TMT 10 Day 5

Good morning from Thailand!

We are assuming that you are reading this in the morning because we’re sure everyone is an early riser haha. Okay, assuming too much are we not? Just to make something clear; because we think that we may not have set this right on the first day.

Daryl and Louisa function just as the official reporters, and the testimonies reported are a compilation from all the trippers.

Today, we visited Inburi Church, which was the pioneer church of the province of Inburi (is Inburi even the province name…) and the church that Pastor Eng Kiat first went to, to assimilate into the Thai culture. This church has grown very much, it kinda looks like a Singaporean church now heh. Lately, this church experienced a split due to differences in ideologies, and the church lost many good talents due to the split. From this, I realized the importance of unity in the church, as without which, it brings about much difficulty for the further growth of the church and also brings much awkwardness to the leaders and many others. (That was just a random thought from Louisa by the way)

There, we also ministered to Gaew, the church caretaker. Due to the heavy responsibilities born by her, she experienced a breakdown and has been on meds to control her problem. We prayed for her, and she was ministered to by many people. En Ting also shared her very touching and relevant testimony with her, and frankly, she touched many of us with her testimony too.

From Bella with additional randomness from Louisa:

Later, we went for tracting at Thanpraporn. We ended up chasing after the van as we arrived just as the kids were released after school. Literally running after the song tiow.

It was really a sight that you would not see us do in Singapore, because we always have to look cool in front of others right. As young adults, we never ever rush for ANYTHING. We ended up stunning a lot of kids, but at least they seemed quite accepting of our aggressiveness. Haha you should have heard the boys, they were quite ridiculous, with shouts of and “GET THEM GET THEM!” and “RUN RUN!” It was good though, seeing the passion and intenseness the trippers displayed.

As we were tracting, we also tried to strike up conversations with the locals, despite our lack of vocabulary. This is when we really thank God for Arunee and Supanee. There was a lady who had a son working in Singapore (who apparently looks like Daryl hehe) and she was very welcoming and curious of our English club. In fact, she wanted more flyers so that she could help us advertise. This is called viral advertisement! Haha, or is just Daryl’s auntie-killer looks.

Before we end, we must end with a bang! So we shall end with a testimony from Kusha: Before I came here and while applying for visa (which I had lots of difficulties for), I trusted in God and prayed for God’s help. He responded and helped me get the visa. I thank Ps Shani for also encouraging me. Before coming to TMT, I got to know God’s calling. After I came here, when I spend time with God and the trippers, as well as while I was involved in the activities; I got to know a lot of things and Jesus touched me. Jesus has used me a lot here, especially when we have ministry time. Yesterday, as we were praying for an uncle with back pain, we felt him getting hot, and this was a sign of the Holy Spirit’s presence coming upon him and healing him. I definitely have grown a lot from these supernatural experiences!

In addition, a follow up update by Auntie Anong from yesterday's post: Miew the lady we all prayed for, woke up in the middle of the night with a new song of praise. just as Neo had prophesied over her the day before, that the Lord will give her a new song.

That was good, wasn’t it? Some prayer requests:

1. We would be having an evangelistic concert, please pray for the Spirit to move powerfully.
2. We would be having visitation at Saewangha, Inburi and Thong-en. Thong-en is a new place, so pray for God move powerfully and prepare the way.

Out,

Your reporters, Daryl and Louisa and contributors Bella and Kushasta