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In trying to get back into Thai language learning, I sought out the help of Ms. Noy, who is a neighbor of ours and also a former Thailand championship takraw player. Ms. Noy has made her earnings (and even built her house) from prize money received from winning championships. She has traveled to many places to compete, and even taught at a university. Now she works occasionally as a referee at competitions. But she is not happy with life.

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 Recently I started teaching English at our local Anubaan (kindergarten). I volunteer and teach there every Friday for a few hours. Partly, I am doing this because I miss teaching in a classroom setting and it is a lovely feeling to be back in a classroom, this truly is my happy place. But more importantly, I am doing this in the hope that it will foster relationships within our community.

What a joy it was to walk through the market on Friday evening and have many children point us out to their parents and to hear them tell their parents that we are teaching them English at their school.

Please join with us in prayer that over the next few weeks and months we will have opportunities to meet their parents and foster good relationships with them and ultimately have the privilege of sharing the Gospel message with them.

 

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The past month has seen unusually heavy rains across South Thailand resulting in flooding across vast areas of the South of Thailand. One of the areas that flooded was the area we live in, including our home. The road in front of home turned into a fast flowing river and we had water over half a meter deep throughout the ground level of our home.

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Steve home eng studious

The missionary life can be a bit of a rollercoaster at times, of hopeful opportunities followed by disappointments. But God always gives us some kind of encouragement when we need it! Our team was a little disappointed after hope of getting a churchplant off the ground right away seemed premature. But again, God came through with encouragements. After having a short-term team come and help with an English camp at a local school, the numbers of the English club at my house swelled from the previous max of 8 up to 24 and fears that numbers might go down since we weren't quite prepared for that many students proved unfounded as we had even more the second week!

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Eliphant climb

Early morning on Monday the 5th September, Jeff Callow and I, Bruce, drove to Phattalung with a desire to find a spot to train the leaders who would be helping lead at Adventure Outreach "Master Class" camp taking place in two weeks time in the basics of rock climbing. The spots we found were not ideal and so we went to inquire at the local council if they knew of any possibilities. 

Very quickly we were escorted into the the Mayor's office and offered water and coffee...

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When I arrived in South Thailand, I wasn't sure where I would be serving. It was a litttle weird when people asked me where I would be, but I explained that I and my team-mates would need to seek God, explore some possibilities, and make a decision together. For me, it was no big deal to spend whatever time needed to explore and discern, but my team-mates are a family of five with a home-school helper coming as well, and the pressure was on to come to a decision in a timely fashion.

Beforehand, we had thought of two potential districts in which we had some connections. But when we arrived, we were presented with a new possibility which we hadn't really considered, a district I had never been to or even heard of...

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