Something Light!

I can't read it but I still love to drink it. Coke Zero and Diet Coke don't really taste all that different from each other here. I can get about a 590ml bottle for about 50 cents.

Prayer Requests for Thailand Team

Pray for PIBC students to continue to meet new students and build relationships with other students.

Pray for us on Friday night as we will be having a chapel service for students from all Campuses.

Pray for our relationship with the Campus Crusade staff, that we will be able to be a blessing to each other.

Pray that each member of the team that they would grow closer to God during this time. Pray that they would not get discouraged. Pray that God would give us a spirit of Boldness to share with our new friends.

Pray for the health of the team. Right now a few people have cold sores. (from CC Staff) Erten will get his cast off next week.

Pray that we would stay focused on our purpose here.

Pray that we would be patient and loving towards all we work with here.

Pray that God would help us go out of our comfort zone more.

In two weeks we are having "Eternal Friends Camp". Pray we would have the courage to invite our friends and that many would say yes.


See Thailand Blog for some pictures and updates..... (link)

Sending from the Land of Smiles....

Thailand is known as the land of smiles. We certainly have seen and shown our share of smiles since we have been here. We have completed our second week of ministry by walking around and talking to students at one of the universities here. Next week we will set up a booth to show and sample all things Guam/Micronesia. We hope this will be another way to meet more students.

We have pictures and we are making different foods popular in our cultures. Some of us will also be wearing Micronesian dress.

Pray for the Thai staff of CCC, whom we work. We have today off to rest and recover but they are working this weekend training their student leaders. They work really hard to serve us and make sure we have what we need.

Tomorrow they are going to take us on a drive around Chiang Mai to see sights and go to the famous "Walking Street", which is a market of Thai crafts and stuff.

Erten seems to be healing well and for that we are thankful.

Thai Team Prayer Requests

Pray for….

Health and safety of the team.

Pray for Erten as he recovers from his surgery. Wisdom for his best care. Praise God for that the cost was less than $1000 for his hospital stay and surgery.

Pray that God will meet the financial needs of the team after paying the medical expenses. (Although we feel ok so far… when we are on campus lunch costs us less than 1.00 each for a hot meal…. Which helps.)

Pray that many students will come and be blessed by our “Micronesia Booth” which will be set up on both Tuesday (6/16) and Wednesday (6/17) afternoons on Maejo University campus.

Pray that we would have wisdom in the preparations for our booth.

Pray that many students would consider coming to our “Eternal Friends” overnight camp in a couple of weeks. Pray that the details would be worked out and that it would be blessing for all who attend the weekend.

Pray for the Thai staff of Campus Crusade for Christ. We have really been blessed by their ministry to us so far. Some need to raise more support so that they can continue in the ministry. Pray that God would pour out His blessings on them. Pray especially for those working directly with the team…. Pai, Ngon, Lar, and K.

Pray that we would continue to develop relationships with the friends we met during the first week and that we would continue to meet others.

Pray that we would allow God to direct and lead us as we minister to the people of Thailand.

Arrived Safely in Thailand

For this summer many of my updates will be found on the Thailand Mission Team Blog. So please check our first two updates from our travels.

Pavilion Project

Over the summer another campus project is adding a pavilion next to the court. Shade is really important here for the students, especially since we are only 13 degrees above the equator.

Campus Projects with New Mexico Mission Team

As part of the allowing the Thai team to stay on campus until we leave for Thailand until June 8th is that they must work on campus for part of the time. This week we are working with a Methodist mission team which came from New Mexico. We are spending the week painting the women's dorm and replacing the front fencing. Here Meyou and Jayleen work on peeling paint off the door so we can repaint it.
Jaylyn is a member of the New Mexico team. During the year she is a full time language arts teacher. She is also the youth leader in her church.
Ceci has been a painting machine. She is painting the trim on the doors green.
Jackie and Emily are two members who are part of the NM mission team. They are also part of the youth group which will be traveling to do another mission project in New Orleans later this summer.
Here they are Erin, Pastor Tim and Kalvin putting up the new fencing along the front of the property.

Here are the team tries to put the poles together at the end of the fence. We are getting a lot of work done.... however, there is still a lot left to do. Please consider playing for Mohammed as he will be doing most of the maintenance this summer himself after the Thai team leaves.

Thailand Fundraiser

One of the local car dealers allows charities to wash their cars on the lot for a certain amount of money. The one catch is that you must wash them starting at 6AM and be finished at 10AM before they open for business. Stella was good enough to help us on her day off.
Mesikt gets ready bringing over the buckets to fill.
Ned Farnsworth our assistant dean of men, and Mesikt's twin sister were also willing to help us. We split into two teams and worked from both sides of the lot.
Erten is hosing down the cars.
Keiny is taking a picture break.

Everyone was excited to help was excited to help wash this fancy yellow car.
There were even more cars on the roof.
Although the view from the roof was good.
Here are just some of the cars we washed before going to the roof.
This picture of Jayleen reflects all of us as we washed about 100 cars..... by the time I got home my legs are so tired I could not even stand up.