Pakistani friends from Saudi Arabia

Theo and Sadia arrived at the airport on July 4.  We took them over to the international school in the middle of the island for an American 4th of July picnic.  I helped them rent a house on the other side of our village.  This past month we've done a lot of job searching for Sadia.  She has two years of experience as a school teacher in Saudi Arabia but no college, the hotels and the retail outlets mainly hire Thais and this is low season.  Theo is going to return to Saudi Arabia on August 2, but plans to move back here.  Sadia is going to enroll in a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) course which should allow her to obtain a one year ED visa.  We don't know if she will do her studies here, online, or back in Saudi Arabia.  Please continue to pray for her salvation, she has been well exposed to the gospel here and has been receptive.

Cindy loves teaching English

She teaches English at both Chao Thai Mai School and Wat Pattikaram School Tuesday through Friday.  Sadia went to school with Cindy one day.  One of the projects Cindy had the kids do was design a travel brochure.  Here are some pictures of her kid's work. 

News from neighboring Myanmar (Burma)

Pastor James and Bua just had a baby boy, name Daniel.  They serve in Northern Thailand and Myanmar. .There were some complications, but mom and baby are fine now. James reported that   "on July 22nd an entire village was assaulted and razed to the ground in E. Burma.  The casualty total is not known just yet, nor will it be soon.  The very pulpit of a church in which he,  Pastor Joe Tuccinardi and other brothers have preached in is ashes.  The very schools that were built with men's hands through the donations of some blessed brethren stand no more.  As I write and hear the monsoon rains I know our brothers and sisters in Christ are burying their dead, hiding in the forest, wet, cold and hungry.  This is one of the brazen attacks recently, and there shall be more.   Pray for all those who are mourning."

Malay friends from Southern California  

Ed and Lynn Khong were with us last Wednesday.  They are originally from Malaysia so they will visit family there also.  They visited missionaries in Chiang Mai and us in Phuket.  They are from the First Chinese Baptist Church in Walnut, CA, one of our supporting churches.

God's Word for Today Calvary Chapel at the Bridge

I am teaching through Genesis still  in the three weekly radio programs.   Exciting stories of Joseph. Last Sunday was special, I have been praying for Sam and Tum, our neighbors down the street that they could come to faith and come to our church.  Sana was gone that particular Sunday on vacation and Tum was at our house because I am creating a website for her, see www.phuket-happy-tours.com  Sana suggested that Tum translate in her stead, and Tum agreed!  I am just going to start a new series in Galatians but wanted to wait for Sana to return for that and Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa had just sent me Pastor Chuck Smith's booklet on How to Be Born Again in Thai, so I used that for my text on Sunday.  So, Tum has now been to church and heard the gospel clearly from her own mouth, but continue to pray for her and Sam for their salvation. 

Wednesday nights we are studying through Numbers,  Vaughan will teach the Wednesday nights while we are gone to Singapore.  For more on this and other messages see www.wdbydana.com/sermon.html

Our Kid's Club is growing, we have 40 kids coming now on Saturdays.  

Ohn continues to invite children for Saturday Kids Club, also for Sunday mornings and invites her friends for Wednesday night Bible study too.  Kate will teach Kid's Club on the two Saturdays we are in Singapore.

Riding Mower Project

Magnolia Avenue Baptist church in Riverside had their VBS a few weeks ago.  The kids were challenged to give their pennies for missions.  $1,200 came in which will go toward the mower project.  It was so exciting to have a Skype video call with Pastor Montia and the kids.  An adult Sunday School class is raising support for this and the church will have a blood drive on August 8, where $20 per donation will go toward the project.  The dealer has also reduced the price to help out, so the cost is now $4,400.  My broken finger is on the mend, the steel rod comes out on the 6th   

 Donations for the mower project can be made to YWAM Montana designate Thachatchai Community Center Project number 3601, mail to YWAM Montana 501 Blacktail Road Lakeside, Montana 59922 U.S.A  or non tax deductible donations can be sent by check c/o Nathan Bratton 15351 Brandon Lane Fontana, CA 92337  We also just had another 250 Jesus videos made.  Donations for those can be made to the same two addresses.  The Thai video CDs cost $1 each and 16 language DVDs with Burmese and Thai cost $2 each here and $3 each from the US.  Joe and Jo Ann are bringing some from the US in late August.

 Praise and Prayer Requests

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

Pray for the persecuted churches in Myanmar and Pakistan.  Recently two men were killed in Pakistand for their faith.  Also in Pakistan there was a plane crash killing 159 people and thenorth  side is violently affected by flood. Thousands have become homeless and death toll has risen to 800. 

Pray for the three weekly radio broadcasts of God's Word for Today on Happy Radio 105.25 FM.  Also our Learning English broadcast on Wednesday morning. 

Pray for Ohn as she translates my teaching Wednesday, the radio programs and teaches Kid's Club on Saturdays with Cindy. 

Pray for Sana as she translates my Sunday messages.

Pray for Cindy teaching English in two schools.  Pray for opportunities for evangelism, cooperation with the Thai teachers, and safety in traveling to and from.

Pray for me as I preach and teach in our village of Thachatchai,  that many more people will come to faith in Christ.  A new bridge is being built here to connect the island to the the mainland.  The bridge the old north bound bridge is now closed making it more difficult to come and go from our village and from side to side.  How people here need to know of the Bridge between God and man, the Lord Jesus. 

Pray for the upcoming Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.  Cindy and I plan to go there for two weeks of evangelism , August 9 -23 with www.gofestaisa.com a ministry of YWAM Singapore. 

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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