Preparing Our Heart and Hands

Preparing Our Heart and Hands

As our trip to Thailand gets closer, our team has been spending time preparing in ways that go far beyond packing bags and booking flights. These weeks have been about growing together, learning together, and intentionally getting ready for what God has ahead.

One of our main focuses has been preparing Sunday school lessons for kids’ camp. We’ve been thinking through how to share Bible stories in ways that are clear, engaging, and culturally thoughtful, while keeping lots of room for fun, creativity, and relationship-building. In our most recent meeting and the ones going forward, each of the team members will be practicing going through their bible lesson.

Ava went first and taught us all about how Jesus is with us in the storms of life! She prepared a very engaging lesson and put up with our antics - she is so ready to teach the kids. While we are there we will be leading some kids camps for kids from the church and in their area. This is a big oppurtunity for outreach and sharing the gospel and we are so excited to be joining with the church in Lampang to serve together.

We’ve also been meeting together regularly as a team, reading through Scripture and sharing what we’re learning with one another. We finished our first reading plan (which took us through John and several of Paul's letters) and are just starting our second plan to take us through Luke. It’s been encouraging to hear different perspectives, reflections, and questions as we walk through God’s Word together and sharpen one another in the process.

Alongside this, we’ve been practicing listening prayer, taking intentional time to be still, ask God to guide us, and listen for how He might be shaping our hearts as individuals and as a team. These moments have been grounding and a reminder that this trip is first and foremost about following God’s leading.

Of course, there’s also been plenty of practical preparation happening behind the scenes: organizing materials, planning logistics, and making sure we’re ready for the day-to-day details of traveling and serving well.

We’re so grateful for everyone who has been praying for us already. The Prayer & Support page has been updated with new prayer points, and we’d love for you to check it out and continue partnering with us in prayer as we prepare for this trip.

Thank you for walking alongside us — your prayers, encouragement, and support mean more than we can say.

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