Outreach to children is exploding

About two months ago, Ohn and I were eating breakfast in Khok Kloy with the radio station owner.  The owner of the restaurant asked if we could teach English at the Khok Kloy Community Center and we agreed, it started about a month ago with 15 students.  He suggested we visit the two Khok Kloy schools to see if there would be more students interested in coming.  I teach English for an hour and then Ohn and I teach some Bible songs and Bible lesson, and give them some homework including a coloring sheet with a Bible verse.  After speaking to the directors of the two schools, I figured our attendance would increase to 20.  Oh me, of little faith, the following Saturday we had 76 students and 10 parents.  They anticipate growing to 100 this Saturday and are arranging a larger classroom plus I have prepared everything on PowerPoint now.  Then a few days ago Cindy and Ohn contacted the Thanoon Elementary school which is the village just to the north of us, and they anticipate having 69 students tomorrow at their club in the afternoon.  We will take children from here to go that club and discontinue the one we've had at the church.  Please pray for these two clubs.

Our guests last month

Angeline and Barbara came to visit on a Sunday.  Angeline is originally from Indonesia.  I shared here testio ony the the Learning English Together Radio program

Members of the Gideons Phuket camp shared at our church last Sunday.  The children especially enjoyed Khun Kampon, the president, telling the Bible story of Gideon.  Pray that we will able to place more Bibles in the hospitals, hotels, and schools here.   Two Thai ladies visited for the first time and hopefully will contine to come, please pray for their salvation.

Where Angeliine and Barbara were visiting we went to the new Sarasin Bridge.  We also had a couple visit from California on Wednesday night, she was born here in Thailand and they are on their way to Bangkok to share the gospel with her grandma, we gave her a Thai Jesus video.  Plus we have two Burmese ladies come for the first time who live near the church.  One speaks some Thai and a little bit of English we gave them Burmese Bibles and Burmese Jesus videos, hopefully they will come regularly. 

Calvary Chapel Missions Conference in Hong Kong

Wonderful teaching, fellowship, worship, prayer, and food in Hong Kong at the annual conference and before the conference we we spent a day in Macau with our friends  from Horizon Fellowship Macau

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Our other truck still needs repaired

We have paid 25,000 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 15,000 baht which is about $500, if you would like to help.  We also have the need to buy a new computer, as my existing laptop has become almost unusable, the need is $700.

International Commission

Jeff Chetwood, the regional coordinator for IC projects in Asia will be with us October 16 -19, and will conduct the preoutreach training for the pastors at Pak Ping Church in Phang Nga October 18.  Pray for that event 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.  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, parks, factories, prisons, 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 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 nightly 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.  The work is hard, the language is difficult, and the food and customs are strange.  A project is not a vacation, but a time to work at the task of spreading the Gospel.  IC is working towards Nationals doing their own projects.  Here is a short report from Cambodia.  If you are interested in participating complete this application form. A brochure with more information will be available soon after Jeff's visit.

Cambodia May 13-20:  Friday noon 28 pastors representing 11 provinces of Cambodia came together at the Baptist Union in Phnom Penh to participate in the project to Prey Veng province.  Saturday was a travel day.   On Sunday 6 teams were sent out and each team led two worship services.  Team members shared testimonies and preached.  God gave the harvest of 85 unbelievers placing their faith in Christ.  Monday through Friday, the teams joined with local pastors visiting in the homes of unbelievers for the purpose of sharing the “Good News” of Jesus Christ.  The homes visited were listed on a church member’s Operation Andrew Card.  To be on a church member’s OA list meant the member had been praying for that family for several months.  During this project 275 people came to know the Lord.  Pastor Nhem Nivath asked the participants after the project, “Are you happy?  Do you want to continue these projects?”  The participants responded, “We are happy, and we want to do evangelization till Jesus comes!”  Nivath’s observation is that the people are on fire for the Gospel because of the N2N projects.  Each N2N project also has a focus on planting new churches.    The N2N projects are a part of the Baptist Union plan to plant 1621 new churches by 2015.   Report from Nhem Nivath  

Our Loss

My brother, David Robin Bratton of Buckley, Washington passed away on September 15th, 2011 at the age of 52.

Robin was born in Hemet, Calif. on January 31st, 1959. He attended Rim of the World High School in Lake Arrowhead, CA where he excelled on the football team as a tight end. Wearing the #89 jersey, Robin led The Fighting Scots to a State Championship in 1976.

Robin enlisted in the United States Coast Guard immediately following high school, where he honorably served our nation for twenty years. He served as a sonar technician and marine safety inspector at duty stations throughout the Pacific. Retiring in 1997, Robin finished his highly-decorated military career at the rank of Chief Warrant Officer (W-2).

During his career in the USCG he enjoyed playing softball, volleyball, and scuba diving. Robin was a multi-talented craftsman, employing his skills in the surrounding area as a carpenter, foreman, and independent contractor. He was also an avid outdoorsman and greatly enjoyed fishing, hunting, and camping; other hobbies include restoring furniture, collecting antiques, and riding his Harley.
Survived by wife Cheryl Ann Bratton, son Christopher Robin Bratton (Caitlin) of South Dakota, daughters Michelle Turner (Miles) and Stephanie Bratton of Virginia, son Brandon Harris (Mindi) and daughter Bridget Olson (Matt) of Buckley, parents Gary and Janet Bratton of California, brothers Dana (Cindy) and Derek Bratton, sisters Deb Cregger (Bill) and Darlene Wetton (Jim), and grandchildren Kaylee, Stone, Morgan, Annabelle, Aspyn, Haedanne, Makayla, and Anthony.
A service with full military honors was held Friday, September the 23rd, at the Veteran's Memorial in Buckley, Washington, see pictures here. Please pray for our family.

Other News 

We are in Joshua on Wednesday nights, just finished Hebrews and now starting John on Sunday mornings.  On the radio we are in John 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 

This past Saturday we had our quarterly YWAM South Thailand meeting.  Mark and Sharon Biddell founders and directors of SHE Thailand have rejoined YWAM Thailand,  Mark recently shared this post:

"You may have NO DESIRE to be a Spiritual Warrior. Sorry but If you’re a Christian, you’re in the battle from the first day you enlist".

Cindy is in the classroom teaching English at the two schools, but will have a few weeks off during October, when we can serve together at the airport. 

I am behind on weed cutting and hoping for a team to come help. 

The construction of the Phuket Convention Center is up in the air at the moment since a negative environmental report was filed with the new government.  For more on that story see my podcast.  

To follow my Twitter news page see the Dana Bratton Daily and if you missing our pictures please see Cindy's Facebook photo album..  

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 Praise and Prayer Requests

Praise the Lord we have a two new Kid's Clubs.

Our chief prayer request this month is the quenching of the vegetarian festival.  This an annual holiday in Phuket going back for many years in Chinese Buddhism.  The event is nine days long, and starts with participants all wearing white, they eat only vegetables, drink water, they abstain from meat, sex, and alcohol for the nine days.  But the goal is to have a spirit indwell them so that they then can pierce their bodies with knives, swords, spears, and walk on hot coals.  Sadly this draws alot of tourists so it is promoted by the Tourism Authority of Thailand.  Cindy and I praying that it will rain each day, so many people will stay home and events will be cancelled or have very low participation.  Today is day 4 and we've had 4 days of rain, praise the Lord.  However, we need also to pray for less rain in Central and Northern Thailand where there has been extensive flooding.

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.  Pray for Sana's health she has head and ear aches also pray for her safety as she traverses the island to be with us every Sunday.  Last Sunday she went to visit her mother in another province.

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 new Kid's Club at the Thanon school Saturday afternoons.

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.

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 20 members of my Global Media community I oversee that God will use them mightily in their follow up counseling.

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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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