Europe Trip

Praise God..Praise God...Praise God....that would be the starting for this update about my trip to Norway and Finland...


Norway was awesome and my time there was something I didn't expected it would be the way it was. God really loves me so much. Before I went there I planed to work a lot and do a lot with Team Action... but God knew what I needed. The past 7 years since I have been back to Thailand from USA after my School of the Bible in Tyler Texas, I have been working and serving YWAM Chiangmai Thailand and many of you might have read my updates once in a while.. and from the Thai Bhuddish background I realize that I still has the idea of "my worth is in my work" so when I got to Norway - I spend 5 weeks there doing nothing much... just observed the teams how they work and prayed for them. When I was in Thailand - I was a DTS leaders - I work with short term teams - I work as tour operator - I was somebody. But when I went to Norway God sit me down and let me enjoy the time of relaxing and doing nothing. I really ...really praise God for it even though God need to take me away from the environment where I thought I did something to the place where I was selfless - He did so for me to be able to seek Him with my whole heart. My friends in Team Action really help me a lot to enjoy my time there with God, and I really learn so much from them. Team Action is a team of young people who love God and they went wound the country to do music concert and musical - to reach out to the young people in their nation. They work from put up the stage - acting out their program then take down the stage they just put up couple hour ago. I saw their team work and they way the team obey their leaders was very impressive and really encouraging. I have been traveling with them to difference part of Norway to see the beauty of the nature God created. It was like a big reward and bonus God given me, 5 weeks in Norway become really rewarding to my work of 7 years non stop. Even though each year I had some time off and vacation now and then but it was not something like this. To travel all the way to Norway to have time alone with God and enjoy His presence was something i never thought of having. I would like to thank God and also extend my thankful heart to Team Action that help to make the trip happen. They paid my way there and the whole time I was with them they really took good care of me - host me and feed me well. I felt like 40 days of seeking the Lord was fulfill during the trip and I am ready for my next exciting step with God.

Finland
This part of my trip was also the dream come through. Since I was 10 years old I came to know the foreign country name "Finland" through my missionary mom and this country has a special pace in my heart. My missionary mom is from Finland and since I was young I had people who have have been praying for me and supporting me financially, I was able to go to school until I graduated with Business degree. When I got there I was able to meet with my missionary mom and spend a lot of time with her. We talked a lot about people in Fang - Thailand where she used to ministered before she retire, talked about all of her children and the work that God is still continue His work in Fang Good News Church and the places around. We were able to talk through many things but special for me because I knew I was not that good or obedient kid grew up. So there was time of reconciliation and happy time together. She also took me to visit many difference people who have heard about me for many years through her news letters and her testimony. Two of my high light of the trip were that I was able to visit the grave yard of one lady who has been supported me to school till university level till I graduated. I also had a chance to visit her family and her husband who still alive. I was sorry that I was not able to make it to see her when she still on earth but I believe that I will see her again in heaven. and another high light was that I was able to speak in front of the congregation at Salem church for 5 minutes to thank them because they sent my missionary mom to work in Thailand and I was able to witness how God work through missionaries lives around the world. and I am the fruit of their work. I also met with a Thai fellowship in the church and share with them my personal life with God and encourage them to continue their walk with God. Many of the Thai ladies who marry to the Finn men and left their home country and live in Finland had to face many kind of struggle but when some of them come to know Christ, He become their Savior in that hard situations.


To God be glorify.

The new Journey begins

I want to start of by praise God for the Visa for SCHENGEN countries I got so now I am getting ready to go to Norway on the 26th and hope to visit Finland and few countries in between. I will be away from Thailand from the 26th of March - 12th of May.

Many times I wonder, "God, what is it about me?" "Why I am so difference?" Am I rebel too much or not?,No...I felt inside "I am just so difference in thinking and doing things", but I pray to God that no matter what God will have His way in me and for my life that still continue on this earth, I will follow or try my best to follow. And the path He is leading me all these years really prove that He is with me. I'm glad that He use my life even through struggle. Many times I really feel struggle of our Thai brothers and sisters that do not speak up what they think or how they feel, so that when I am the one who speak up, I got myself in big trouble.

I pray for break through, I pray for revelation for my Thai brothers and sisters in YWAM that they will see and understand how God can lead them ad use their lives much greater than me. I know I am trying to be around YWAM since 1998, that's long time hah for a Thai.... I have seen God' faithfulness and His guidance so much made me to understand that I cannot let go. And I try to testify it to others Thai around me as well, by hoping that would encourage them some way or another. When I look back my life (after last dts I got more time to do that) have seen God and God alone are playing big part in my life of leading and guiding me. I really have a heart to see more Thai Christian rise up and go out for Jesus, I believe the young people and the business people in Thailand are the keys, and I am praying how I could be involve and reaching out to them. I do not know what to say or how to explain to you through English words here...but may God search my heart and knows that this is right from Him. The reason I go to Norway, I would like to observe the work of Team Action http://www.teamaction.net/ and as I used to share with some of you about 5 years ago about Mobilization Team, going out to the Thai local churches and let them know about the opportunity they can be involve, I felt what Team Action do is really interesting. Not sure what will come out after that, but I'll see from there on. Not sure how in the world I will do so but I pray God will lead the way and open the door for me if this is really from Him. Also my heart about connecting Christian teams to local churches like what Outreach Team is doing also in my heart, but it might not limit just YWAM teams, I do not know how it would be like yet.

I also still have a heart to reaching out to the business people as the last 3 years I got myself involve much more in this sphere of society, I see the gap that this people really do need God. You see, because one of the struggle I have is financial struggle, so I had to work as tour guide and tour agent to earn money for my living, (So that I can do YWAM work, and alongside I still have few friends who believe in me supporting me) I come to know many people who work in the tourist industries, that really is eyes open for me to see that this group of people really do need God. So I now registered as the tour agent company and want to get it going as well. The new journey is about to begin, please pray with me and for me, so that I can hear God clearer. I feel like I am alone even though I know I am not alone because God is with me.

Please pray that the journey to Europe would be fruitful and are blessed by God. Pray that everywhere I would be able to speak would be anoint by the Holy Spirit. Pray that God will rise up people to walk along side with me in this new journey. Pray for clear direction between and after the trip would over. Thanks for joining me in prayers. And we will see great things the Lord is about to reveal.

Next steps after iDTS-2007

Time fly so quickly just like they have wings of eagles.
International Discipleship Training School in Chiangmai is finished by the grace of God. It seems like the school just started not too long ago and now I am done with it. Again… I always able to praise God and thanks Him for all the works he has done in the school. Both staffs and students we all cannot denied that we have seen God working miracle. One thing I could say that to be a school leader is not easy… I really had to yield so much to the Lord and need to cried out to Him over and over again. It’s great honor I got from the Lord that He allow me to do this job, even though many times I felt so out of it and felt like I could do nothing. When I saw the students stubble and not willing to learn and change, I got so discouraging, but when the graduation night came, we all felt it was not our ability to do that but everything working out because of God alone.
One of my students, came from a broken family and she hardly open herself to us, staffs much and tried to put on the mask make us think everything is perfect with her, and she was resisting God. The Lord has challenging me to reach out to her and help to draw her out from her comfort zone, it took me almost 2 months to try to make friend with her and talk and reaching out to her at the place where she was at. Finally, God is working, and she told me later on that because I had that quality time with her, help her to came out and felt God’s love for her much more. Before that, she said she know God is love and he love everyone, but to think God loves her is something too good to be true. But through out DTS she is now having confidence in the love of God and she said from now on she is able to face anything because she knows that God is with her always.

After DTS, I have couple weeks off and have sometimes alone with God and seeking Him for direction… I am praying more and more about reaching out to Thai people, Thai churches and ministries that already exists in Thailand. I am also praying more about take off with the tour business, but this tour company would not just a tour to take tourist to tourist attractions, but it would be a tour that give people who join the tour with new meaning of life, and let them have authentic experience with local people. To live and learn from the local Thai people, and to feel how the Thai feel and to work along side the Thai so that they will be able to find out for themselves what they really like and how to go about it. I believe God can work in every situations and all kind of environment and through that God will speak and touch people more. Then, I hope to see both the teams and the Thai will be touched be God.
I am praying about going to Norway and Finland during April and May. For a long time that I would like to go to Finland to share with the Finn people and to appreciate all they have done for me. My missionary mother who came from Finland has brought great hope in my life, for me to be who I am today is by the grace of God and His mercy. I would like to go over to Finland to testify how good God is to me and the prayers and supports they had invested in me is now time to bear much fruits. God has arranged this for me through the friends that came from Norway last year has invited me to go to Norway to visit them and observe the work of God they are doing over there and hope to learn and share with Norwegian more as well about Thailand and how they can get involve. So when the door open for me to go over to Norway, I am really pray that this would be appointed time to go to Finland, one of the dream country I would like to visit since I was very young age.

Please pray:
• That God will open the door to meet with the key people in business and in ministry around the northern region of country.
• That, he will bring in young people who are ready to go out for Jesus.
• That, if God would open the door for tour business He will give me clearly direction and timing.
• Family back home will come to know Christ.
• That I would be able to get visa to Norway and Finland.
• I would have enough financial that needed when I go to Norway and Finland.