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Global Media Outreach
We arrived at LAX April 18. My parents picked us up at the airport, took us to In and Out for burgers,
and then to the home of our son Nathan and daughter in-law Denise. That
evening we met with Bob Prouty, his wife and two other Global Media Outreach
online missionaries to talk about further outreach into Thailand and recruiting
more missionaries for follow up. We currently have five people
answering emails for Thailand, I am one of them. When we have ten, then
Global Media will expand Google advertising which will greatly increase the
number of contacts. Speakers of other languages, especially Vietnamese
and English are much needed. For more info see
www.missionaryfromhome.com
Our children and grandchildren
You can imagine how much we miss seeing our family in person. How
wonderful it is to be staying in our son's home, with his children. We
were able to hold Kadence for the first time and see how much Colin has grown.
She will be one later this month and he will be three
Our daughter Desaree, son in-law Justin, and grandson Jacob came down for a
week of vacation and we all went to Disneyland together. Jacob will be
five later this month. We also visited with our youngest son Aaron at the Domino's Pizza store he manages in La Sierra. Plus we visited my
brother
Derek and his family in Twin Peaks.
Speaking engagements
We spoke at the Caleb Community monthly luncheon on a Tuesday afternoon, the
senior adult ministry I founded about 12 years ago at Magnolia Avenue Baptist
Church in Riverside. We attended Wednesday night prayer meeting
and choir rehearsal and then had the privilege of singing with the choir on
Easter Sunday morning.
We had lunch with our good
friends Eric and Alicia Jorns.
Last Sunday Derek's boss Darryl asked his pastor if we could share about
Thailand and me preach.
What a thrill to minister in that church, up
in the mountains where I grew up. Thank you to Pastor Bill for giving
us that great opportunity at First Baptist Crestline.
This next weekend we will be out at Desert Hot Springs at Grace Church.
Cindy will speak at the ladies lunch on Saturday, and I will help with an
evangelistic outreach with the pastor and the men. We will also speak at
Sunday School on Mother's Day.
Other visits
We had lunch with Cindy's mom Norma, Cindy's sister Karen, and our brother in
law Mark in Corona.
At lunch Mark asked me if I could visit his uncle
Leon who was dying of liver cancer. We rode out with them to his home in
Hemet. At first he wouldn't wake up. But finally with some gentle
shakes and lots of talking and praying. I shared the gospel, many
Scriptures, my testimony, and he believed and accepted Christ, praise the
Lord. I also visited some friends in convalescent homes, so it was like I
was back doing hospital chaplaincy.
Cindy visited one day with the teachers from Oaks Middle School where she used
to teach.
I attended the annual Health Care Chaplains' Ministry Association conference at
Calvary Chapel Murrieta Conference Center, May 1 - 3. What a delight to
fellowship with many old friends and make new ones.Plus some really
great training and speaking. I especially enjoyed the messages of Dr. Greg
Harris, a professor from the Master's College and author of The Cup and
The Glory, and several other books. He spoke on the source of our much
needed comfort, we want to sit in Your glory, and take care of yourselves.
Glen Hood and Don Peck, Glen was
my roommate at the conference
again, like he was back about 12
years ago.
Payson and Laney Gregory, Pop
Payson has been my friend more
than 20 years. I served
with him a few months years ago
at San Bernardino Country
Medical Center.
Fernando Trujillo chaplain at
Kaiser Fontana
Most of the conference was
casual but the certificate
ceremony recognizes many hours
of clinical training to become a
chaplain or teaching chaplain
Bill and Myla Morrow. Bill
is chaplain at Kaiser Fontana,
who I served with for five years
Prior to the conference Cindy and I had lunch with our dear friends and fellow
missionaries to Thailand, Joe and Joann Cochran. They will return to
Thailand May 18, and will fill in for us for two and a half weeks before we
return. We had dinner with Arnold and Ada from Calvary Chapel La Mirada
whom we met in Thailand while they were on vacation there.
Meanwhile in Thailand
Pastor Phichai from Calvary Chapel Ban Naam Khem is teaching four of the
Wednesday night Bible Studies. David Speights, long term missionary to Thailand,
taught one week both at the church and on the radio. He was so excited
about the radio, that he asked to fill in more. Romel Ala will speak two
Sundays.
New Truck
We were in need of a second
vehicle because of
transporting teams of
volunteers and in the rainy
weather when I can’t ride my
motorcycle. We have found a
used double cab Toyota truck
for $3,000 we think this
will be quite suitable and
was at a good price. We
paid $1,000 down, with
regular payments through
June 15. If we pay if
off in full then, there is
no interest. Please
pray the Lord will provide
for this. We have had to do some repairs on it to bring it up to
full working order. We need $1500 more to pay it off in June
Praise and Prayer Requests
Praise the Lord we get to visit family and friends, this month.
Praise the Lord for abiding fruit and faithfulness. Don Peck who I trained
to take my place at Community Care and Rehab is still visiting there faithfully
and teaching the Tuesday Bible study. Eric Jorns is still playing the
piano there weekly, more than 10 years of faithfulness. Don is also the
senior chaplain now at Corona Regional Medical Center where my sister Darlene is
the C.O.O. Fernando Trujillo who I trained to take my place at
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana is faithfully serving there along
with my former colleague Bill Morrow. The Caleb Community that I founded
about twelve years ago is flourishing under the leadership of Vi Estell.
Pray the Bangkok Phuket Hospital
will allow me to
make regular bed to bed visits when we return to Thailand in June.
Pray for another $1,500 to pay off the truck
Pray the Lord of the Harvest to call, equip, and send laborers into this
difficult but ready for-harvest field.
Pray for Phichai, Romel and Joe as they preach and teach in our village of Thachatchai,
and on the radio that many
more people will come to faith in Christ.
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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