Prayer Letter Mickels Feb 2009
Prayer Letter Stefan & Tina
February 2009
Family
We are doing well as a family, being rather satisfied with our lives here in Chiang Mai. Tobias is doing very well at school and at home. He is just bursting with energy and life.
One major change occurred in our family. 19 years old A* has moved in with us about 4 months ago. Due to unacceptable circumstances within his family we had no choice but supporting him and ultimately providing him a safe and loving environment in our family. He is doing reasonably well now, as God is working in his heart and life, healing and restoring him from past experiences. He loves Jesus and knows deep inside that he is his only real hope.
Ministry
We still teach English and have activities for children and youth. On Saturdays we are telling bible stories and certainly seeing the fruits coming out of that. The kids are very aware of God’s love and presence in their lives.
We started a home group now, where we have worship, sharing our lives and pray for one another. And God’s presence is really there. A* had a beautiful picture last week where he’s seen Jesus coming and sitting in our little room encouraging us and promising us that He will be there for us all the way. We could sense His presence in the room.
A*, one of the women who is coming on a regular basis is already sharing what she learns with us in her Akkha village.
We still do house visits, pray with and support people in the community. When needed we take them to hospital or take them to visit a relative who might live far away or simply have an outing.
On one of those occasions I took S* to the hospital. Do you remember her? She is the one who had tuberculosis, almost died and met jesus right there and then. she got baptised and really follows Jesus now. She told me of the dream she had.: she has seen heaven opening like a curtain and Jesus was standing there all in white blessing her. She was very encouraged by that and is even more determined to follow Jesus all the way.
We are moving Kham Siri to a new location. It is inside our community again. It is an old wooden house on stilts with a garden. We have a lot of space there for fellowship, eating together, teaching crafts and skills, language, bible and different activities. It is also much more cost effective.
God also opened a door into the homeless community here in Chiang Mai where we are building relationships, pray with and support some homeless people in whatever way we can.
There are also working girls who we get to know and we are currently seeking ways how to teach them some life skills to move out of this circle of poverty.
Prayer points
-Please pray that our home group will be well established , grow and we’ll make disciples who will be sold out for Jesus.
-May we have a strong sense of community.
-Please pray for A* to grow in Christ, as he teaches the bible and English more and more at Kham Siri. Also for his final examines as a tourist guide and a smooth transition into university where he wants to study to become a teacher. May God bless him in every way.
-Changing and moving Kham Siri. May we be even more established in the community.
-The right way forward with the working girls and the homeless.
-Please pray for our physical safety as well as we seek to establish justice here in Chiang Mai.
How to contact us:
We will be distributing regular news for prayer. This will be
· By group email
· Hard copies
· Through prayer gatherings.
For those in our home church - Riverside Vineyard, London
admin@riversidevineyard.com
For others contact Ian Watt - hallelujah150@yahoo.com
Or if you want to support us in any way, you can contact us here in Chiang Mai.
Our email address is mail@mickels.org our website is www.khamsiri.org
We are also on skype now. Our address is “khamsiri” we’ll try to be online on Sundays 7-11pm Thai time. We’d love to hear from you.
Thank you all so much for your support and prayer. We miss you a lot, but it is great to know that you are right behind us.
Lots and lots of love
Stefan, Tina & Tobias
