Christmas

Christmas in Thailand!!!


River of Life Orphanage kids singing special Christmas songs.


Grilling pork on a stick and hot dogs at Hot Rock Cafe Christmas Party


All the students at the party listening to a message about the true meaning of Christmas.


Rajaphat University Christmas Program. 5 hours of Christmas Fun!

We had a great Christmas in Chiang Rai, and I hope that you all had an excellent Christmas too!! Thanks for all of your prayers, words of encouragement, and support this year!

Vision 2008 Conference

Vision 2008 Conference: Love Jesus, Build Movements. This year at the conference we had about 300 students from all regions in Thailand, as well as 27 students from Laos. I was especially excited for the Laotian students because for most this was their first time to worship God in a public setting at any volume they wanted. The church in Laos is underground and from what we are told people have died for being Christians. It was also a great blessing for the Thai students to understand the great privilege of living in a country that has freedom of religion.

The format of the conference was a little different this year. Instead of spending hours in group sessions, the day included several hours of small group time by campus. It provided the opportunity to study the Bible together and hash things out together. I would also like to add that I am extremely grateful that all of our students speak English with such excellent skill.


Boss, Rain, & Mint


Mae Fah Luang Students


Students love a photo-op


Sending up khom loys


Team STINT

Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving! It is one of my most favorite holidays. Not just because of the food, football, and the fact that I got to be an Indian in all thanksgiving plays in elementary school, but mainly because for me it was a great time with family. I was so blessed growing up to share Thanksgiving with my dad's side of the family every year. We always had such a great time in Illinois hanging out together and sharing with each other how the Lord has provided for us the past year.

This year my team and I joined forces with Hot Rock cafe to have a Thanksgiving outreach for out students. Tricia made massive amounts of food that blessed us all! We had all the favs including green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, stuffing, sweet potatoes, bread, all kinds of desserts, and mashed potatoes which proved to be the favorite. We also had a time of open mic. Anyone could get on the mic and share what they are thankful for. Some were funny, some were serious, but regardless it was a joy to hear what our students were thankful for in their lives. One student, shared how thankful he was for his relationship with Christ and how his life had been transformed and how he prays that he will be a missionary in India one day.


Outside eating delicious food


Trying all sorts of Farang food


Mint with all the food


Tricia and Mint made an apple pie. It was quite the hit!

P'Fawn's Wedding

My first Thai Wedding! P'Fawn, former Thailand Campus Crusade for Christ Staff, got married on November 1st at Thailanna Church in Chiang Mai. It was a beautiful service that included a special message from several TCCC Staff members, as well as special music from church members. Tricia even did special music at the reception.

P'Juum designed most of flower arrangements. Since flowers are in abundance here in Thailand the total cost was less than $150! Amazingly cheap! We all guessed that the arrangements would have cost thousands of dollars in the States.

Overall it was a great wedding and an interesting insight into Christian culture in Thailand.


Mr. and Mrs. Pyson. By the way, no kissing at Thai weddings!


Team STINT with the happy couple


The TCCC family


Look at all the flowers, lace, and Thai words made out of styrofoam!

Malaysia

A few photos from our adventures in Penang and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


British Fort Cornwallis on the Island of Penang.


Town Hall


We ate at Chili's 3 times in 2 days.


Me, David, and Tricia outside the KLCC.


While visiting Kuala Lumpur, many Malays and Indians were celebrating the Hindu holiday of Deepavali or Diwali. This design on the floor of the mall is made out of colored rice grains.


The famous Petronas Towers.


The KL tower with rotating restaurant on top.


Prayer room of the National Mosque of Malaysia.

LTI Camp Update

Thanks to everyone for all of their prayers for LTI Camp. It was an all around success. I am most excited for the Mae Fah Luang students that went to the camp. Not only, were they able to build relationships with each other, they were also able to grow deeper in their walk with Christ. The messages and seminars really encouraged students to take steps of faith in sharing the gospel with each other and taking ownership for their campuses. Camp really provided some great motivation for our students to love Jesus more and more each day.

Last week we had a reunion party for the 8 students that went to the camp. The students shared with each other their ideas for reaching the campus with the gospel. It was very encouraging to see their excitement and burden for the lost. After we had the party we went to campus to pray and we had 11 students there!!! That's the most Christian students we've ever had doing anything together! I am absolutely thrilled about the momentum on our campus.

Please keep praying for the students that went to LTI camp:
Mint--our intern keystudent
A--4th yr tourism major
Maprang--4th yr tourism major, A's disciple
Rain--2nd yr english major
Eve--2nd yr english major
Marcus-4th yr tourism major, he is doing his internship at a resort in south thailand
Boss--2nd yr english major
Yok--2nd yr english major

Leadership Training Institute Coming Soon!!!

LTI is coming soon!! It starts this Friday the 17t thru the 20th. This year it will be at Inthanon Riverside Resort just south of Chiang Mai.

Pray requests::
-Safe travel to the resort
-All the details of the programs, lodging, food, logistics, etc.
-Worship team
-Speakers would communicate what the Lord wants them to
-Seminars. That the students would learn new things and be challenged
-My team is responsible for recreation time. Pray mostly for good translation and of course safety.
-On Sunday, we will go out in teams to share the gospel and talk about Jesus with the people of the surrounding communities. Pray that the students will be bold and walk in the power of the Holy Spirit. Pray that God will reveal himself to the people.
-Pray for all of the Thai staff. They have been working really hard on all of the different aspects of camp. Pray for extra energy, health, and enthusiasm.
-Pray for the STINT team that we would have extra emotional capacity since we will be speaking and listening to A LOT of Thai language for 4 days straight.
-Most importantly, pray that God would be magnified and glorified during the camp.

Thanks so much!! I'll be sure to post some pictures after camp.