Standing at the edge, taking the last step

So, I'm sitting here in my friend James's apartment in Santa Monica, listening to the quiet sound of traffic and reflecting on the past two months. It has been good to be back in the US. It was great to see so many of my friends around the country and see places I've only heard talked about. It was even better to see all of my family and extended family. I miss all of these people very much when I am gone.

But the fact remains I am leaving tomorrow to go home. My heart wants to be back in Chiang Mai. And no, not just to see Annie (though that is a significant part of it). But I miss Chiang Mai. I miss Thailand. I miss the markets and the food and the culture and the people and more than all of that all of my friends. My Students, the teachers I've worked with, people at Baan Kanoon, the J-girls, the Career families. I miss it so much.

But I am still a little nervous about going back. I don't have everything worked out and situated for the training camp, I didn't reach the goal I set for myself in fundraising, and well, yeah, things haven't gone like I planned. But I know in my heart that this is where I am supposed to be, and some times that makes me nervous. I have never been this sure about something in my life.

So as I go out, for those of you who have committed to following me in prayer and financially and just by keeping up with this blog, I know that God has a path laid for me, and that it's my job to walk it with His guidance. So please pray for me:

• That I stay on that path.
• That I stay in the truth of the word.
• That I rely on the Holy Spirit for His strength and patience and love.
• That I will keep my body and mind pure and focused on Christ
• That I will spill the love and grace and knowledge of Christ out in the lives of those around me
• That I will keep to these basics (K.I.S.S. right?) so that I get out of the way and let God work.

As I go back with the intention of starting new groups and reaching the villages I live in, Pray that:

• God will bring me those who are hungry for Him.
• God will bring those that desire to tell those around them.
• God will open the hearts and minds and doors of those I am going out to meet
• God's Spirit will envelope the areas that I am working in that that there would be a mighty movement of faith in Him.
• we will see an entire community come to genuine faith.
• Leaders will step up and take the message to their families in a way that all Thai hearts can understand.
• The enemy's movement will be restricted, that the "powers and principalities" will be stricken down, and the power of the One True God seen in all His followers.

Pray for the national believers for:

• Boldness to share with their families
• Hunger and thirst for God and his righteousness
• An urgency to grow in their faith
• The ability to communicate this new faith to those around them in an understandable fashion

I need your prayers, we need your prayers always. Looking at the life of Jesus, He did nothing without prayer. NOTHING happens in any ministry if Christ is not present, and He is most powerfully present when those who follow Him call His name, and then the earth moves. So please, please keep us in your prayers. These requests above will never change. We will have others that come and go, but we need these above daily.

I can't wait to share with you all the things God is going to do in Thailand. Thank you for partnering with me to help me go and do the work God has laid before me. Together with your prayers and other support, Northern Thailand is about to be affected, and prayerfully we hope for all of Thailand to follow suite.