My supporters and friends,
I am at a hard crossroads in my life. God is opening people's hearts and starting to do great things here in Chiang Mai. More and more people are willing to talk about their beliefs rather than just hide behind the statement all religions are the same. There is a hunger and thirst for something more that is stirring in Thailand.
The core of what I am doing, in relational evangelism and wanting to see God start a Church Planting Movement through my ministry, is to go out to eat with people, go to coffee shops, go to where people are and to take trips with closer friends to get even closer. The Thai way of growing a relationship is to go out and about with people. But I can't afford to do this.
Currently, I get by each month. I pay my rent, cell, electric, trash, internet bills, and have enough left over to put gas and clean oil in my bike and usually eat and see a couple of movies. But I have no emergency money. I can not take care of things that break or need to be replaced. I have no savings. Every little thing that has a price tag is struggle between which do I need more, this or food more.
I have two dreams for what I want to do here in Thailand:
1. I want to see a Church Planting Movement take off, and see people grow in deep relationship with God. To see lives transformed all across Northern Thailand.
2. I want to get married, and have a family.
At this moment in time, both of those dreams are possible, but just out of reach because of my current financial state. I can barely take care of myself month to month. My ministry is up in the air as I usually have to decline invitations to be with people because of a lack of funds, and I can't seriously pursue an engagement with the girl I love.
I am asking God to do something big this month. I need my total monthly support to be doubled at the minimum.
The average single missionary here needs to make between $25 - $30,000 each year to be effective. I am on track to make $9,000.
I believe this is where I am supposed to be. I believe in the vision God has given me, and I believe that greater things are still to come. Please pray for me, that God will provide the
support needed so I may continue doing what I believe God has called me to do- to show God's glory through my life
