Ghost Month Nakhon Sri Thammarat
Every year in September families gather to ‘pay respects’ to their deceased ancestors. Every year in September families gather to ‘pay respects’ to their deceased ancestors. This is a very important time for our neighbours as this time of ‘paying respect’ goes beyond our understanding. For the Thai’s born in Nakhonsithammarat, it is believed that their ancestors’ spirits have been released from heaven or hell and have come back to visit them.
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Our God answers prayer
About a month ago while out for a run, I ran past a restaurant that a friend of mine (Joy) owns. I stopped to say hi and chat briefly. As I was chatting to Joy, I had a sense that she was not doing well. Thai people are really good at keeping their emotions under wraps, but you can often get a sense of how they are truly doing by their eyes. Joy’s eyes did not have the usual friendly glint, instead they showed worry and burden.
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Contributing to the Economy
One of the things Mailaa Team try to do to help our community is to shop locally. Where possible we buy products from local sellers and not chain stores. This means that the funds given by our supporters not only provide for our needs but also contribute towards the needs of people in the Mai La community. This is even more important during the current economic downturn. People in our community were worried about the economy even before Covid-19 effected it. The economy in South Thailand was already depressed due to the low fruit and rubber prices and low rain fall. Covid-19 has only made things worst.
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Our role, God’s role
Like much of the world’s population, during the height of the Covid-19 global pandemic the Thai government urged all non-essential employees to stay at home to halt the spread of the virus. This meant our family, like so many others, immediately had our schedules cleared and for the first time in a long time we were left wondering what we should do with all our extra at-home time.
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Discouragements
While on holiday over the new year, I was able to take time and reflect back on all that God had been doing in Maila in 2019. Things were looking good: Bruce was preaching more at our local church, I was leading a weekly bible study at this church before the service which was well attended, the ladies group that I met with weekly were growing in their interest in the gospel and were even starting to talk about attending church and Tayo was on the cusp of accepting Jesus, with a genuine heart to serve the Lord.
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Spiritual opposition to the Gospel
Aunty T is an elderly lady with bad knees, who lives alone in a very simple house. I first met her when I was out prayer walking with my teammate. She was married but had no children and her husband died several years ago. After first meeting her, she seemed to be interested in hearing something of the gospel. I asked one of the church members to come and visit her with me as Aunty T often spoke in Southern Thai* so I was unable to understand everything she was saying.
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Viral Disciple Making
Currently I can't watch the news or go on social media without hearing about the Corona Virus. It has certainly caused global panic and I completely understand as the spread of this virus is clearly alarming due to the fact that despite quarantine, disinfecting whole city blocks, and restricting travel of literally billions of people the number of cases just climbs and climbs.
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