What a fun month I had with having a month break from language study. The 1^st week of month I was wedding coordinator for Thai friend’s wedding. It turned out beautiful and God provided everything!  The 2^nd week I flew to the NE Thailand to visit my friend Kim and do a visa run to Laos with her.  Was good to connect with her and we had bunch of fun together; planting rice, seeing her community, and sharing & praying together.   The 3^rd week I went with YWAM Thai team down to the South to do a Youth-English Camp.  My friend Daow has a vision from God to start a ministry there in her hometown, where there are no churches or Christians.  So, 8 Thais and I went to do youth camp at her childhood school for about 70 kids.  It was a blast but draining too!  A hightlight was eating fish/seafood every day and last day before we came back we went a boat tour & went swimming at a national park that had a big waterfall.  This past week I have been reviewing language materials and helping out in our national office for our staff conference next week.  All 200 YWAM Thailand staff will be gathering for our bi-annual conference August 1-4 to worship, praying and seek God about what He wants us to be doing in next years.  Excited to be encouraged by guest speaker that is coming and to meet/learn from others that I haven’t met yet.

Praises

• Had safe travels, refreshment, and encouragement this month with the various places I went.
• That the Lord has kept me healthy, spiritual, emotional, and physically this past year of being here.
• Celebrating my 1 year anniversary being in ThailandJ

Prayer Requests

·         YWAM National Conference:  August 1-4^th all of our staff will be meeting to seek God, worship Him, and pray.  Pray for safe travels, sensitive to the Holy Spirit, and obedience to carry out what He lays on our hearts.

• Protection: Spiritual, emotional, and mental protection in the newness/vulnerability of this 1^st season.
• Patience:  That in the midst of building relationships, learning language, that I won’t be so hard on myself with wanting to be further than I am.  That will be patient, enjoy the process, & live in moment.
• Focus:  Sometimes I feel like I am all over the place…I don’t have clear focus about what area of ministry focus the Lord has for me and want to be obedient to focus time on relationships that Lord has for me.
• Evangelism:  Many opportunities happen each day to express Jesus love & goodness to others that have never heard of Him. Pray that my eyes and ears are open to respond to the promptings of the Holy Spirit.

 WAit on the Lord, Be of Good Courage,

And He shall strength my heart, Wait, I say, on the Lord! Psalms 27:14