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Missionaries to Thailand, Pastor Calvary Chapel at the Bridge     March 2010

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Bridge and Village More About Ministry in Thailand
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YWAM celebrates 50 years

Loren, Darlene, Phil, and Cindy  More than 700 YWAMers gathered in Chiang Mai
February 3 - 5 to celebrate the 50th anniversary.  Founders Loren and Darlene Cunningham were the main speakers, shown here with Phil Porter (National director) and his wife Cindy. Click here for more details and pictures. http://www.ywamthai.org/ywam50.html

We really enjoyed the conference as well as a few days of sight seeing in Chiang Mai with Mom and Dad.

 

 

YWAM Thailand dancers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

elephant rideMom at the wat in the mountain above Chiang Mai

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cindy and Karen Tribe woman

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A Trip to Phi Phi, Ao Nang, and Krabi

We took a two day trip by boat.  We went to Phi Phi island for snorkeling and lunch.  Then on to Ao Nang Beach in Krabi province.  There my long time friend Prasit picked us up in his car and took us to his home for dinner with his family in Krabi.  What a wonderful evening we had! He was the one who so graciously made arrangements for me right after the tsunami plus hosted our team in his home when we made the exploratory and outreach trip four years ago.  We stayed that night in a hotel in Ao Nang, explored Krabi town, the inlet and the Tiger Cave the following day by taxi and long tail boat and then returned by boat to Phuket in the afternoon.   

Mom, Dad, Prasit and family Krabi inlet

Huge tree at the Tiger Cave Mountain

chickens at Prasit's house

Prasit's chickens

Phi Phi Phi Phi

Puffer fish in Krabi

This picture reminds me of I Corinthians 13 where we’re told not to be puffed up with pride.  Not only is it ungodly, it’s downright prickly and ugly, keeping everyone away!  We saw this fellow in Krabi.


The Bridge and Life in the Village 

The construction of the new Sarasin Bridge is progressing well.  One evening we took a few pictures.  We also captured some village and church life here. Dad helped serve communion on the first Sunday of the month.
Som and Ake outside our house Rad canoe in Thanoon across from Thachatchai
Dad serving communion children eating after church

Thachatchai kids on the beach

Sarasin Bridge Construction

Sarasin Bridge Construction Sunset in Thachatchai


Visa run to Myanmar

It had been nearly 90 days since our trip to Perth Australia for our visa, plus Mom and Dad were going beyond their 30 day tourist visas, so off we went to Ranong by car and then by long tail boat into Myanmar for visa stamps.  It was good to see our young friend Ali, who met nearly three and a half years ago as a seven year old, he has grown.  He doesn't work the long tail boats any more but assists passengers at dock on the Burmese side every day.

Ali from Burma


New Rain Gutter and a New Garden

The lot next door to the east of our duplex is vacant except for a partial cement skeleton where they started to build house.  Generally is completely overgrown with weeds and is used by the neighbors to burn brush and rubbish.  We've had permission from the land owner to clear it and plant a garden but haven't had the resources until now.  With Mom and Dad's help, Gahn, and some neighbors we cleared it off and bought and potted some plants. We covered with shade cloth.  Thankfully our neighbor, Som, though getting old is still a monkey.  So he could climb on top to secure the screen.  More needs to be done but we are off to a good start.  We also wanted a rain gutter to funnel rain water into our new water tank.  Dad and I got that done.  Our church family and our neighbors enjoyed meeting Mom and Dad and visa versa.  They stayed one week at the Marriott but the rest of the time was in a guest house just around the corner from our house, where they were given a nice discount.

The new garden

Installing the gutter


Tourist Police Volunteer Training 

Tourist Police CPR Training

Tourist Police Volunteer procession

We attended the tourist police volunteer training at the Merlin Hotel in Phuket Town.  Our training included CPR, tourist police history, protecting the forest, a field trip to the museum and  a trip to Patong beach.  There were about 100 volunteers present, only ten of us were foreigners.  We went with lights flashing and sirens blazing in a caravan on our two field trips.  We also had early morning exercise at 5:30 a.m.  It was both fun and informative, but sometimes a bit frustrating as it was nearly all in Thai. We received a new uniform shirt and a tee shirt but no new ID badges yet.

Tourist Police Volunteers


Praise and Prayer Requests

Pray for the victims of the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile.

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 Gahn as she translates my teaching Wednesday, the radio programs and teaches Kid's Club on Saturdays.  She also does other outreach with the children in our neighborhood. Praise the Lord, this past Saturday 19 children attended and two accepted Christ!

Pray for Sana as she translates my Sunday messages.

Pray for Cindy as she has a heavy load of leading worship, cooking, and laundry, plus two weekly women's Bible studies.

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. 

Praise the Lord for five wonderful weeks visiting with my parents, having wonderful adventures together here as well as a lot of work.  Dad and I cut weeds together most days, and I have a new tool a propane weed burner! 


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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