives and our love for each other.
Above I have only gone into a little bit of depth on just TWO things! But there are a lot more. I have written up 2 pages of things I learnt that really inspired me to make a change. If anyone would like to know more, please feel free to ask (noomandkaris@gmail.com)
We are now back in Ubon and getting back into the hang of things here. Once again, thank you so much to everyone who helped us with prayer and/or finances in the last month and a half as we travelled – yesterday we worked out that with all the money we spent on diesel in the time travelling, God provided down to every single baht (by sending people to give us money specifically for diesel…AFTER we made the step in faith to go before we had all the money). In your lives, if you feel like God is telling you to do something, go and do it – don’t worry about the money. He has proven Himself to be SO faithful.
The conference was GREAT. We got a lot out of it and are so glad we went. We also had the chance to sit in on the DTS lectures the day before the conference. These lectures were about hearing the voice of God and were taught by Ellen Sanborn (the wife of Art Sanborn – a man who is literally a “walking miracle” and wrote an amazing book on what God has done) as well as her grown sons, Sean and David Sanborn. Just sitting in and listening to this family’s teaching was very insightful. On my DTS 2 years ago, Ellen actually prayed over me (Karis) and got a word that God was calling me to a dry land (which is where I am now!).
But yeah – We learnt many things through the teaching of Loren and Darlene Cunningham (founders of YWAM) at the conference, but in this blog I have just chosen two things to share…
Say “yes” to serving God
Loren and Darlene Cunningham shared so much about God’s faithfulness in YWAM and how it wouldn’t be this big if people hadn’t said YES to serving Him (whether it be by giving an amount of money or doing a job). This forced me to look into my own life and see how many times I had said “yes” to serving God even in the last few months – and not just saying “yes” but then doing it with a willing heart and a cheerful attitude. Yes, there have been times where I have done both. But there have also been times where I have said no – out of fear that it would have a negative effect on my husband’s and my relationship, out of fear that I would get worn out and tired, out of fear that our money would run out – the list is long. But God worked in my heart. Loren and Darlene’s faith brought revival, birthed YWAM, and brought them to every single country in the world (when they had no money!). YWAM is here, lives have been changed, and all because Loren and Darlene gave EVERYTHING (and I mean EVERYTHING) to say yes to serving God, no matter what could happen to them. God could use them. And if I compare this to my life in the last few months, I am not even close. There have been many times where I’ve shrunk back in fear, tiredness, shyness. But from now on, I will make a change. I will give God everything. I will die to my own desires (take up my cross) to follow Him, no matter what the cost. Faith like this is what will bring a transformation and revival in Thailand. Amen?
Before the conference finished, Tom Hallas (overseer for all of YWAM in Indo-China and a friend of Loren and Darlene who has been with YWAM since the beginning) shared about two questions that God had asked him in the beginning years of YWAM, and how God used those questions to encourage him to walk in transparency and humility before his team. He mentioned that these questions and their answers were what brought revival to a particular country: “In your life, what are you doing that you know you shouldn’t be doing? And what aren’t you doing that you know you should be doing?” We had time to wait on God and ask for the answers to these questions, and then stand up and promise God that we would talk to someone about our answers sometime in the next 7 days. God used these questions to show many things not only to me but also to Noom. As we were driving home after the conference, we discussed these questions together and grew even more in an understanding of each other and our struggles. Noom received a transformation from these questions, as well as many other things throughout the week.
How have I changed?
I am so determined to give everything to God, to surrender to Him, to be a woman of prayer and faith, to follow what He says, to spend more time with Him in prayer and listening to His voice, to spend more time in worship, to love people more and see them through God’s eyes…and MANY more things!!!! The conference taught us a lot individually, as a family, and as a ministry – and I believe there will be a LOT of change in our lives and our love for each other.
Above I have only gone into a little bit of depth on just TWO things! But there are a lot more. I have written up 2 pages of things I learnt that really inspired me to make a change. If anyone would like to know more, please feel free to ask (noomandkaris@gmail.com)
We are now back in Ubon and getting back into the hang of things here. Once again, thank you so much to everyone who helped us with prayer and/or finances in the last month and a half as we travelled – yesterday we worked out that with all the money we spent on diesel in the time travelling, God provided down to every single baht (by sending people to give us money specifically for diesel…AFTER we made the step in faith to go before we had all the money). In your lives, if you feel like God is telling you to do something, go and do it – don’t worry about the money. He has proven Himself to be SO faithful.
Loren and Darlene coming in at the opening night
Us with Darlene Cunningham (the mother of YWAM)!
Loren praying for Darlene before she shared on the last day
Leaders in YWAM
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