Lykins’ Update: September 15, 2008
Dear praying friends,
Saturday morning we left Chiang Mai in two vehicles and drove 4 hours north to visit two villages, Bethlehem and Mai. We spent the afternoon playing with the children of Bethlehem, then had an evening service at the church. Sunday morning we had another church meeting, then drove down the road to Mai, where we played with the children of that village, and had an evening church service. We drove back to Chiang Mai Monday morning. These two villages, approximately 200 people, each had a small church planted by City Gate church here in Chiang Mai.
In our debriefing meeting, we asked the question what was your highlight on this weekend’s outreach to the villages, Bethlehem, and Mai? As best as I can remember here are the teams responses:
Being in the village, seeing the living conditions.
Working with, playing games with the children.
Visiting with the pastor, seeing the need for discipleship, hearing his vision for raising up the next generation of leaders.
Going house to house praying with the villagers.
Swimming with the boys.
Seeing the boys enter into worship. (Twelve boys ages 6-15 were focused in worship! It was amazing!)
Watching the team come together in ministry, find their niche, and being willing to be stretched.
There was no complaining about our rough conditions. Squatty potty, bucket shower, sleeping on the floor, no windows or fans the first night, no sleeping with your spouse.
Did you witness any miracles? Yes! The woman we prayed with who had a fever, was in church! The woman with the tingling in her arm after we prayed reported that it was better! When we asked the children who would like to pray to receive Jesus, all 25 replied in the affirmative.
We prayed for people’s healing after each of the three meetings we had. We usually had 10 to 12 respond for prayer.
Thank you for your prayers!
Blessings to you,
Fred and Carol
Prayer requests:
That we would have our eyes opened to the battle around us.
That we would be careful to act in the strength of the Holy Spirit, and not in our own.
That we would “see what the Father is doing”, and come along side.
That we would walk in Humility.
That we would boldly proclaim Christ’s love and provision for men, His Kingdom come!
That during October while Carol is in Myanmar leading half the team and I in Thailand with the other half, the she would know the Father’s provision for her.
Finally, that His will would be accomplished, and that we would bring Him glory in all that we do and say.
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The cooks quarters. Note the woven bamboo siding!
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Carol, Brian, Stephanie and Jill with the children showing off their evangelism bracelets. Sean Sanborn is the biggest child in the front row.
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