We met again on Sunday, August 28th and Dave opened with a devotion from 2nd Corinthians 1:9. Thank you Dave for starting us off on the right foot.
We've been told that it's natural to have fear when going to a foreign land to share your faith. I can only speak for myself, but those fears are alive and well! We want to share God's love and salvation with others, but there is always that lingering doubt. We will rely on God and the Holy Spirit to be with us. As in 1st Corinthians 2:2-5 - 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.
We are interested in building relationships with these wonderful people and sharing our love of Jesus and His powerful act of salvation. In order to do that, we have discussed the need for personal and team daily prayer time while we are in Thailand and taking the time necessary to get to know some of the people we meet. Who knows, with the availability of e-mail, we might even be able to establish a "long-term" relationship!
We've all been assigned a subject to present to the English as a Second Language (ESL) class, such as favorite foods, traditions, families, pets, gardening, BLC, sports (Who could travel from Wisconsin and not talk about the Brewers and the Packers???????), and many more. We will be doing 14 sessions and a closing ceremony for the students. The idea is to make this a fun learning experience with games, music, pictures and whatever else we can think of. These sessions will hopefully open opportunities for us to share our love of Jesus.
I guess we are "official" now: we've been registered with the State Department. WooHoo!!
I, the Lord of Sea and Sky
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard You calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, If you lead me.
I will hold Your people in my heart.
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The views in this blog are those of the BLC Thailand Mission Team and do not necessarily represent the views of Lutheran Hour Ministries.
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SCRIPTURE
ROMANS 12: 6-8
We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.
MATTHEW 9: 37-38
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.
MATTHEW 9: 37-38
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
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