News from NTIM-Chiang Rai

Michael and Hope Johnson serve God in Northern Thailand through Northern Thailand Impact Ministry (NTIM)- http://www.northernthailandimpactministry.org. Two Hmong students at a local university are members of their church in Chiang Rai. These students are from HIM Home Missionary's village/church in Huai Khu Village. Pray for NTIM as they minister to this village of Hmong friends. Below is their recent news letter.


DEAR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COVENANT PRAYER PARTNERS,

It is Friday November 7 ........but December 20 will be here soon. What is the big deal about December 20? It is the day that we have chosen to host the single largest evangelistic event we have ever held in Northern Thailand. Last year we had over 800 people attend this event and this year we are asking God for over 1,000 people. It will be a day that multitudes of people from our community and over 25 different unreached people groups will have a chance to hear the message of our Great Savior - some of whom have never ever heard the gospel before.

It is our heart's desire that we see many Thai people , Burmese people, and Chinese people give their hearts to Jesus this season. We live in a part of the world where less than 1 out of every 100 people know Jesus as their personal Savior. We have been in the process of planning 12 key "Christmas evangelism" events that we will be involved in this year. We believe God wants many of these precious people to come to know Jesus this Christmas season...but we need your help to do that. Please consider donating a "Christmas love offering for NTIM" this Christmas season and help us reach all the peoples living in and around Northern Thailand for Jesus. With prayer as our foundation, please join us and ...

YOU CAN PRAY...............
Pray for our decoration party at Baan Athitaan Church on Sunday November 9 at 1:00pm. Jesus used "festivals" as a part of reaching out to the crowds with His message and we want to begin preparing our community for the celebration of our King.
Pray for our two holiday English camps on November 20 and November 21 in the province of Kampaengphet. We will be putting on 2 camps with over 115 children attending each one. These schools are where Bum's parents are teachers and where one of Bum's aunts is a teacher. This will be about an 8 hour drive for us and we will be spending 2 nights with Bum's parents who are not believers yet.
Pray for our Christmas party on November 29 - a Christmas party for the children grades 1-6 that study English at Baan Athitaan Church each Saturday morning.

Pray for us as we pass out shoe boxes from Samaritan's Purse from December 2-4 to some of the poorest and most needy children in our community.

Pray for the Christmas party on December 9 that we want to hold for all the street children that live in Mae Sai along the border of Myanmar and Thailand where we have a ministry called Open Doors that one of our church members - Frank Smith - heads up that ministry outreach.

Pray for Grace Langauge School's Christmas ESL Camp on December 12 -14 at Nataporn Resort - We have not had an event like this in 4 years and are looking forward to Emmanual Baptist Church from Tuscaloosa, AL working with us on this awesome event. Please remember to pray for EBC and our team here as we prepare for this camp.

Pray for our "Christmas Party at Huay Khu village on December 15. Baan Athitaan Church will be helping the church at Huay Khu village celebrate Christmas. This will be a mission trip for us and will be taking a team from Baan Athitaan Church and the team from Emmanual Baptist Church to this Hmong village to share the love of Jesus. We have 2 members of our church who are from this village about 3 hours away.

Pray for our "Christmas Coffee House" on December 19 - a Christmas party for our adult students that study English in the evenings every Tuesday and Thursday at Grace Language School.

Pray that the hearts of the people in our community will be open to the gospel as it is shared on December 20 at Baan Athitaan Church's Christmas celebration, where we had over 800 people last year and many decisions for Jesus.

Pray for hundreds of Thai people from our community as they come and celebrate Christmas with us.

Pray for those from Burma and China who will also come to celebrate Christmas with us this year. (God has given us great inroads to students from China and Burma who are here in Chiang Rai studying at one of the universities.)

Pray for Michael as he shares an evangelistic message during our celebration.

Pray for our church family as we all work together to pull this event off and welcome our community to our church and to our great God.

Pray for the team from Pleasant Valley Baptist Church from Kansas City that will be coming out to help us with this event as well as helping support a newly formed ministry called Child and Family Prison Ministries that several from our church family have recently formed.

Pray for our Christmas caroling in the community on December 23 here in Chiang Rai.

Pray for the Christmas service at Baan Athitaan Church on December 25 from 10:30-1:00. This is a new type of event for us, but one that our Thai family wants to have on Christmas day. We will have a time of worship and observance of the Lord's Supper and then have a "pot luck" type meal afterwards with some games and a time of singing together.

Pray for our church family and our church staff as we plan, organize, and prepare for each of these events and seek to provide opportunities for literally tens of thousands of people in Northern Thailand the chance to hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus - many for the first time ever.

YOU CAN GIVE ...............
We are in need of $6,000 to $10,000 to come in by the end of November or begining of December so that we can prepare appropriately for these events. We are wanting to provide good quality evangelistic literature, gifts, great food, and decorations for these various evangelistic events. We are needing some additional support to pull it off with just the right touch. These are not "expenses" these are investments for the Kingdom of God. If the Lord touches your heart to give, please make your check out to Northern Thailand Impact Ministry and mail it to the address at the bottom of this message. It would also be great if you would just send us an email letting us know what is coming.

YOU CAN FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Many people want to give in a special way at Christmas to a missionary cause or special cause that is really going to mean something to people's lives but don't know where. This may be an opportunity for you to help your family and friends know where their donation can make a difference.

YOU CAN TAKE THIS ON AS A GROUP PROJECT FOR YOUR SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS, MISSIONS COMMITTEE, OR SMALL GROUP
This is a great way to help others become aware of a way they can make a real differnce in the lives of those living on the other side of the world this Christmas.

Your Servants to Thailand for Jesus Sake,

Michael for all

"..Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spririt, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I will be with you, even to the very end of the age." Mathew 28:19-20

Donations can be sent to:

Northern Thailand Impact Ministry, P.O. Box 26115, Birmingham, AL 35260.