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The Hearts of the children are being changed
There was no school most of the month of October. So there was some decine in
attendance in our two Kid's Clubs. Then one Saturday most of the students
in the morning Club were taken on a field trip, but then we expected the numbers
to be back up this past Saturday but I only had 18 students, three of whom we
brought in from Thachatchai. Phi Wat our host explained, "some of the
parents don't want their children to attend because the hearts of the children
are being changed." Please pray that the hearts of the parents will be
changed too.
International Commission
Jeff
Chetwood, executive vice president and regional coordinator for IC projects in Asia
and his wife Jodie were with us October
16 -19, and conducted the preoutreach training for the pastors at Pak Ping
Church in Phang Nga October 18. Pastor Achara pictured below, translated
for Jeff, Jodie, and me.
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We had seven churches commit to be involved in Operation Andrew.
Here it is in seven steps:
1. Look around: list the names of relatives, friends and neighbors who need
Christ. Write down their names.
2. Look up: begin to pray seriously for each of them. You should also let
them know that you are praying for them.
3. Look out: find ways to build stronger relationships with these people. Ask
if there are any specific needs you can pray for. Show personal interest in
each person’s needs and problems.
4. Look friendly: invite him or her to your home, alone or with their family.
Invite them to share a meal with you.
5. Look at the list: invite each person to the “service of ten” in your
church. Let him know that you would like for him to be your honored guest, with
a personalized invitation card.
6. Look forward to an opportunity: to have another Christian including a
foreign visitor to visit in his home at his convenience and make an appointment.
7. Look after: if he still hasn’t accepted Jesus, keep on praying and
developing the friendship. Look for opportunities to serve, visit, and call
him. Allow him to see Jesus in you that you care for him and love him and are
continuing to pray for him.
We had 26 in attendance at the Phang Nga pastor's meeting at the Cup of Joy
coffee shop north of Khok Kloy. I spent about 25 minutes going through
Operation Andrew with them, distributed Jeff's testimony with the ten questions,
showed them an evangecube, and gave them church information sheets. I think
there were about eight more churches represented. One completed the information
sheet bringing the number of participating churches for the project to eight.
There might be another one or two. The Baptist church that joined, has a
Philippino pastor who said this, "I love this project, it involves the local
church in prayer, evangelism and follow up, the church owns it. It is not just
foreigners coming for a week of evangelism and then going back to their
country." The lady church leader who translated for me said, "we can't commit
to doing this because we have volunteers coming already during that last week of
March, but we will definitely do Operation Andrew in our church." This morning
I taught our church on Operation Andrew and asked for a commitment to pray for a
list of ten. We had the children do it also. We will post the names on the
wall of our church next week. We had a small group but they were excited about
it. I spoke on John chapter 4 after that the Woman at the Well. Who was so
excited about sharing her testimony she went off without her water pot.
Pray for Operation Andrew happening now in the eight churches and pray that Magnolia Avenue Baptist church
and other churches across the USA will recruit a large number of
participants for this outreach to Thailand March 21 - April 2. We have
made hotel reservations for 30 counting Jeff and Jodi and Cindy and me, so we
need 26 volunteers. The hotel is the
Khao Lak Orchid Beach Resort. The ideal
team consists of a preacher and 2-3 lay
people, we can assign to each of the eight churches. In previous projects, men, women and young people from all walks of
life, ages 13-85, have been used effectively. The two basic areas of
project work are visitation and evangelistic services. Every participant spends
two or three hours each morning and each afternoon in scheduled visitations.
They witness in homes, schools, and wherever the host
church desires. Many other evangelistic opportunities come outside the
scheduled visitation. In addition to providing interpreters to bridge any
language barriers, International Commission asks each person to write their
personal testimony. This is translated and copies are printed in the host
language. Each volunteer will have 200 copies in Thai and 50 in Burmese. Each witnessing brochure provides that participant's personal
testimony, the plan of salvation, steps for a new believer, and a decision card
that is in the language of those to whom we take the gospel. Each church
holds some other evangelistic services. Interpreters make it possible for team
members to testify and for the visiting evangelist to preach. The local pastor
participates in the invitation and counseling in order to bond the respondents
to the local church. If you are
interested in participating complete this
application form. A brochure with more information will be available soon.
Our Truck
We have paid 30,000 baht and the truck roof has been repaired, head light
replaced, some putty and sanding and next comes painting and the payment of the
balance of 10,000 baht which is about $350, if you would like to help. We
were able to buy the new laptop I needed, it so much better, very quick and has
a large screen.
Other News
Our daughter in law Holly just had a baby girl named Chloe bringing our number
of grandchildren to 4. She has been separated from our young son Aaron, so he
is not the father but we still count the grandchild.
Duke and Sunshine a couple from California spent a few days with us talking
about possible long term missionary service to Thailand. Pray for God's
guidance. They both shared at church on Sunday We enjoyed this beach
sunset together plus they had some time with the Chetwoods as well.
 
I have been asked to participate in the quarterly YWAM Thailand leadership
meeting south of Bangkok November 14-16, representing the YWAM work in Southern
Thailand. I hope the meeting will still go forward wtih all the flooding
in Bangkok. Please pray for that meeting.
We are in Joshua
on Wednesday nights, and now in John on Sunday mornings. On the radio we
are in Acts 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 am behind on weed cutting and hoping for a team to come help. My riding
mower has been in the shop for cutting blade repairs for several weeks.
To follow my Twitter news page
see the Dana Bratton
Daily and if you missing our
pictures please see Cindy's
Facebook
photo album..
Praise and Prayer Requests
Pray the flood waters will recede in Bangkok, and that people will be able to
repair and rebuild as they return to their homes and businesses. See
this video
Bangkok
Underwater from another missionary in that area.
Please continue to pray the Bangkok Phuket Hospital will allow me to make regular
room to room visits weekly.
Pray for me and my two translators Ohn and Sana, and for those who hear as I
preach and teach at church and on the radio. The radio station was down
with technical problems last weekend, pray we will be back on the air soon.
Please continue to pray for Bibles to supply other Se-Ed bookstores in Thailand and that they will
be receptive to the distribution.
Pray for Cindy as she teaches in the two schools in Thai Muang, Phang Nga and
for the Kid's Club at the Thanon school Saturday afternoons. Also pray for
her as she leads worship Wednesday and Sunday and prepares meals.
Pray that we can recruiit volunteers or perhaps even paid staff to teach English
in one of the Khok Kloy schools and the Thanon School. They both need
English teachers.
Please continue to pray for healing for Taa Thon long term member of our church - age 90 homebound
for now.
Pray for more Global Media
Outreach online missionaries for
Thailand, speakers of both
English and Thai, see
www.missionaryfromhome.com Also pray for the 19 members of my Global
Media community I oversee that God will use them mightily in their follow up
counseling.
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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E mail: danabratton@sbcglobal.net
Mailing address:
93/101 Moo 5 Soi Thachatchai 9
Mai Khao, Thalang
Phuket, Thailand 83110
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