getting the word out

These pasts couple of days, we've spent getting the word out about the birth of Jesus. If you ask the average person in our village (or everyone in our village, which I did) what Christmas is about, they'll respond that they think it is a New Year's celebration. The younger people may add in something about Santa Clause as well, but they are still unsure as to who he is. Today I spent the day in the village handing out and discussing little booklets about Christmas. The booklets explain about Santa Clause, Christmas trees, Christmas cards, Christmas music, and of course...they true meaning of Christmas. My goal is to get them to about 150+ families, and I've only got about 50 to go. Please pray that God will work in the hearts of these people. Pray that people would respond to the booklets. Pray that people in our village would have a desire to know the Truth.

Today and yesterday, we helped World Vision and a nearby church with 2 different Christmas events. These were just about 20 minutes or so from our house. There were probably some Kui kids, but it seemed like the majority of the kids speak Khmer (which is similar to the primary language in Cambodia). Some of our close friends work with this people group and were also able to help out. We had a great time. In two days, we were able to share the Gospel with 1100 kids from 12 different schools. Please pray that seeds will have been sown and that God will move in this area of Thailand.

Some of the World Vision folks helped these Thai kids have an awesome Christmas event

Fun and easy game--just rubberband a balloon to kids ankles and let them try to pop each others balloons

Hudson wanted to go up on stage, so they tried to get him to sing jingle bells. Needless to say, in front of about 600+ people he was a little too shy to sing...but he sure didn't want to get off the stage

Please Pray for Tdaa (Grandfather)

Yesterday, I was walking around in our village, and came across an elderly man (probably about 50 feet from our house), laying on a bamboo table. He looked really bad, kind of like a skeleton . He's got liver cancer, I think, and seems to be doing really bad. Walking has been difficult and its hard for him to eat much at all. He talks frequently about a burning sensation in his stomach. I prayed for him and asked God to do a work in his life, a miracle if it be God's will, and that God would use this to help his family to acknowledge and follow the creator God. Tonight, 2 girls came to my door with a cup of water. They were asking for me to bless the water and they were going to take it to Tdaa to drink. I passed on the water blessing, and went straight to pray for Dtaa. I told him that I would have others praying for him. It shows a lot that people came to our door to ask for prayers. Please pray that God would work in this family's life, and would heal Tdaa, if it be according to the will of God. Pray for opportunities for us to be able to lovingly share the Gospel with this family.

Some random family pictures

Pamela keeps telling me that I should put up some more family pics, so here they are. We also just had some pictures taken recently of Katy for her 3 month photos, so I'll include those as well.

Hudson and his girlfriend Aum--we told him he was a little too young, and she was way too old for him, but we'll you can only do so much

Happy Father's Day "Wan Paw"

The Kings birthday was yesterday, and Hudson and I made it out to one of our local celebrations. It included lots of Thai dancing from kids up to adults. People from our village and lots of the neighboring villages came to celebrate.

Christmas Camp Surin 2008

This year the Kui team and Northern Khmer team put together a Christmas English Camp. The purpose was to be able to share the Gospel with those who we already have relationships with. About 40-50 teenagers attended this camp. They learn English, cultural aspects of Christmas in America, and of course, the true meaning of Christmas. They had a great time learning, playing games, dancing, getting gifts, and bonding with friends. We pray that God will use this experience to lead many of these young people to Christ. Here are some pics.

"Wii," a new student of ours poses with Moriah, the daughter of David and Debbie Cobb, missionaries to the Northern Khmer people group of Thailand

Nan, Aim, and Noon Pose with their new gifts

The group of students who study English with us at our house. They come from our village (Bahn Bpuay), Bahn Alang (a nearby village), and 2 from a nearby town

These 2 sets of twins came with David Cobb to the camp. They are excellent English students

New shades & Santa hats = styling (or at least they think so)

Some kids doing the motions to Christian song