|
Our guests
last month
Emily and Suzanne from Hawaii and Cristina from Germany did some outreach in
Indonesia and then came and spent some time with us. Two of them shared
their testimonies on the radio and at church.
The Logos Hope ship was supposed to be docked in Phuket this
month, sharing their library of books, doing community service projects and
evangelism, but they had to cancel because of problems with the ships generator
and sailed on to Penang Malaysia. Four people associated with the ship
were supposed to meet the ship in Phuket and had already booked their
plane tickets. One of the leaders contacted me and asked if we could pick
them up from the airport and have them stay with us a day or two.
The first two to arrive were Ockie and Lenie, a precious couple from South
Africa. They were so impressed when they visited their daughter on the
ship several years ago, that they stepped out in faith in full time missions.
They shared their testimonies on the radio and at church.
Right after they left we had the pleasure of fellowship with
Randy, who is VP of strategic partnerships with OM Ships International, and his
father Roger both from the US.
The USS Boxer plus two
other ships came to Phuket for R&R
The chaplain contacted me by email before the ship arrived to see what community
service and outreach the Marines and Navy could be involved in with us for two
days. The first day we had 26 soldiers and they spent about an hour and a
half at the Thachatchai Elementary School demonstrating MRE's for the students.
Each solder had about six children, and both students, soldiers, and their
teachers really enjoyed it.
Following that the soldiers served in cleaning the park and walkway opposite the
community center / church for another hour and a half. Then we ate lunch
together at the Sarasin Seafood Restaurant.
The community was also involved. The local government loaned me 3 power
weed cutters, some hoes, donated bottled water and hired a 12 person work crew
to join in the work for a few hours.
The following day we had eight soldiers come and play sports with the students.
There were supposed to be 25, but there was a huge structure fire in Patong that
delayed their return to the ship to then travel an hour to help us.
Again following the school, they were involved in community clean up in the
park.
And in the beginning of repainting the community center / church.
Our truck accident
Coming back from shopping ten days ago, we hit a slick spot in the road, went
off the highway and flipped. Praise the Lord, we were not injured beyond a
few scrapes and bruises. While we are in Hong Kong September 2 - 8 for the
Calvary Chapel missions conference, the truck is being repaired. The body
work is being done by our friend and neighbor Sam and the cost is 40,000 baht
(about $1,400 U.S.) We have paid him half so far, so he can buy parts.
A Wedding
Pastor Ek Khaw, who pastors the Burmese congregation at Calvary Chapel Ban Nam
Khem married La La Thursday a few weeks ago. La La's parents were unable
to attend from Myanmar and the couple asked me to give away the bride and to be
one of the witnessing pastors to pray for the couple and sign their wedding
certificate. What an honor. It was a big wedding at CDC (Community
Development Center). Pastor Jason Goh is the pastor there, he was our
neighbor when we lived at Step Ahead 4 1/2 years ago. Joe Cochran was the
officiating pastor. Joe and Joann a.k.a. Grandpa and Grandma were serving
in Thailand mid May - mid August and now have returned to California with Bua
and Daniel Garwood (wife and son of the late Pastor James).
International Commission
Cindy and I went on two outreach trips with IC, one to Nairobi Kenya and the
second to Campos Brazil. In those trips we saw thousands of people accept
Christ. So we have been eager to have IC come to do an outreach here in
Southern Thailand. They are coming! They will leave the US March 21
and return April 2, 2012. There will be an opening rally Saturday March
24, and outreach Sunday to Sunday with a closing rally celebration April 1.
Magnolia Avenue Baptist Church plans to send a team. How about you?
Are you ready for a trip to Thailand?
Somchai a Christian businessman who helps pastors set up their own radio
stations and has been a Gideon for years, contacted Pastor Achara of the Pak
Ping Church in Khao Lak. She then got other pastors interested in the
Phang Nga province so that we have 7 Thai churhes and 2 Burmese churches to
partner with IC for this outreach, praise the Lord! The group will stay in
a hotel in Khao Lak with teams traveling north 30 minutes and south one hour.
Pak Ping Church will be the central location. This is near Step Ahead where we
started our ministry in Thailand 5 years ago.
Other News
We are nearly finished with Deuteronomy, starting Joshua
soon on Wednesday nights and Hebrews 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
Cindy is in the classroom teaching English at the two schools. She
also got some additional music for leading worship in our church. She
plans to have an English Camp October 17-21. We need two Thai speaking
volunteers to help her.
I am behind on weed cutting and
hoping for a team to come help.
The riding mower has finaly been repaired but we were having monsoon rains for
more than a week. .
Two years ago three young Calvary Chapel men came to help us. One of those
was Kyle who continues to serve in Macau. We get to spend Sunday with him
and his pastor Randy. We also will get to see Robert, another of the young
men and meet his wife. Then the missions conference will be Monday through
Thursday at the City View Hotel in Hohg Kong.
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
Praise the Lord we have a new Kid's Club in Khok Kloy with 16 students.
Ohn and I are teaching.
Praise the Lord Ohn was able to refinance her debt and will now begin to pay
some principle each month. Pray for her health, she has chronic stomach
trouble.
Pray the Bangkok Phuket Hospital will allow me to make regular bed to
bed visits
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.
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 volunteers to help her for English Camp October 17-21.
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 21 members of my Global
Media community I oversee that God will use them mightily ineir follow up
counseling.
Pray for the missions conference in Hong Kong that all the missionaries and
speakers will be refreshed and encouraged as we fellowship together and have a
few days of recreation.
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
|
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
|
Share
|
Powered by
WebRing.
| 
