Southern Region YWAM Thailand Conference  

Those serving with YWAM in Phang Nga, Krabi, and Phuket came together June 18 - 20 for the first ever Southern Thailand YWAM Staff Gathering at the Naithonburi Resort in Phuket..Phil Porter the YWAM national director and his wife Cindy blessed us with leading the worship and speaking to us.   Also Peter,  a missionary from Scotland, who has been here for 50 years was a great encouragement.  We had some great fellowship and the food was excellent.    Kaison a young man from Missouri, a YWAMer and back packer, was with us about a week including the conference he has gone on to Krabi .  Vaughan and Kate attended the conference with us too.  There was some talk and real interest in starting a YWAM base here next year, please pray for that.  It would be so wonderful to have a centralized training center, a place for networking, and for outreach.  I wrote to Pastor Samphan who directs Food For the Hungry Thailand, for permission to use the Community Center for the YWAM base.  We can't use it as a base but can do some training and have some housing there.

Cindy loves teaching English

She teaches English at both Chao Thai Mai School and Wat Pattikaram School Tuesday through Friday.  Here are some pictures of her kids.

35th Anniversary 

We got to the Royal Pawadee Village Resort in Patong early Sunday afternoon on our motorcycle.  We enjoyed a Thai massage, swimming, and a nice Mexican dinner.  We bought "24" season 7 and 8 (we have been waiting a long time for that!), watched a bunch of crime drama, and enjoyed  the jacuzzi tub in our beautiful mission-style, canopy bed bungalow, we had a very nice 35th  anniversary.

God's Word for Today Calvary Chapel at the Bridge

I am teaching through Genesis now on the three weekly radio programs.  In Genesis 32 we see In the wrestling, while Jacob held on to the Lord, the Lord put Jacob’s hip out of joint. Jacob found out he couldn't overcome, but he would not surrender.  He found out that you do not get anywhere with God by struggling and resisting, the only way that you can get anywhere with God is by yielding and holding on to Him.  In Genesis 33 Jacob was reconciled with his brother Esau.  Is there some family member or former friend that you need to be reconciled with?  All people need to be reconciled with God, and once we have been reconciled with God, He give us the ministry of reconciliation, we can be used of God to bring other people back together and to bring people close to God in a relationship with Him.  Take a look at  II Corinthians 2  5:17-21 which is also what we've been studying at church on Sundays. 

Wednesday nights in studying through Numbers, in chapter 9 we learned  The Lord wants to guide us in our lives too.  No there is no special cloud or pillar of fire, but the Lord guides us through the Bible, through other Christians, sometime through circumstances, we are guided through faith and prayer.  God can and does lead us in other ways because He loves us and is gracious to us. But we shouldn’t build our lives around these other ways when the only way He has promised to guide us is the Bible. Many Christians get led astray by their own feelings or emotions, or by the opinions of others. God can use circumstances to guide us, but sometimes we read into our circumstances too much. Because it is raining and I overslept I might think that God doesn’t want me to go and see the difficult friends who actually really need me. This is dangerous thinking, and actually me shirking my responsibilities. Sometimes we need to persevere despite the circumstances. For more on this and other messages see www.wdbydana.com/sermon.html

Our Kid's Club is growing, we have 34 kids coming now on Saturdays.  

Riding Mower Project

As most of you know, I work generally two hours a day cutting weeds on every street to keep our village clean and build good relations with all our neighbors.  Right next to the church / community center is a large walking park, I maintain that as well.  There are also other large fields and vacant lots I try to keep clear.  It is a lot of work to do with just a weed cutter, I really would like to buy a riding lawn mower, which I think will cost about $2,000.  

 Donations for this 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

 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 Theo, a friend I made online, over two years ago, he is from Pakistan but currently works in Saudi Arabia.  He and his daughter Sadia are moving here this Sunday.  Pray for their adjustment, for her salvation, and that they both will finds jobs and be able to secure long term visas.

 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 the Lord's provision for printing of church brochures / gospel tracts for the airport and Thai Jesus videos for the village.  5,000 brochures cost $480 and 500 DVDs cost $500

Please pray for Cindy and two of the ladies of our church – Sim and Jim.  Sim has been depressed about two months.  There has been a misunderstanding with Jim.  The ladies Bible study / discipleship has been cancelled until further notice.  Since Cindy has put in so much time and effort with these ladies, it is quite discouraging for her.   So the Enemy is at work.   

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.  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. 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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