Sorry for lack of updates!

From now on, we are going to try and write a blog once a week starting from today :-)

Apart from the updates we sent out in our newsletter last week (if you didn't receive our newsletter and wish to receive it and/or future updates please contact us) we have a further update about the soccer ministry:

We are so excited for the opportunity to run another soccer program in Noom's village at the end of this month. This is the 3rd year running a 3-day tournament in the school holidays in Noom's village, but the first year that we are seeing the villagers opening up and excited to have a part. Not only is the school getting involved and preparing two teams of under 12's, but the village has also prepared a woman's team to play with the women of our team. This is a huge opportunity for us to build relationships with the people in Noom's village, not just by running something for the children and having the parents come along to watch, but actually having activities that give us the chance to interact with the adults in the village too. The first day will be for the young adults: guys on our team VS the guys from the village, and girls on our team VS the girls from the village. The remaining three days will be a fun tournament for the under 12's. Please be praying for open hearts and for relationships to be built during 24th-27th October!

And a further update about the music ministry:

Noom is currently in the process of writing a few songs about the life of Daniel and recording them with another couple of songs about Gideon and Samson. This is for a project run by a friend of ours in another province who has a heart to record Isaan-style songs about the Bible so that Isaan people can have more opportunities to learn about the Bible (especially for those who can't read Thai or are unable to get a copy of a Thai Bible that isn't the Thai KJ version!). Our friend has already completed two albums (Genesis and Exodus). We are thankful that God allowed us to be a part of this project but Noom needs prayer in writing the songs about Daniel because he doesn't want to miss anything important but also needs to pick and choose the most necessary facts and put them to music that will be easy for people to understand. The goal is to have them finished and recorded by the end of this year.