Superbowl Sunday!

Before I can tell you what happened at church yesterday morning I have to introduce you to Rurk. Rurk is a college senior who just showed up at the church back in mid December. He was feeling down, mired in alcohol, drugs, and depression and called information to ask for the address of a church. They sent him to Immanuel. He told us he was Buddhist, his whole family was Buddhist, but for some reason even he was not sure of he felt he needed to go to a church.

From that point he pretty much never left the church, and Big C took him under his wing and began to disciple him. Amazingly, after just knowing him a week, he was able to go on our Christmas trip to Khao Lak.



That's Rurk with C at the beach over Christmas. During the trip, Rurk said he would consider becoming a Christian, but he wanted to read through the whole Bible first. Well, only a week or so after getting back he decided that he didn't need to wait and he trusted in Jesus for his salvation. He has been a very welcome addition to our young leaders group Thursdays, and he goes to help Terry at Jarurat slum on Sundays.

This past Sunday Rurk got baptized. He wanted to wait until his Mom and a few college friends could be there.



I am simply amazed at the clear evidence of God's hand in leading this young man to faith and the pace with which he is growing in Christ. It seems to me that God has a very special purpose for Rurk. Please pray for him this week, and be praying for the salvation of his family.

The church service was also special becuase the students from my afternoon English class were invited to sing a song in the church. I was scared that none of them would come and I would be doing a solo act, but praise God that they all came! I am glad I did not have to sing alone, but I much more glad that they were able to attend the service and hear about Jesus and experience true worship. Please be praying for them.



As soon as English class is finished, I race off with the slum team to Baring. We had a good turnout for what was a really hot day.



Today, I started teaching from the beginning of Scripture on Genesis 1. I made seven cards representing what God did on each day. After teaching the story, I challenged the kids to arrange the cards in proper order from day one to day seven. Praise God! they actually understood me and were able to do it! woo-hoo!



A slum is a tough place for kids to live and grow up, but it is also a tough place for dogs too. If you know me, you know I am a dog lover. So, I was excited to see that our local mut has given birth to a litter of seven little slumdogs.



Thank you all for your continued prayers and support. I'll do my best to get more regular with the postings.

God bless