Faith Camp in Thailand!

Here we are at Asia-Pacific International University, Muek Lek, located just north of Bangkok. We arrived at about 1:00a.m. Thursday morning, May 14, after going through a huge tropical storm!  My, this is a long trip, and it is the first time I have had ever been in Muek Lek.  The occasion?  We are going to put on a minnie Faith Camp here and introduce the inspiring programs that Jon and Natalie with JFA (Jesus for Asia) have been putting on in America for 19 years!

This is the very first one for Thailand and so it may not be too big, especially at such short notice, but already I see God's hand arranging details for us and pushing us on!

I had been notified about this over 2 weeks ago, but later found out it was cancelled, so I stopped all efforts to prepare for it.  When I finally came out of BYT, I discovered that people were trying to get hold of me, but there is no phone service where I am.  Now I find out that Faith Camp is on again and would I please be the keynote speaker and introduce the program because Jon Wood could not come at this late notice!  Secretly in my heart I wanted to say that I could not come either at this late notice!  I only had 2 full days to prepare! But no, hadn't my heart been burning within me to speak to those dear university students when I was asked the first time?  The Lord will help us all!!! 

And help us He did!  Several Thailand missionaries came.  Two photographers even showed up and recorded the entire Faith Camp!  They will edit their work and I will bring it to Jon Wood when I come to America in July.  We had meetings Friday night, all day Sabbath, and Sunday morning.  I introduced and explained the purpose of the camp and spoke 3 times. Once each day.  I am very small and worthless to be doing this, but we serve a huge God and He brings the Holy Spirit to add all the power needed in answer to prayer.

Thailand is secular and this University seems just as secular as the rest of the country even though it is an Adventist University.  We have a golden opportunity to excite these students to give their lives to God and ignite them to work for God!!  I can see they have no idea what a life like that looks like. There is such a need for the young to reach their own people.

Also this is an International University.  Students here are from many different countries!  God wants His work to explode across the globe!

Once again I want to thank those of you who knew ahead of time, for praying, please continue to pray that God will fan the small sparks that have begun here into bright flames across the globe!

I met with a pastor and leader at the University after Faith Camp was over.  He invited me to speak at the University church Friday evening and Sabbath-School time the first weekend after I arrive back to Thailand from America. That would be September 11 and 12!  I am delighted to do it and I pray that Faith Camp can be a tradition here growing bigger and bigger each year! Please keep praying! Don't stop now!