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Dana & Cindy Bratton's Latest Adventures in Ministry

 Missionaries to Thailand, Pastor Calvary Chapel at the Bridge March  2008
 

Our first church service in the Community Center

 God is really blessing the work here in the south.  We had our first church service in the Community Center Sunday the 17th,  we had 52 in attendance, and 12 made public professions of faith.  Then 25 attended the new believers/baptism class later that afternoon.   It is a thrill and honor to pastor this church, Calvary Chapel at the Bridge.   I call it that because our village is right at the Sarasin Bridge that connects the provinces of Phang Nga and Phuket.  The Lord Jesus is the bridge between God and man.  Noom, a professional advertiser and son of Som and Nit, made some highway banner signs that we'll put up soon.  We bought some wiring to connect existing microphones, a speaker, an amplifier and two guitars.   Last Sunday we had 33 in attendance and one lady accepted Christ.  I am preaching through the book of Luke starting in the 12th chapter.  We have two young men helping to lead our worship.  Services are in English and Thai with translation and a Power Point gives Scripture and songs in both languages.


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We have 4 cell group Bible studies in neighboring villages and things are happening there too .  A large piece of property has been donated to build a church, and a center for children and the elderly.  One boy accepted Christ, whose Mom has been demon possessed but who is now saved.  Two women accepted Christ at the Friday night meeting.  We need the Lord to send us a children’s worker or translator for Cindy to work with all the children in a separate program we have for the children on Saturdays.  The weekly teaching schedule is: Wednesday morning staff meeting and prayer, then cell groups on Thursday in Khok Khloy in the afternoon, followed by one in Bo Don about 30 minutes north of Thachatchai, and then another cell group Bible study in a Buddhist shop back in Khok Kloy,  and one cell group on Friday at the church house with a meal, in Thachatchai, and then Saturday afternoon there is a children's meeting 1:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m., followed by a youth meeting 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., followed by worship practice 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. and then a prayer meeting from 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.  Sunday service is at 10:00 a.m. with lunch and fellowship at 12:00 p.m. then one more week of baptism class 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. on the 9th we will be baptizing 15 people at the beach in Bo Don.   Monday is a day off and Tuesday a study and preparation day. Thai language study with a tutor will be scheduled in soon. 

It is a delight serving the Lord together with Jum, the Lord is helping her both in translation and administration.  We also really appreciate our neighbors across the street, Som and Nit who share food with us nearly every day, frequently loan us their car, plus Som attends most of the cell groups, transports people and is a good handy man.  The two of them also took us to a large evangelistic rally a few weeks ago.  It was well attended, had lots of great worship music, and a powerful evangelistic message by one of the Phuket pastors.  Many responded to the invitation, including three older adults who were in front of us.  Praise the Lord, for what He is doing!

Community Center

We've added fans.  We added blocks for stairs on both sides of the building to make the Community Center more accessible, donated by one of our members.  We added two shower fixtures in the bathroom upstairs, we need to add four more in the downstairs bathroom.  We would like to build a stage/ platform, add acoustic ceiling tile to reduce the echo, and some air conditioners.  We would also like to add some computers, a TV, some books, and games.  We hope to survey the community so that every resident can have a voice about their Community Center.  Perhaps you know of corporations that would be willing to donate toward these improvements.


Evangelistic rally in Phuket town


Som in the Community Center


Church Sunday morning


Church Sunday morning


Church Sunday morning


Church Sunday Morning


Pastor Dana teaching and Jum translating


 The altar call


Lunch and fellowship after church


Family at one of the Khok Kloy cell groups

Buy a song tao truck project

Alistair and M have a 2001 Nissan Frontier pickup with only 25,000 miles they want to sell to us for $8,000 U.S., and they will deliver it from Bangkok.  We will then add the song tao, which means two benches; there is a frame with an aluminum or canvas roof, like a camper shell but with open walls and two benches. That part costs $800.  So we need $8,800.  The truck will be our personal car as well as the church van.  Can you help us with this project?   Update:  As of March 7 we have received $2,000.  Praise the Lord, only $6,800 left to go. 


Prayer Requests

We need the Lord's wisdom in leading and overseeing this ministry which will probably also involve many new programs in the community center.  Pray for Southern Thailand and especially for Calvary Chapel at the Bridge, the church plant in Thachatchai, Phuket.

Pray for Cindy as she starts English classes in the Community Center

Pray that the stewards of the Community Center which is Food for the Hungry in Bangkok, and leaders in the village will labor together to develop programs for the Community Center and continue to allow our church to meet in the building long term.

Pray that God will enlighten the minds and understanding of Buddhists, to recognize God as the only true God.   Pray that the Lord will send more laborers for the harvest here.  We especially need a new children's worker who also speaks English, so she can work with Cindy in children's ministry.

We need some additional monthly support  Support may be sent to YWAM Montana 501 Blacktail Road Lakeside, Montana 59922 U.S.A. Project number 3454.

Pray the Lord will help us to become fluent in Thai so that we can be most effective in sharing the Gospel and training and discipling.   We will begin lessons soon with a teacher from the Thachatchai school.

Pray for the song tao truck project

Pray for unity in the church and for God to raise up servant leaders

Pray for the baptism service March 9 at Bo Don beach

Our sons and their wives have determined they cannot afford the monthly mortgage on our old home in Riverside.  They just replaced the heater and air conditioner, have done some painting and yard work and have put it up for sale.  Pray that it will sell quickly and at good price that will benefit them and us. The home is located at 6517 Avenida Mariposa Riverside.  A three bedroom house, two stories, three car garage, 2 1/2 baths, we are asking $339,000.  Contact Jerry Cook at Park Place realty in Moreno Valley.

Nathan and Denise are expecting their first baby in May.  Praise the Lord!


Cindy works with the children each day in our home.  She has one adult English student.  She is the computer operator during church and does everything to keep our house a home.  Including preparing tacos for part of the team from Ban Nam Khem.  Dana praises the Lord for such a help meet. 

Thanks for 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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Dana worked on a new website for the Thai Evangelism Commission a coalition of churches and ministries who have the goal of planting churches in 800 districts throughout Thailand  by 2010, with a “Christian presence” in each of the 8,000 sub-districts and a “Christian witness” in each of the 80,000 villages. This plan unites Thailand's three different Protestant streams under the Thailand Evangelism Commission (TEC): the Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand, the Church of Christ of Thailand (CCT) and the Baptists Association. The main goal of the website is to provide resources, many of which are free, for Thai pastors.  It's an honor to be involved in such a project, but challenging since it's is mainly in Thai.  The English version can be viewed here, http://www.thaichurches.org/english.htm

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What led Dana and Cindy Bratton to become missionaries to Thailand?

I went to Thailand in January 2005 to assist with disaster relief as a pastor following the tsunami. I ministered in the city of Krabi and on Phi Phi Island. I also taught English in a school near Nua Klong at Laem Kruat.  I tried to purchase a Bible for my host family in Thai or English.  I went to five different stores, new and used, and found no Bibles at all.  This really tugged on my heart, "how will they hear without the Word?"  There was a Baptist church in Krabi and I was able to obtain several New Testaments there. I lived with the public school principal for nearly two weeks.  I had his permission to share my testimony and teach Bible stories in each English class.  Two Muslim teenage girls accepted Christ.  When I returned home from this short term trip, I told Cindy we really need to prayerfully consider going to Thailand full time.  They lack Bibles, they lack preachers, and yet the field is wide open through the teaching of English.   95% of the population is Buddhist, 4% and increasing are Muslim, and less than 1% is Christian.  Cindy and I, and a team of three others, went to Bangkok and to Krabi in July and August. We did prayer walking, taught English, I preached in a men’s prison and two churches, we worked with Child Evangelism Fellowship for a few days.  Several things persuaded Cindy of our call to ministry in Thailand, one was at a private secular school where the opening song played daily by the school band, is the missionary hymn "Send the Light."  Second was a pig head offered as a sacrifice to the Emerald Buddha atop two black iron bulls at the Grand Palace, the palace buildings are   mostly covered with gold.  This reminded her of Solomon's Temple and the abomination of desolation in Daniel as well as an attempt to make a heaven on earth.  She saw how desperately the Thai people need the Gospel.    You can see pictures and descriptions of those mission trips at www.wdbydana.com/thailand

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Dana and Cindy Bratton used to reside in Riverside, CA. Dana was licensed to the Gospel ministry in 1983 and ordained in 1990. He completed his clinical training with the Health Care Chaplains' Ministry Association and was certified as an associate chaplain in 1991. He has served as a hospital chaplain since 1990. He was certified as a full chaplain in 1995 and a provisional teaching chaplain in 2002. He has also done hospice chaplaincy for 3 years. He and Cindy both graduated from California Baptist University. Dana completed an M.Div degree at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Brea May 2005. Dana and Cindy were both missionaries with Child Evangelism Fellowship for 11 years. Cindy taught middle school science in Ontario. The Bratton's are members at Magnolia Avenue Baptist church in Riverside where they both sang in choir and led a senior adult Sunday School class. The Bratton's have three grown children. The Bratton's have made several short term mission trips, including Nairobi Kenya, Campos Brazil, Bangkok and Krabi Thailand.

We completed TESOL classes at BIOLA University in La Mirada in preparation for career missionary service in Thailand teaching English as a foreign language as well as any other means to have opportunity to share the Gospel.  Since Dana is no longer serving as a hospital chaplain HCMA could not continue to receive support on his behalf.  YWAM Thailand is active throughout Thailand in sharing the Gospel, and in a variety of other ministries.  We have joined them as of May, but U.S. supporters can give tax deductible donations through YWAM Montana.  They required we do a Crossroads Discipleship Training School, we completed the lecture phase in Perth Australia January through March 2007, and the outreach phase in Bangkok and Chiang Mai Thailand April through May.   We began a an internship with YWAM Thailand in May studying Thai language and culture in Bangkok.

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Cindy and I went to Nairobi Kenya three years ago, went to Campos Brazil two years ago. Would you consider a short term mission trip? It is out of this world! A year ago last summer we went to Thailand with the International Mission Board.  In August we moved to Thailand.

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