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Our hosts Gerald and Triffny
Cindy and I so enjoyed our two week stay in the home of Gerald and Triffny.
They have a nice condo in the Yishun district, up on the ninth floor.
Gerald is a youth pastor at Chapel of the Holy Spirit, an Anglican church, in St. Andrews Village,
where there also three schools, two other churches and the office of the
Anglican Diocese.
He also leads the daily school chapels in the middle school. We attended
church with them on our first Sunday there. Evangelist Ross Tooley was the
speaker. He was the one who was our trainer in YWAM Perth for a week on
evangelism. On the last Sunday there, in the evening we attended
there again with a special presentation by Island Breeze, a team of YWAM Pacific
Islanders.
Triffny works for the IRS as an auditor. We became
really good friends, they had many questions to ask us old folks - we talked
about Christian ministry, doctrine, preaching, American culture, Singaporean
culture, family, and more. They were so gracious and hospitable.
They picked us up by taxi at the airport. We enjoyed many meals together.
Once we prepared burritos for them. We also went to the night safari
together. They helped know how to catch the train or bus to get wherever
we needed to go that day and would often have supper waiting for us when we
returned. We also had wireless internet.
GoFest Asia
More than 300 people from 25 countries came for evangelism training with YWAM
Singapore in an event called GoFest Asia. Cindy and I served as
facilitators in the children's track called Hope for Kids based on Evangelism
Explosion, training children to share the gospel for four days. Then there
was outreach in teams for
- 17 schools
- 7 hospitals
- 16 Family Service Centers
- A red light district
- A Thai construction site
- 18 Olympic venues
Our Team
During the outreach segment
we were teamed with YWAM
Surigao from the
Philippines. Annabelle, who
has been with YWAM for many
years, was the team leader,
Nicole, a young Singaporean,
was the team facilitator,
helping us to get where we
need to be. The
O' Connors - Jason, Cristal,
Derek, Nathan, and Jacob, an
outstanding family from
Oregon, who have served in
the Philippines for two
years. Jason has
served as a Calvary Chapel
pastor and pioneered a
school of biblical studies.
They just recently moved
from a small island to team
up with YWAM. Crystal
has home schooled the three
boys ages 10, 8, and 5. We
got to know the boys during
the first four days.
Derek several times shared
his testimony of being badly
injured in a BMX bicycle
accident, breaking his front
teeth, his nose and a
fractured spine. He
was transferred to another
hospital, while Crystal
prayed and sang "He is
Mighty to Save" then the doctor
at the second hospital
reported there was no
fractured spine.
In our outreach we spent one
afternoon in a hospital
visiting children and
presenting a program in one
of the children's wards.
We also did the same with a
YWAM team from Cambodia in a
Community Center that
provides after school
activities for children.
In both cases we were told
to be careful not to speak
about God or Jesus or to
pray.
 At
first, I thought what should
we do then? I
remembered watching the
opening ceremony where a
boxer took on a monster
that the commentator called
David and Goliath.
So we made Olympic coloring
sheets, Olympic clay rings,
lace paper balls, and did a
drama of the David and
Goliath story. Jason
played the part of the giant
and young Jacob the part of
David. I asked,
"David, where does your
power come from to fight
this giant?" He
answered, "From God"
How do we get that power?
"By believing and by
praying." "Can
these children have that
power when they feel weak
and small like you?"
"Yes" We also sang the
ARISE song we had learned
during the first four days.
Youth Olympics
Our team went to pray on a Monday outside of Bishan Sports Complex where many of the Olympic events were held. Then Tuesday we went to see the preliminary athletic track and field events. Just before we were seated we met a young lady from the US who later won her heat and we sat behind a family from Australia whose son was competing.
Click here for a slide show of this event
Family Games
 ARISE(a Singaporean children's ministry) partnered with the Singapore
Sports Coalition, Focus on the Family, and Scripture Union under the Youth More than
Gold (YMTG) umbrella, to unite the Christian body and be a blessing to the
community. Family or teams of six played a variety of games in the mud, watched stage performances by YWAM
teams, there was fun competition and prizes, on a Saturday morning. I was adopted
into the O' Connor family.
ARISE Celebration Concert
 ARISE
held two large children's worship celebrations, with several thousand in
attendance on Sunday. Cindy and I were ushers at the afternoon program at
the Expo convention center.
On Sunday morning we
attended church with Tan and
Lina. Lina was one of
the ladies leading the
children's training.
They invited us to lunch at
a very nice Mexican
restaurant.
Other scenes in Singapore
Singapore has 58 estates or communities, each with a number of high rise condos
surrounding schools, churches and temples with a nearby shopping mall all
conveniently connected by light rail train. We had opportunity to share
the gospel with a man from Malaysia who happened to be getting off at the same
train stop at Yishun near where we lived. We also shared one evening after
dinner in the North Pointe shopping mall with a devout Jew from Israel.
Pray for these two men that the gospel seed will grow and Gerald might have
opportunity to follow up with them.
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Our team went to prayer walk
at Marina Bay where the
opening and closing
ceremonies were conducted.
Cindy and I went with Gerald
and Triffny to China Town,
we did some clothes and gift
shopping and had a nice
meal.
Monday before we returned to
Thailand we went to the
Singapore Zoo
God's Word for Today Calvary Chapel at the Bridge
Now
I am teaching through Exodus in the three weekly radio programs. .
Last Sunday was special, Sana was gone and Tum translated again and said she
would share the good news with her friends! We are almost finished with Galatians
and will start Ephesians next week.
Wednesday nights we are studying through Numbers, for more on this and other messages see
www.wdbydana.com/sermon.html
Riding Mower Project
 Magnolia
Avenue Baptist church in Riverside had their VBS about six few weeks ago.
The kids were challenged to give their pennies for missions. $1,200 came
in which will go toward the mower project. A blood drive at the church
raised another $1,000, plus other donations of $600 brings the total so far to
$2,800, only $1,600 more to go!
Donations for the mower project can be made to YWAM Montana designate Thachatchai
Community Center Project number 3601, mail to YWAM Montana 501 Blacktail Road
Lakeside, Montana 59922 U.S.A or non tax deductible donations can be sent
by check c/o Nathan Bratton 15351 Brandon Lane
Fontana, CA 92337
Tourist Police Volunteers from our village took on two recent projects.
One was placing crabs and shell fish in the sea amongst the mangrove trees near
us. The other was a team of about ten with a tractor from the local
government and three other weed cutters besides mine to clear a large field
between the walking park and the sea.
Praise and Prayer Requests
Pray the Lord of the Harvest
to call, equip, and send
laborers into this difficult
but ready for-harvest
field. Pray for a "Timothy" a young Thai man In can train to eventually
take my place.
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 Ohn as she translates my teaching Wednesday, the radio programs and
teaches Kid's Club on Saturdays with Cindy.
Pray for the Calvary Chapel missions conference in Hong Kong September 12 -16.
Pray for good weather as I take Cindy to Disneyland for her birthday on the
16th.
Pray for Cindy teaching English in two
schools. Pray for opportunities for evangelism, cooperation with the Thai
teachers, and safety in traveling to and from. Pray for the school field
trip to Bangkok and Ayutthaya September 22 - 23.
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. The bridge the old north bound
bridge is now closed making it more difficult to come and go from our village
and from side to side. How people here need to know of
the Bridge between God and man, the Lord Jesus.
Pray for Sana as she translates my Sunday messages.
Praise the Lord for Vaughan, Kate, and Philip who kept the ministry going here
while we were in Singapore
Praise the Lord for a good Southern YWAM leadership meeting August 29, with
plans now for monthly gatherings.
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
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