Human Trafficking in Nebraska

Human Trafficking in Nebraska

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God is Moving into Hearts

Something that I keep hearing here is

"We've never seen this happen before!"

. Missionaries who have been here for awhile keep saying that, and they are referring to the way God is working in Thailand. Joel said to me a week ago "You get to be here to see all of the cool stuff happening!" Here is a true story of what happened in these past two weeks.

There is this beautiful woman. I am going to call her Faith (not her real name).

Faith, the mother of one of our students (Tina) was miraculously healed from breast cancer about a year and a half ago. From my understanding, she has been a Christian about 3 years by the grace of God. Prior to that, she had been trafficked into prostitution. She was pulled out and a group of women helped teach her how to bake, and now she has her own bakery.

Because of her miraculous recovery, she now prays for cancer victims.

WITHIN THESE PAST TWO WEEKS:

-Faith has a friend who is a nurse that is very interested in Christianity, but is not ready to give her life to Christ yet. But she keeps coming around and asking questions :) God is working on her. She asked Faith to come and pray for one of her patients (June) who is in the last stages of cancer. Faith and Joel (the director of our school) went and prayed. June has not been able to take chemo because her blood sugar (?) has been too high.

The next morning, Faith asked how she was doing, and June was scared! Her blood sugar had dropped to a level where chemo could begin (this is miraculous in itself--this had been impossible for quite some time). However, she said that all night she had been in pain and the demons told her in a dream to STAY AWAY from these two people who were praying, because they did NOT want our God to be in her!!!

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Whoah. What is this woman waiting for? Jesus, thank you that you are obviously trying to get this woman's attention. YOU are the ultimate healer, you are the living water that gives eternal life. Do not let her fall away.

Faith and Joel will not give up on her, but are unsure of how to proceed because she is scared--they don't know that going to the hospital is the right option and are praying for clear direction from the Lord.

That is not all.

This past weekend there was another woman that Faith was praying for. We'll call her Becky. She said "Yeah, I've done the church thing. I went once. When they had the bread and wine, I had some wine, but the demons made me go outside and spit it out. They said I could not be a part of that."

Whatever your beliefs are about communion, make no mistake. It is a spiritual act that connects us with our Savior. It is not an empty tradition. How do you celebrate communion? With a thankful and humble heart or with glazed eyes and thoughts?

I'll worship my God
in every way I can
and not settle for silence
and limp hands,
but swaying hips
and a cry of thankfulness
for my God is good
all the time
and all the time
God is good.

So here are three women you can pray for specifically this week, as they have all been presented with the Gospel and need to make a choice:
the Nurse
June
Becky

Also, Faith is having a prayer meeting at her house. People WANT to come and have Faith pray for her. THIS IS NOT A COMMON THING IN THAILAND, it's rather unheard of actually. She has invited Joel and asked him to bring a few other people. Pray for the meeting. If the Lord wills, I would like to go and pray as well. This is Friday evening at 7:00 pm (Friday at 6:00 AM Central time for Nebraskans who want to be in prayer overseas)

Your prayers are heard, much louder than we can even understand. Do not give up.

This little girl is so sweet!! I love her.

I have this little New Testament that fits perfectly in my pocket, so I bring it with me wherever I go. I was reading it in the van last week and she saw it and wanted to read it herself -- she can read English surprisingly well for her age (considering she is also Thai). She asked me the next two days if she could read it! Of course, I said yes.

Yesterday she came to school with her own little Thai bible! Wow! Praise the Lord, He is just...so Good!!! Pray for this sweet little girl, that the word would take root in her heart.

What's been happening!

Odd sights you will never see in America

The library renovations continue! These are our NEW SHELVES! Built by Tony and Henry, wonderful people.

Here are their wives (left). They joined us last week and have been helping to re-catalouge everything with a better system. Rhoda (right) is from Scotland, she has really headed up the library renovation project. Currently, all of these people are buying primer so the painting can start TOMORROW!! Rhoda and I will go pick out a color scheme next chance we have. The air-conditioning went in yesterday, and we have a mural painter volunteering here for 2 weeks at the end of the month--we are going to have a brand new library! How exciting!

eh. It really did happen. Haha--I realized that nobody knows HOW I broke my leg--I simply stepped down a stair and landed on uneven ground. I was carrying a box of books and lost my balance--down I went! Picture compliments of Emma

One of our students (one of my FAVORITES) and Kruu Oi, she is the principal of the school. I just thought this was an awesome picture.

P.S.! Kenzie has been took most of the pictures on this post. She does such a good job!

Prayer Requests

1. For an English teacher for the upcoming year

2. For a bus-driver, husband and wife team that can also do school maintenance and the finances to support them.

3. For volunteers and finances to help renovate the school in order for us to renovate our classrooms to add grades Pre-K, and 7-9.

4. For a permanent artist and more writers to come on board for our textbook project!

5. Also for the textbook project, join me in praying for other Christian schools to take a part in the project. This is not *our* project, or the school's project, it is God's project. I'm praying that others would come on board. This is such a huge thing, with God's continued guidance we will be able to make a lasting change in the educational system here in Thailand. Can you imagine?

Here's a big one:
6. For the unification of Thai Christians.

Lots of things! God is big. Please join me in prayer for things things.

What an amazing God we serve.

I go to the hospital tomorrow to get a new cast put on. I'm praying my leg would be miraculously healed. THAT would be quite a testimony, eh?

Also, please continue to pray for the car accident and healing and forgiveness for the families of all parties. That would be a much deeper miracle.

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Yesterday we went to a church called the River. It was very refreshing.

Please pray the Lord would guide our steps. I am also praying about a job opportunity that I learned about in Vietman/Laos that I really want to apply for. I am known for jumping too soon though, so I am sitting on this and asking for the Lords guidance.

Whew, what a week. I must say, I am glad to have a Saturday off in order to rest my muscles. Will get a new cast put on on Tuesday. Praying for fast healing. It isn't painful, but not being able to move is a struggle for me.

Regardless, I am able to serve the school still. Here is something I worked on last week:

This is NOT for real yet, just a mock-up. We're taking in the van next week to have the stickers put on.

And I started work on a new website. It is going to be really nice once it's finished.

We had a baby shower last week for the schools secretary Da! Here are some pictures:

The Baby's name is Diary because her Father is in the military, so they are separated. The Mom and Dad wrote letters back and forth to each other through a Diary.

Proud Mama!

Her Grandmother

In other news, I am so amazed at the work that goes on at this school. God is really at work here. Last week, one of the sweet sweet boys who lives with his Aunt and Uncle (his mother lives in Bangkok) prayed to receive Christ. He is a very intelligent youngster, bright and caring. I've heard the other teachers call him "Our little counselor" because he is compassionate. Last week one of our little boys got on the bus crying and he wouldn't tell us why, so "our little counselor" asked him for us at school and I'm sure gave him some words of encouragement while he was at it. Praise God! Please pray for him to grow up strong in the Lord, that he will continue to be a light wherever he is, a living testimony to God. He is doing very well at the school and with his Aunt and Uncle, but we are praying for him also because his mother wants him to move to Bangkok. Please just send up prayers for him--God will protect him wherever he is, but we want him to stay :(

Ooh! What a week!

Well, I DID break a bone. I fractured a bone in my right leg near the ankle joint. We went to the hospital and my leg is in a plaster cast right now until Tuesday. God willing, the swelling will have gone down by then and I can have a more permanent cast placed until my leg is healed. The plaster is heavy, so I am looking forward to a new cast. The doctors said it should take 4-6 weeks.

I've always imagined that breaking a leg would be severely painful, but it's really not that bad. It stinks not being able to move very easily, but Mackenzie and Emma have been very helpful in getting things for me that I need. The best thing is that I can still do most of the work I have been doing because most of my work is computer based anyway. Thanking God that is wasn't my *arm* that I broke, and praying for quick healing for my leg. Some of the fourth graders made me Get Well cards. They are so sweet.

Mackenzie's friend Zach passed away today. She is taking the day off to grieve. Please pray for all of the families during this difficult time. Here is something that was shared to me by a friend regarding Zach "My daughter said that our prayers were answered in a different way. I told her that maybe our unanswered prayers, were answered prayers for different families." Our prayers do not go unheard.




That's all for now. Things are busy here! I love every minute.

God Bless,
Amber