Badminton, An amazing Testimony, and Worship

We had a free day today and spent it with people from the large Santisuk English school. At 9:30 this morning, 19 people crammed into the church van and headed out to the badminton courts, a large building with about 10 courts. This is a favorite sport here and is played fast and furiously - except for beginners like me who were fortunate to do a couple of good volleys. The heat in the non-ventilated building got almost unbearable for me, but other than that we had a good time😉

Over lunch at the mall, we heard the moving testimony of Shane, a 20 year old Thai man who had a powerful experience with Jesus in 2013, was delivered from addictions, and became a totally sold out evangelist. He teaches children and teens at the school. He led his mother, an extremely devout Buddhist and high government employee, to Jesus and is cultivating a new relationship with his father. Please pray that his father would also come to know Jesus.

Our day ended with the Thai church service here at Santisuk.  This is a cell church so all of the members are actively invoved in the life of their cell group during the week, and actively involved with evangelism as they invite their friends to join them at cell group meetings. 

Here's some great news: Kate was able to borrow a keyboard for me to use to help lead worship for our Sunday cell groups and to play at the school during the week. Already I know of three students who are eager to have a chance to learn a bit about how to play piano - what fun! I can use it the rest of my stay here.