The past two weeks have been an outburst of God-awesome things going on with Lighthouse in Action. We wanted to give you an update of what God is doing here, so that we can celebrate together!

We had our English camp two weekends ago, in Pai. There were 15 students, and just as many workers. It was great to be able to build close relationships with the college students. We were able to really show them how much we love them, and how much God loves them, through English speaking, scavenger hunts, over coffee, and roaming the Pai evening market.

We now have a more solid presence of these college students in our weekly English classes at WonGen Kafe. They also just come to hang out with us a lot more throughout the day.

One of them, has even decided to follow Jesus! Continue to pray for the Truth and Love of Jesus to reach them. Who says it’s not fun to serve Jesus?!

X-Life

It’s is rice harvest season in the villages now. We were able to have some volunteers go up to Emmi’s home village and help harvest the rice. It was a lot of hard work, but so rewarding.

We were able to show a movie to the villagers that is in Thai, and focuses on the Gospel. We were able to share this Truth with the many homes that our past teams have been hosted in, and served alongside. God’s presence was truly there.
It was such a blessed week of doing life with the villagers, and seeing new relationships being built, and other relationships continuing to be restored.

Love Acts

Doors have opened up miraculously, for us to begin teaching English in the bars and massage parlors IN the red-light. We are currently teaching at one massage parlor, and two bars…and the doors just keep opening and opening.

It is truly divine how the relationships have started to build between the “teachers” (teams), and the students (bar-girls). God is giving us SO much favor with them. It has aslo helped us when we do outreach at night, because they see us, including the men, as respected and genuinely caring for them.
When we dont have students to teach, we walk around the red-light and flood it with mighty and effective prayers. We can literally SEE the change that God is doing there.

Partnering with a local Thai church, we are also reaching the children who work there, with a 10-15 minutes “Love Blitz”. We gather them, sit in a circle, and play a game, sing a song, do a craft, or speak English. They are starting to associate us with being a “safe place”, even when they see us doing outreach in the bars, while they are working.
We are praying more and more children will come, and experience the Love of the Father.

We’re also continuing to reach the children in the slums, by teaching English and then playing games. No matter how long our days are, being with the children there is ALWAYS a joy.

Continue to pray for us here at Lighthouse in Action. God is doing many new and powerful things, for His glory. We need continued wisdom, protection, and favor.

Thank you for being a part of what God is doing in Chiang Mai!

-Lighthouse Staff