After a busy week (especially after a busy day today) we are excited about the things God is doing.
We have been joining with another missionary, Kris (and her team), in trying to help the Christians of Ubon be unified and pray together for revival.
Before and after today's meeting (there is a meeting with the Christians in Ubon once a month) our worship team faced some spiritual opposition which actually encouraged us more than discouraged us. Opposition comes when we do something RIGHT in the Kingdom of God that the evil one wants to stop. Because of God's work against this opposition, our worship team grew even more closer together and had the chance to support each other, learn more about each other, and forgive each other. Our worship team had a good discussion in the afternoon which started heated and ended in some inner healing for a couple of the people on the team.
Not only that, but during the prayer meeting with the pastors, missionaries and other Christians of Ubon this morning, we felt the Spirit of God in the room and moving in peoples hearts. It was a time of crying for some, claiming the promises of God for others, and unity along with desperate prayers of healing the land for others. This is the first step to revival: unity amongst the Christians. Please pray for more healing and unity between the Christians in Ubon. There are still many people who we hope will be a part of these monthly meetings in the future.
Please also continue to pray for Kris and her team as they initiate these meetings and contact the different Christians in Ubon. Please pray for protection for them in this work that puts them right on the spiritual battle lines! Please also pray for our team as we have been given the responsibility of leading worship for the first year of these meetings. Please pray for protection over our team too, and especially that God would keep the unity within us.
Here are a couple of pictures from today's meeting...
Thankyou so much for your faithful prayers and support, for making all these things happen. May God bless you all!
While in Bangkok doing Noom's visa the last couple of weeks, we had the chance to visit some relatives of Noom: Lui and Noi. Lui is one of Noom’s cousin and Noi is Lui’s wife. They have been married for about 4 years and don’t yet have children. Just 6-7 months ago, Noi began to get sick and was taken to the hospital. She was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease, a disease that she unknowingly got from her mother (who died from it 2 years ago). When Noi found out 6 months ago that she had this disease, it was already too late to stop it as her kidneys were already almost completely gone.
Two times a week, Noi gets on the back of the motorbike with Lui and goes to the hospital for treatment. This 2-times-a-week treatment at the hospital keeps her alive as a machine does the same job of a kidney by removing waste from her blood (this treatment is called hemodialysis). However, this will only help until Lui and Noi run out of money to pay for the treatment. When they run out, Noi will die. Lui works as a motorbike driver and sometimes only makes 50-100 baht a day ($2-$4). When Lui runs out of his savings, he can do nothing else for his wife. Noi’s only chance is a new kidney, and fast. With the continued treatment, she is still very weak and frail. She can only drink a limited amount of water each day. A new kidney is her only chance to have a strong, healthy body and normal life. It is her only chance to be able to have children. But there are many other people waiting for new kidneys, and by the time Noi gets one through the hospital, it might be too late. Noi is only 29 years old.
Lui and Noi are not yet Christians. They have a Bible (the New Testament) and have been reading it. We have told them that God has the power to heal and they are very interested in the story of Jesus. We know that God’s will is for them to come and know Him and to see His works in their lives. We also know that God’s will is to heal Noi, whether that be in heaven, or on earth: through a donor, continued provision for hemodialysis, or a miracle.
The future is unknown for them, so please pray for their salvation and God’s provision.
Below is a video which shows a bit of what our ministry does :) While the World Race team was visiting, the local church took them for outreach in one of the local slums. There, Noom performed one of his own songs "Maa Terd Rao Kao Maa" which means "Come, Let's Come" and it's in the Isaan language, encouraging them to come to Jesus. When Nut and Base came to stay with us, they made up the guitar solo and drums, which is why we were able to finally play one of our songs and use it for outreach. It went OFF and the women and team had a great time building relationships and dancing together!
This next video is nice and short and was made by one of the women in the team, Charity. It shows what they did in their month in Ubon serving the church and also shows a bit of our ministry too.
