We have arrived to Thailand, and we are in Mae Sot for a couple of days getting acclamated to the culture and time difference before driving to Noh Bo Academy and the village where we will be focusing the heart of our ministry.
God has already been doing amazing things and caring for Kelli and I. God blessed us even in a delayed flight. We were going to get into Bangkok at midnight and were nervous about that, but had a peace about the tickets when we bought them. Our plane leaving Los Angeles had mechanical problems and we then had to wait for a another plane to get there. Our new itinerary had us overnight in Toyko, and American Airlines was good to get us two rooms, dinner, and breakfast. This may look like a frustrating couple of days, but being in Tokyo was a great chace to rest in the middle of the trip and allowed us to arrive in Bangkok at 3 in the afternoon.
We are very excited to see what God has in store for us over the next couple of months. We desperately need your prayers and are so blessed that we have so many family and friends that are so diligent and faithful to pray for us.
Some guidance for your prayers...
As we traveled through Tokyo and Bangkok both of us felt a burden for the people there. Tokyo seemed to be dark in an absence of light, where Bangkok seemed to be dark with an active presence of evil. Please be praying for the local church in these areas as they are up against lots of challenges because of Satan's strongholds. Please pray strength, growth, wisdom, protection, and miracles over them.
As for us, pray we would be running with the full armor of God. Pray for us as we fight the darkness that is here. Pray for our health as we adjust to new foods and water. And please lift us up as we adjust to doing ministry together. Pray that our relationship is a way to glorify God more in this trip rather than a window for Satan to come between us. We need to walk in patience, love, grace, and understanding for each other as well as the people we are ministering to.
Please begin to pray for the people at Noh Bo that we will be serving. Pray for open hearts, good conversation, and miracles with the language barriers (either we get Karen, they get English, or something else we can't dream up ourselves).
Thanks for you prayers and support. We are so, so thankful.
We'll get pictures up soon. We know those are more fun to look at.
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