Dana & Cindy Bratton's Latest Adventures in Ministry 
Missionaries to Thailand, Pastor Calvary Chapel at the
Bridge July 2011 |
New Grandchildren are expected
Aaron and his wife Holly Ann are
expecting their first child, a
daughter who will be named
Chloe, the end of October.
Desaree and her husband Justin,
just found out that she is
pregnant, and their second child
is due in February. We may
take another trip to the USA in one
year, rather than two, to see
these new grandchildren.
Visitors last month
Ben and Frank blood brothers
from France, spent four days
with us. Ben is with YWAM
and plans to move to Phuket in
September. This was an
exploratory trip with his
brother. Another man will
team with Ben, in ministry
probably in the southern part of
the island. Later Dan,
from Arizona, came for a visit
for a week and then moved over
to Rawai in the south of Phuket.
He hopes to live on Phuket as a
home base 6 months out of the
year, since he is a disabled
veteran, and visit other
countries. Ben wrote out
his testimony for me to share on
the radio and Dan shared his
testimony. Listen to and
read Ben's testimony
here. Listen to and
read Dan's testimony
here. Dan is helping
to pay for the new AC in one
room of our duplex for
volunteers. Our landlord
has finally fixed the leaking
roof and is supposed to repair
the interior as well.
The end of the month Carol from
Brazil, more recently India,
formerly with YWAM, came to
volunteer with Cindy for two
weeks in teaching English.
Calvary Chapel
Co-Laborers in an Accident
Saturday
at about 10:30 am Thai time
Pastor Eric, his wife MJ,
their kids and our
friends Joe and Joann who
serve in Nam Khem, were in
an accident when an oncoming
truck rounded a corner, slid
over into our lane and
crashed into us.
Praise the Lord, they are
all okay. The girls
were not injured at all.
MJ injured her leg and ribs,
Joann injured her leg above
and below the knee, and Joe
injured his head and arm.
The hospital was 15 minutes
away and a Karen man drove
all except Eric to the
hospital. The three
ladies in the other vehicle
are also okay. One has
a shoulder/arm injury and
the others had no injuries.
This is a miracle because
after they hit us they went
off the road, dropped
vertically and landed upside
down about 20 feet down in a
ravine. Our truck was
teetering on the edge of the
same ravine, but we were all
able to climb out the
driver-side window.
The lady who hit them took
full responsibility and was
really shaken up so it was a
perfect opportunity for them
to be a testimony for Jesus
and bless them with comfort
and love. The two
ladies came over to Eric and
MJ's house yesterday
afternoon to see if everyone
was ok. The police and
the women's insurance agent
said their truck will likely
be in the shop for about two
months
latimes.com Only one
outcome appears clear as
Thailand goes to the polls: the
risk of violence no matter who
wins. A year after more than 90
people died in street protests
and a bloody crackdown, many of
the tensions that exploded in a
ritzy shopping district of
Bangkok have barely been papered
over in a country beset by vast
social and economic disparities.
reuters Thailand
votes on Sunday in a general
election that could trigger a
new crisis after six years of
turmoil centred on a man revered
by the poor and living in
luxury, and exile, in the Middle
East. Opinion polls point to a
win by Pheu Thai, led by
Yingluck Shinawatra, over the
Democrat Party of
Oxford-educated Prime Minister
Abhisit Vejjajiva.
guardian.co.uk Thaksin
Shinawatra defines Thai politics
even from 3000 miles away in
Dubai, where he lives to avoid a
jail sentence for abuse of
power. The redshirt-associated
party Pheu Thai - led by his
sister Yingluck, but Thaksin's
in all but name - is on course
to beat the incumbent Democrats.
todayonline.com As
Thailand heads to the polls
today, both the opposition and
ruling parties have said they
are confident of winning the
election, which is taking place
after six years of political
turmoil since fugitive former
Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra was ousted in a
military coup.
thestar.com Political
pundits discounted her from the
get-go: she had no political
experience, had never held a
government post and had never
seen the inside of a campaign.
But when polls close and the
ballots are counted Sunday, she
could become Thailand's new
prime minister - the first woman
to do so in this ever-fragile,
ever-fractious Asian democracy.
cnn.com The main
regional players - the United
States, China and Thailand's
neighbors from the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations -
will be watching the outcome
closely, knowing that further
unrest in what has historically
been one of the most stable
countries in southeast Asia
could affect the balance of
power.
nationmultimedia.com The
Election Commission said that
unofficial voting results were
expected to be available no
later than 10pm, although there
was concern that heavy rains
today could affect voter
turnout. There are 47,321,136
eligible voters in this
election. More than 180,000
policemen will be deployed
throughout the country
bangkokpost.com Today is
election day. No one can say
with certainty whether the
results will help heal the
social and political divide that
has weighed on the country for
the past decade. No one can say
whether this election will help
or hinder Thailand's development
as a developing democracy. Only
time will tell
phuketgazette.com
Construction of Phuket’s
International Convention and
Exhibition Center (ICEC) will
begin in three to four months no
matter which party forms the
next government, a Democrat
Party candidate said. The election
results would not affect
existing plans to build the ICEC
in Mai Khao. (This is in our village.)
Construction of the ICEC
would begin in no more than
three to four months, he said. “The architectural plan
for the ICEC is done. We are
trying to find and hire the
construction company and
contractor. Moreover, the
project's budget has already
been approved,” he said.
Upcoming Events
July 25 - 29 we will host
Teaching Children
Effectively Level 1 an
intense study course offered by
Child Evangelism Fellowship in
Thai and English at our church,
Calvary Chapel at the Bridge.
Instructors include Janice
Johnson, who is the Asia Pacific
Training Director with CEF, and
Song who is the Thailand
national director of CEF, also
Mon who is the Chiang Mai
provincial director of CEF.
We are hoping and praying for 15
students to stay with us at the
church those five days. We
will be only charging for room
and board and will pay for the
two Thai nationals to come by
plane from Bangkok. This
training could really impact the
evangelism of children on our
island, pray that the churches
will send their workers for this
training.
Click here for the
brochure.
July 30 - August 3 We will be
joining several hundred YWAMers
for the national YWAM
conference that is held
every two years. This time
it will be Chaam a few hours
drive from Bangkok. We just had
a one day meeting with Phil
Porter the national director,
his wife Cindy, and some of the
fellow YWAMers for a South
Thailand YWAM meeting. A
wonderful time of fellowship,
worship, prayer, and sharing
what is happening in the diverse
ministries in the South.
We hope that other Phuket
pastors will join me in
extending an invitation to have
a large group and evangelical
campaign from International
Commission next year in Phuket,
see
www.ic-world.org
Please pray. I made a brief
presentation to the pastors at
our last monthly meeting.
Logos Hope will
be coming to Phuket August
17-28. They will send a
team of six or more to help with
weed cutting and teaching
English. School and
college students, as well as
anyone else can visit the ship
which will offer a variety of
outreach programs.
Community leaders will also be
invited onboard for a special
reception. Logos Hope took
the place of the Doulos ship
which was decommissioned last
year. The new ship has one
whole floor for visitors with a
huge library. I met with
two of the leaders and suggested
stocking that library/bookstore
with a lot of Christian material
in Thai. They presented
their ministry at the last
monthly pastor's meeting at the
Korean Church. Read more
here.
Kid's Club
"Suffer the children to come
unto Me and forbid them not, for
such is the Kingdom of God"
Matthew 19:14 Since we've
returned from the USA, we've had
few or no children at Kid's Club
on Saturday afternoon. We
have had to cancel several
times. We have been told
by Ohn that parents are saying,
"the kids can't come anymore
because they will have their
hearts changed." Pray that
the parents will allow their
children to come. Three of
our regular attenders asked to
come to church today when I was
picking up other members.
Also we have been asked to teach
school children from Khok Kloy
at the same time, we hope to
arrange to transport them here
and get the club really going
again.
Other News
We are nearly finished with
Deuteronomy on Wednesday nights
and just started Hebrews on
Sunday mornings. On radio
I am teaching the beginning of
Deuteronomy for God's Word
for Today and easy English
stories from the Bangkok Post
for Learning English
Together. Bible
study notes and PowerPoints can
be viewed and downloaded from
www.wdbydana.com/sermon.html
I attended the official grand
opening of the Tourist Police
Office in Phuket and spoke on
the role of the foreign
volunteers. One volunteer
didn't like that I closed my
remarks, with "God bless you."
I continue to volunteer at the
airport two afternoons a week.
Cindy and I attended the monthly
volunteer meeting in Patong.
Cindy was among the presenters
at her two schools on tsunami
preparedness.
We invited six Burmese workers
to lunch after church the past
two Sundays. They are
building just two doors down
from the church. The new
bridge going northbound should
be open later this month.
We have received quite a bit of
rain, so I am working
frantically to cut the weeds
from the time we were gone and
the new ones continuing to grow.
Several large fields and the
walking park by the church have
been cleared.
Fix-A-Flat has fixed the leaks
in all four tires, had to
replace the two blades and the
belt on the riding mower.
Trucks are both running well,
had to replace two rear tires on
Cindy's truck.
To follow my Twitter news page
see the Dana Bratton
Daily and if you missing our
pictures please see Cindy's
Facebook
photo album, though we
didn't have many this past
month.
Praise and Prayer Requests
Pray the Bangkok Phuket Hospital
will allow me to
make regular bed to bed visits when we return to Thailand in June.
Pray me as I preach and teach at church and on the radio
Pray for Bibles to supply other Se-Ed bookstores in Thailand
Pray for Cindy as she teaches in the two schools in Thai Muang, Phang Nga
Pray for the volunteers we have scheduled already to help us in the next two
months.
Pray for our Child Evangelism Fellowship Teaching Children Effectively Course we
will host and help in the instruction for recertification..
Pray for healing for Taa Thon long term member of our church - age 90 homebound
for now
Pray for the YWAM conference,
that everyone will be refreshed,
encouraged, and unified
Pray for more Global Media
Outreach online missionaries for
Thailand, speakers of both
English and Thai, see
www.missionaryfromhome.com
Praise the Lord for 36 years of
marriage. We celebrated
with a trip to Splash Jungle
water park last Monday
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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U.S. voice mail Skype (951)643-8641
E mail: danabratton@sbcglobal.net
Mailing address:
93/101 Moo 5 Soi Thachatchai 9
Mai Khao, Thalang
Phuket, Thailand 83110
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