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Missionaries Dana and Cindy Bratton serving the people of Southern Thailand at Calvary Chapel at the Bridge

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April 2011

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What a blessing to have the YWAM Chiang Rai DTS Team
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YWAM Chiang Rai DTS team

YWAM Chiang Rai DTS team

Five of them were Thai, two from South Africa, one from India, one from Australia, one from Singapore and three Americans.  They are on DTS from the Chiang Rai base in northern Thailand led by a young Thai lady named Wilawan.  Kevin and Tar came back with us from Hat Yai the end of February while the rest of the team ministered in Penang Malaysia, where they met our last World Race Team! Then the other team members joined us here for the last three weeks of March.  Our new truck was in the shop for nearly two weeks, so thankfully the team was able to borrow a van from Pastor Wasan in Phang Nga.  The team helped a great deal with weed cutting, street clean up, some evangelism, church on Wednesday and Sunday, Saturday Kid's Club and giving their testimonies on the radio.  They had about four days off, with team time and devotions at the end because of a bad storm.

We enjoyed having Mitch and Raelyn living next door.  They are middle aged from California like us, wonderful people.  We also enjoyed having Uap, his wife Coleen and their daughter Roseanne in the other room next door.  Uap is Thai but was a led to Christ by a missionary from South Africa.  He moved there to study and met Coleen and they were married seven years later.  About two years ago they moved from South Africa to Chiang Rai in Northern Thailand.  Both these couples are planning to serve long term with YWAM Thailand in HIV/Aids home for children in Chiang Rai called Home of the Open Heart see http://www.ywamthai.org/homeoftheopenheart/ .  Kevin also is going to serve there with his fianc� Kwan. The other team members stayed upstairs in Community Center / Church.

 

Kevin helping at school Coleen sweeping 
Neu giving her testimony  Uap repairing the water tank valve 
team cutting weeds in the jungle near the sea  Double actoin - Isaac and Kevin 
Anosh with a machete  Tar praying in church 
Wednesday night Bible study  Bible study 
Uap on the radio  Wilawan on the radio 

Storms in Southern Thailand 

We have been in a tropical storm monsoon for five days.  The heavy rains and flooding closed airports in Nai Khon Si Thamarat and Koh Samui.  Our own Phuket airport has remained open.  There was a heavy mud slide affecting villages in Krabi, people were killed, homes destroyed, and people are missing.  nationmultimedia.com reported: Massive landslide destroys 100 households; many still missing; Floods continue to wreak havoc; 710,000 now affected; Satun and Phuket get warning. Days of downpours triggered a leviathan landslide that swallowed up an entire village of about 100 households in Krabi's Khao Phanom district, leaving 10 residents reported dead and many more missing.

Last month the radio station was down for a week and then a few days ago the storm knocked out the broadcast antenna again.  Please pray the rain will stop, people can repair from the flooding, help rescue workers, comfort those who suffered loss, and that the radio station will be restored. 


 Korean Church Bible School

I taught four mornings in March and will teach two more in April, seven teens and two adults.  I am doing an overview of Romans and 1 Corinthians.  I also taught them six hymns, such as Amazing Grace  Then I asked them to sing that one in Korean. 

Korean stuents around the piano  Bible school 
   

  Coming to the USA April 18 - June 3

We fly from Phuket to Bangkok on Air Asia the night of Sunday April 17 then early Monday morning we fly to Shanghai China on China Eastern and from there to LAX  arriving around 11:00 a.m.  We would like the privilege of speaking at your church.  Here is our schedule so far: April 18 meet with Bob Prouty in Rialto regarding Global Media Outreach with Thai speakers. April 19 at 12:30 we speak at the Caleb Community Lunch at Magnolia Avenue Baptist in Riverside.  23rd with family on Cindy's side.  Easter the 24th we will attend Magnolia Avenue Baptist.  The 27th we are speaking in AWANA at Glen Avon Community Church.  Saturday the 30th we are going to Disneyland with family.  May 1 - 4 I will attend the annual HCMA (hospital chaplains) conference in Murrieta.  Meeting with Water of Life church on May 4.  Cindy speaks at the ladies' luncheon at Grace Church May 7 and we attend there on May 8 with my parents.  Sunday the 15th we speak at Bob Anderson's class at Magnolia Avenue Baptist.  May 19 -26 we will be in Medford Oregon.  May 22 I am preaching at Sunrise Grace Church in Corona, a church plant of First Chinese Baptist Church of Walnut.    We still have open dates available for preaching, teaching Bible studies or Sunday School classes, we both or individually can share about our missionary work in Thailand.  Cindy can speak to women's groups and children's groups.  Wednesday and Sunday evenings are open.  So please let us know how we can serve you. 


New TruckNew truck

We were in need of a second vehicle because of transporting teams of volunteers and in the rainy weather when I can�t ride my motorcycle.  We have found a used double cab Toyota truck for $3,000 we think this will be quite suitable and was at a good price.  We paid $1,000 down, with regular payments through June 15.  If we pay if off in full then, there is no interest.  Please pray the Lord will provide for this.   We have had to do some repairs on it to bring it up to full working order.  We need $1700 to pay it off in June


 Praise and Prayer Requests

Praise the Lord we get to visit family and friends, this month and next.  We aver very excited.

Praise the Lord for  the Bangkok Phuket Hospital who will  allow me to serve on call as a volunteer and are working on details for regular visitation.  I look forward to attending the Healthcare Chaplain's Ministry Association conference at the Calvary Chapel conference center in Murrieta May 1- 4.

Praise the Lord the need for more pastoral care and discipleship is being met, and the pulpit filled during our time in the U.S.  We have a new Friday care group led by Pastor Wuut.

Praise the Lord for Eric and MJ and their two daughter who came to visit a few days last month.  Eric pastors two churches in Sukothai and now oversees the Calvary Chapel work in Thailand and Myanmar in place of the late Pastor James.

Pray for storm victims especially in Krabi province and for restoring our local radio station

Pray for YWAM Southern Thailand and for Phil and Yvette Anderson.  Phil resigned as regional director and they will be in the USA for six months regrouping and applying for Yvette's citizenship (she is Australian.)  Perhaps you will get to meet them as Phil's sister lives in Lake Arrowhead.

Pray for open doors of opportunity to speak in California and Oregon in April and May, would especially like to speak in some other Calvary Chapel churches and in supporting churches.

Pray for another $1,700 to pay off the truck

Pray the Lord of the Harvest to call, equip, and send laborers into this difficult but ready for-harvest field. 

Pray for Wuut and David as they preach and teach in our village of Thachatchai,  and on the radio that many more people will come to faith in Christ. 


Thanks for your partnership with us, we greatly appreciate your support through prayer and financial giving.  God bless you,   Dana and Cindy Bratton

YWAM Thailand missionary. Regular support may be sent to YWAM Montana 501 Blacktail Road Lakeside, Montana 59922 U.S.A. Project number 3454. or through   PayPal

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93/101 Moo 5 Soi Thachatchai 9
Mai Khao, Thalang
Phuket, Thailand 83110

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